Fish-bone Cassia vs Partridge-Pea

Chamaecrista mimosoides compared with Chamaecrista nictitans

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fish-bone Cassia	Partridge-Pea
Kingdom same	Plantae (植物)	Plantae (植物)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (被子植物門)	Magnoliophyta (被子植物門)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (モクレン綱)	Magnoliopsida (モクレン綱)
Order same	Fabales (マメ目)	Fabales (マメ目)
Family same	Fabaceae	Fabaceae
Genus same	Chamaecrista	Chamaecrista
Species	Chamaecrista mimosoides	Chamaecrista nictitans

Evolutionary Relationship

Fish-bone Cassia and Partridge-Pea share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Chamaecrista.

Conservation Status

Fish-bone Cassia

LC — Least Concern

Partridge-Pea

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fish-bone Cassia	Partridge-Pea
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fish-bone Cassia

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and montane grasslands and shrublands spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Guinea, Madagascar), Asia (4 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries).

Partridge-Pea

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Mauritius), Asia (4 countries), Europe (Norway, Sweden), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 7 countries:

🇫🇯 Fiji 🇲🇾 Malaysia 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇵🇼 Palau 🇼🇸 Samoa 🇹🇼 Taiwan 🇹🇴 Tonga