Senna siamea

Senna siamea

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
Sectio: S. sect. Senna
Series: S. ser. Floridae
Species: Senna siamea

Name

• Senna siamea (Lam.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 35(1): 98. 1982.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Cassia siamea Lam. in Lam. & al., Encycl. 1(2): 648. 1785.

• Homotypic
  • Sciacassia siamea (Lam.) Britton & Rose, N. Amer. Fl. 23(4): 252. 1930.

• Heterotypic
  • Cassia arborea Macfad., Fl. Jamaica 1: 343. 1837.
  • Cassia floridae Vahl, Symb. Bot. 3: 57. 1794.
  • Cassia gigantea Bert. ex DC., Prodr. 2: 492. 1825 [1].
  • Cassia siamea var. puberula Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 45(2): 284. 1876.
  • Cassia sumatrana Roxb. ex Hornem., Suppl. Hort. Bot. Hafn. 135. 1819.
  • Chamaefistula gigantea G.Don, Gen. Hist. 2: 452. 1832.
  • Senna sumatrana Roxb., 2: 347. 1832 [2].

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Southeastern Asia Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam Introduced into: Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Colombia, Congo, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hawaii, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Leeward Is., Liberia, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Panamá, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Réunion, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, West Himalaya, Windward Is., 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 35(1): 98.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Senna siamea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Sep 03. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Senna siamea. Published online. Accessed: Sep 03 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Senna siamea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 Sep 2020.
• Catalogue of Life: 2023 Annual Checklist
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Senna siamea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

eʋegbe: Zanguérati
English: cassod tree, Siamese senna, Siamese cassia
português: Cássia-de-sião
தமிழ்: மஞ்சள் கொன்றை

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