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Chamaecrista pilosa
Pittonia 4: 28. 1899.
Common names: Hairy sensitive pea
Introduced
Basionym: Cassia pilosa Linnaeus Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 1017. 1759
Synonyms: Disterepta pilosa (Linnaeus) Rafinesque
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 11.
Variety luxurians (Bentham) H. S. Irwin & Barneby is distributed in northeastern Brazil; the leaves usually have 6–11 pairs of leaflets and the extrafloral nectary is conspicuously stipitate.
Distribution
Introduced; Florida, West Indies, Central America, South America (Brazil).
Discussion
Varieties 2 (1 in the flora).
Selected References
None.