Chamaecrista fasciculata (partridge pea)
Overview
Chamaecrista fasciculata, an emerging legume model species, is a member of the Caesalpinieae / Mimosoideae clade. It has a widespread distribution over Eastern North America. Some of the characteristics that qualify it as a model plant are small plant size, short generation time, broad phenotypic diversity and a moderate size genome. Due to the unique phylogenetic position among legumes, the papilionoid polyploidy event is missing in Chamaecrista, which bestows a unique diploid genetics. Moreover among the caesalpinioid / mimosoid clade members, Chamaecrista is among the very few that nodulate.
| NCBI taxon | 53854 | |
| GRIN taxon | 100081 | |
| Flowering type | Short Day |
Genome Summary
| Genome size | ~740 (Mbp) | |
| GC content transcriptome | 44% |
Resources
Reference Data
Selected References
Current publications on Chamaecrista fasciculata at PubMed.
Cannon SB, Ilut D, Farmer AD, Maki SL, May GD, et al. (2010) Polyploidy did not predate the evolution of nodulation in all legumes. PLoS One 5: e11630.
Singer SR, Maki SL, Farmer AD, Ilut D, May GD, Cannon SB, Doyle JJ. Venturing beyond beans and peas: what can we learn from Chamaecrista? Plant Physiol. 2009 Nov; 151(3): 1041-7.
Doyle JJ, Luckow MA (2003) The rest of the iceberg. Legume diversity and evolution in a phylogenetic context. Plant Physiol 131: 900-910.