Genomic Resources

Chamaecrista (sensitive pea)

Chamaecrista is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Members of the genus are commonly known as sensitive pea. Several species are capable of rapid plant movement. Unlike the related genera Cassia and Senna, members of Chamaecrista form root nodules.

NCBI taxonomy ID: 53853

Tools and resources for particular species

Chamaecrista fasciculata: partridge pea

Chamaecrista fasciculata, the partridge pea, is a species of legume native to most of the eastern United States. It is an annual which grows to approximately 0.5 meters tall. It has bright yellow flowers from early summer until first frost, with flowers through the entire flowering season if rainfall is sufficient.

NCBI taxonomy ID: 53854

Chamaecrista fasciculata accessions

MN87 (Toulouse, France)
Chamaecrista fasciculata MN87 was sequenced and reported in Griesmann, et al. DOI: 10.1126/science.aat1743 ISC494698 (Ames, Iowa; population derived from one from Minneapolis, Minnesota)
This release is from a an accession from Ames, Iowa, registered as accession ISC494698. This accession derived originally from a population on the west side of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The resulting genome assembly was resolved into two haplotype assemblies.