Chamaecrista 198 claims

genus · family Fabaceae · green plant · NCBI Taxonomy ↗

13 spellings

Chamaecrista
Chamaecrista · picture of the genus (one of its species)Forest & Kim Starr · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Chamaecrista has the most species in the park, with 15 species.

Taxon
ChamaecristaChamaecristae4
Outcome
speciese4
Value
15 spp.e4

Verbatim

e4

“Genera with the highest number of species were Chamaecrista (15 spp.), Bauhinia (8 spp.), and Mimosa (6 spp.)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 491–600

Title

Leguminosae Juss. from Nascentes do Rio Parnaíba National Park, Brazilian Cerrado

MARIA DA CONCEIÇÃO DE C. BASTOS; LUCAS C. MARINHO; DANIELA CRISTINA ZAPPI; et al. Phytotaxa 2025. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.693.3.1

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Observationobservedreview summarymeasured

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In Chamaecrista, tree species predominantly form fixation threads, while smaller shrubs and subshrubs form SYM-type nodules.

Taxon
ChamaecristaChamaecristae5
Material
Tree speciese4
Outcome
FTse4
Qualifier
Tree species predominantly form FTse4

Verbatim

e4

“Tree species predominantly form FTs, smaller shrubs and subshrubs form SYM-type nodules”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 15161–15248
e5

“in the genus Chamaecrista, only tree species have FTs”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 14733–14786

Title

Symbiotic nitrogen fixation: a launchpad for investigating old and new challenges

Maurizio Chiurazzi; Giovanna Frugis; Lorella Navazio Journal of Experimental Botany 2025. doi:10.1093/jxb/erae510

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Clade V contains Chamaecrista and its stated floral, nectary, stamen and pod characters.

Taxon
ChamaecristaChamaecristae0
Outcome
primarily monosymmetric flowers with occasional asymmetry, the presence of extrafloral nectaries (EFNs), five or ten stamens, and pods that dehisce elasticallye0

Verbatim

e0

“Clade V consists of Chamaecrista , which is characterized by primarily monosymmetric flowers with occasional asymmetry, the presence of extrafloral nectaries (EFNs), five or ten stamens, and pods that dehisce elastically.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 463–684

Title

Phylogeny of Cassieae based on seed morphological and ITS evidence

Jing Cai; Chuang Yang; Leyang Wang; et al. PeerJ 2025. doi:10.7717/peerj.18947

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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Two new Mitrapsylla species were associated with Chamaecrista, the first Psylloidea records for this plant genus.

Taxon
ChamaecristaChamaecristae0
Interactor
PsylloideaPsylloideae0herbivore
Outcome
first records of Psylloidea from this plant genuse0

Verbatim

e0

“Both species are associated with Chamaecrista (Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae) and represent the first records of Psylloidea from this plant genus”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 229–371

Title

Life on sticky plants: two new species of Mitrapsylla (Hemiptera: Psylloidea: Psyllidae) on Chamaecrista (Fabaceae) in the Brazilian Highlands

IGOR MALENOVSKÝ; LILIYA Š. SERBINA; DALVA L. QUEIROZ Zootaxa 2025. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5727.1.6

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Associationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Chamaephytes and phanerophytes have optima with moderate water and nutrients and infrequent fire.

Taxon
Chamaecrista speciesChamaecristat0
Material
Chamaephytes and phanerophytese0
Outcome
optima in environments characterized by moderate water and nutrient availability coupled with infrequent fire disturbancese0
Setting
environments characterized by moderate water and nutrient availability coupled with infrequent fire disturbancese0

Not reportedDirection

Verbatim

t0

“Chamaecrista species”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 269–289
e0

“Chamaephytes and phanerophytes have optima in environments characterized by moderate water and nutrient availability coupled with infrequent fire disturbances.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 531–690

Title

Resource availability and disturbance frequency shape evolution of plant life forms in Neotropical habitats

Luana S. Prochazka; Suzana Alcantara; Juliana Gastaldello Rando; et al. New Phytologist 2024. doi:10.1111/nph.19601

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Associationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Annual plants thrive with scarce water and nutrients and frequent fire.

