Genus Chamaecrista

Chamaecrista Moench, Meth. Pl. Hort. (1794) 272; Irwin & Barneby, Brittonia 28 (1976) 28; in Polhill & Raven (eds.), Adv. Leg. Syst. 1 (1981) 106; Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 35 (1982) 636; Watson & Dallwitz, Gen. Leg.-Caesalp. (1983) 17, pro syn.; Hou, Larsen & Larsen, Fl. Malesiana 12 (1996) 565.
Type species (fide Irwin & Barneby 1982): Cassia nictitans L. (= Chamaecrista nictitans (L.) Moench, see Taxon 43 (1994) 272).

Cassia sect. Lasiorhegma Vogel, Gen. Cass. Syn. (1837) 8, nom. illeg.
Cassia subgen. Lasiorhegma Vogel ex Benth. in Fl. Bras. 15, 2 (1870) 129; Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 27 (1871) 513, 558; de Wit, Webbia 11 (1956) 278.
Type species (de Wit 1956): Cassia absus L. (= Chamaecrista absus (L.) Irwin & Barneby).

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