Senna obtusifolia

Senna obtusifolia

Senna obtusifolia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Caesalpinioideae
Tribus: Cassieae
Subtribus: Cassiinae
Genus: Senna
Species: Senna obtusifolia

Name

Senna obtusifolia (L.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby, 1982

Synonyms

• Cassia obtusifolia L.
• Cassia rogeonii Ghesq.
• Cassia tora var. obtusifolia (L.) Haines
• Emelista obtusifolia (L.) Raf.
• Senna toroides Roxb.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regional: Western South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Galápagos, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Introduced into: Alabama, Angola, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hawaii, Illinois, India, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Mauritania, Missouri, Mozambique, Namibia, New Guinea, New York, Niger, Nigeria, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Queensland, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Togo, Uganda, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Irwin, H.S. & Barneby, R.C., 1982. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden. Bronx, NY 35:252.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Senna obtusifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Sep 02. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Senna obtusifolia. Published online. Accessed: Sep 02 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Senna obtusifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 Sep 2020.
• Catalogue of Life: 2023 Annual Checklist
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Senna obtusifolia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: Chinese senna, Java-bean, sicklepod, foetid senna, sickle senna, coffeeweed, arsenic weed, blunt-leaved senna

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