Taxon
Chamaecrista speciesChamaecristat0
Material
annual plantse0
Outcome
thrive in environments with scarce water and nutrients, alongside frequent fire disturbancese0
Setting
environments with scarce water and nutrients, alongside frequent fire disturbancese0

Not reportedDirection

Verbatim

t0

“Chamaecrista species”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 269–289
e0

“annual plants thrive in environments with scarce water and nutrients, alongside frequent fire disturbances.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 704–811

Title

Resource availability and disturbance frequency shape evolution of plant life forms in Neotropical habitats

Luana S. Prochazka; Suzana Alcantara; Juliana Gastaldello Rando; et al. New Phytologist 2024. doi:10.1111/nph.19601

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Associationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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Geophytes resist frequent fire and thrive in resource-rich environments.

Taxon
Chamaecrista speciesChamaecristat0
Material
geophyte speciese0
Outcome
resistance to frequent fire disturbancese0
Direction
increasede0
Setting
resource-rich environmentse0

Verbatim

t0

“Chamaecrista species”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 269–289
e0

“geophyte species also show increased resistance to frequent fire disturbances, although they thrive in resource-rich environments.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 823–953

Title

Resource availability and disturbance frequency shape evolution of plant life forms in Neotropical habitats

Luana S. Prochazka; Suzana Alcantara; Juliana Gastaldello Rando; et al. New Phytologist 2024. doi:10.1111/nph.19601

Other claims from this paper (4)
Mechanismauthor interpretationoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Annuals endure frequent fire as seeds in resource-limited habitat.

Taxon
Chamaecrista speciesChamaecristat0
Material
annualse0
Outcome
enduring it as seeds in a resource-limited habitate0
Qualifier
high incidences of fire disturbancese0

Verbatim

t0

“Chamaecrista species”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 269–289
e0

“annuals and geophytes respond differently to high incidences of fire disturbances, with one enduring it as seeds in a resource-limited habitat and the other relying on reserves and root resprouting systems in resource-abundant habitats.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1064–1300

Title

Resource availability and disturbance frequency shape evolution of plant life forms in Neotropical habitats

Luana S. Prochazka; Suzana Alcantara; Juliana Gastaldello Rando; et al. New Phytologist 2024. doi:10.1111/nph.19601

Other claims from this paper (4)
Mechanismauthor interpretationoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Geophytes rely on reserves and root resprouting in resource-abundant habitats under frequent fire.

Taxon
Chamaecrista speciesChamaecristat0
Material
geophytese0
Outcome
relying on reserves and root resprouting systems in resource-abundant habitatse0
Qualifier
high incidences of fire disturbancese0

Verbatim

t0

“Chamaecrista species”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 269–289
e0

“annuals and geophytes respond differently to high incidences of fire disturbances, with one enduring it as seeds in a resource-limited habitat and the other relying on reserves and root resprouting systems in resource-abundant habitats.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1064–1300

Title

Resource availability and disturbance frequency shape evolution of plant life forms in Neotropical habitats

Luana S. Prochazka; Suzana Alcantara; Juliana Gastaldello Rando; et al. New Phytologist 2024. doi:10.1111/nph.19601

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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Most examined Chamaecrista species enclosed bacteroids in symbiosomes.

Taxon
ChamaecristaChamaecristae0
Interactor
bacteroidse0symbiont
Outcome
bacteroids from most of the Chamaecrista species examined were enclosed in symbiosomese0

Verbatim

e0

“The bacteroids from most of the Chamaecrista species examined were enclosed in symbiosomes (SYM-type nodules)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 750–859

Title

The radiation of nodulated Chamaecrista species from the rainforest into more diverse habitats has been accompanied by a reduction in growth form and a shift from fixation threads to symbiosomes

Patricia Alves Casaes; José Miguel Ferreira dos Santos; Verônica Cordeiro Silva; et al. Journal of Experimental Botany 2024. doi:10.1093/jxb/erae134

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