Senna occidentalis

Taxonavigation edit

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 occidentalis

Name edit

Senna occidentalis (L.) Link, 1829

Synonyms edit

Cassia caroliniana Walter
Cassia ciliata Raf.
Cassia falcata L.
Cassia foetida Willemet
Cassia glaucescens Hoffmanns.
Cassia macradenia Collad.
Cassia obliquifolia Schrank
Cassia occidentalis L.
Cassia papulosa Hoffmanns.
Cassia planisiliqua L.
Cassia plumieri DC.
Diallobus falcatus (L.) Raf.
Ditremexa caroliniana (Walter) Raf.
Ditremexa fetida Raf.
Ditremexa occidentalis (L.) Britton & Rose
Psilorhegma planisiliqua (L.) Britton & Rose

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay, Uruguay
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Aruba, Bahamas, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.
- Regional: Central America
  - Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central
- Regional: Northern South America
  - Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
- Regional: Western South America
  - Ecuador, Bolivia, Galápagos, Peru
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
Introduced into:
- Alabama, Aldabra, Andaman Is., Angola, Arkansas, Ascension, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bermuda, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Chagos Archipelago, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., Djibouti, East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Illinois, India, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Kenya, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Niue, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Philippines, Primorye, Queensland, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., Somalia, South Australia, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Uganda, Vanuatu, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References edit

Primary references edit

Link, H.F. 1829. Handbuch zur Erkennung der nutzbarsten und am häufigsten vorkommenden Gewächse. Erster Theil. – Grundriss der Kräuterkunde zu Vorlesungen entworfen von D. Carl Ludwig Willdenow. Zweiter (Praktischer) Theil. pp. [I]–VIII, [1]–864. Berlin: In der Haude und Spenerschen Buchhandlung. BHL Google Books Reference page. : 2:140.

Links edit

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Senna occidentalis 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 occidentalis. Published online. Accessed: Sep 02 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Senna occidentalis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 Sep 2020.
Catalogue of Life: 2023 Annual Checklist
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Senna occidentalis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names edit

English: coffee senna, mogdad coffee, septicweed

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