Fabaceae
Senna
Senna pendula

Senna pendula var. pendula

This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is Mexico to W. Brazil. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Panamá, Venezuela

Introduced into:

California, Mauritius, New South Wales, Queensland, Seychelles

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Castle, G.E. (1994). Flore des Seychelles Dicotylédones: 1-663. Orstom Editions.
  • D'Arcy, W.G. (1987). Flora of Panama. Checklist and Index.. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 17: 1-328. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera & C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2010). Manual de plantas de Costa Rica volumen V. Dicotiledóneas (Clusiaceae-Gunneraceae). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 119: 1-970. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Isely, D. (1998). Native and Naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the United States: 1-1007. Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánes, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Lepschi, B. & Monro, A. (Project Coordinators) (2014). Australian Plant Census (APC) Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria. http://www.anbg.gov.au/chah/apc/index.html.
  • López Patiño, E.J., Szeszko, D.R., Rascala Pérez, J. & Beltrán Retis, A.S. (2012). The flora of the Tenacingo-Malinalco-Zumpahuacán protected natural area, state of Mexico, Mexico. Harvard Papers in Botany 17: 65-167.
  • Polhill, R.M. (1990). Flore des Mascareignes 80: 1-235. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 13, 1979 Baldomer, R. [2131] Bolivia K001088920 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Miguel, A. [1188] Bolivia K001088943 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Luschnath, B. [814] Brazil K000055842 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Hugh, H.; Iltis, C.; Ugent, D.; Ugent, V. [320] Peru K001041174 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Rusby, H.H. [988] Bolivia K001088923 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Pearce [756] Bolivia K001088921 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Cuatrecasas, J. [3164] Colombia K001088947 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Steinbach, Jose [7045] Bolivia K001088924 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Lima, A. [50563] Brazil K000055851 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Miguel, A. [2824] Bolivia K001088922 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Brazil K000055841 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Sandeman, Christopher [131] Colombia K001088945 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Triana, J. [s.n.] Colombia K001088946 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Gardner, G. [2549] Brazil K000055802 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Badcock, W.J. [131] Bolivia K001088944 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Bolland, G. [25] Brazil K000055803 Yes
Burchell [4857] Brazil K000840829 Yes
Spruce, R. [1701] Brazil K000555371 Lectotype Yes
Spruce, R. [1701] Brazil K000555370 Type Yes
Irwin, H.S.; Souza, R.; Santos, R.R. [11056] Brazil K000840801 Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K000840825 Yes
Martius [585] Brazil K000840822 Yes
Dusén, P. [14734] Brazil K000840841 Yes
Rambo, B. [46503] Brazil K000840805 Yes
Irwin, H.S.; Grear, J.W., Jr; Souza, R.; Santos, R.R. [13862] Brazil K000840797 Yes
Semir, J.; Sazima, M. [221] Brazil K000840838 Yes
Gardner [3693] Brazil K000840826 Yes
Lasseigne, A. [4575] United States K000297205 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Silva, N.T. [59031] Brazil K000840849 Yes
Wurdack, J.J.; Monachino, J.V. [39964] Venezuela K001041175 Yes
Irwin, H.S.; Grear, J.W., Jr; Souza, R.; Santos, R.R. [16649] Brazil K000840799 Yes
Andre, Edouard, Francois [1476] Colombia K001041171 Yes
Mexia, Y. [4671] Brazil K000840804 Yes
Lasseigne, A. [4329] Brazil K000840859 Yes
Gardner [3698] Brazil K000840834 Yes
Guillemin [s.n.] Brazil K000840819 Yes
Irwin, H.S.; Soderstrom, T.R. [5499] Brazil K000840847 Yes
Harris [s.n.] Brazil K000840851 Yes
Regnell, A.F. [76] Brazil K000840833 Yes
Egler, W.A.; Irwin, H.S. [45940] Brazil K000840802 Yes
Martius [718] Brazil K000840835 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Silva, N.T. [58774] Brazil K000840845 Yes
Pabst, G.F.J. [9126] Brazil K000840850 Yes
Smith, Herbert, H. [699] Colombia K001041169 Yes
Riedel [413] Brazil K000840820 Yes
Glaziou, A. [20963] Brazil K000840854 Yes
Luschnath [909] Brazil K000840818 Yes
Rambo, B. [41110] Brazil K000840796 Yes
Semir, J.; Sazima, M. [221] Brazil K000840839 Yes
Smith, D. [130] Brazil K000840853 Yes
Claussen [s.n.] Brazil K000840821 Yes
Ule, E. [9443] Peru K001041173 Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K000840852 Yes
Weir, J. [233] Brazil K000840843 Yes
Sandeman, C. [2144] Brazil K000840848 Yes
Anderson, W.R. [7314] Brazil K000840807 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [2920] Brazil K000840836 Yes
Burchell [6868] Brazil K000840827 Yes
Anderson, W.R.; Fryxell, P.A.; Hill, S.R.; Santos, R.R.; Souza, R. [8671] Brazil K000840808 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [4525] Brazil K000840856 Yes
Anderson, W.R.; Hill, S.R.; Santos, R.R.; Souza, R. [9459] Brazil K000840806 Yes
Pohl [s.n.] Brazil K000840817 Yes
Irwin, H.S.; Grear, J.W., Jr; Souza, R.; Santos, R.R. [13862] Brazil K000840798 Yes
Pohl [186] Brazil K000840840 Yes
Regnell, A.F. [68] Brazil K000840832 Yes
Sandeman, Christopher [4505] Peru K001041172 Yes
Burchell [6755] Brazil K000840830 Yes
Irwin, H.S.; Grear, J.W., Jr; Souza, R.; Santos, R.R. [15865] Brazil K000840803 Yes
Burchell [4714] Brazil K000840837 Yes
Usteri, A. [58] Brazil K000840855 Yes
Lasseigne, A. [4314] Brazil K000840858 Yes
Burchell [6679] Brazil K000840828 Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K000840824 Yes
Claussen, P.; Delessert, B. [28107] Brazil K000840842 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [2500] Brazil K000840857 Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K000840823 Yes
Lindeman, J.C.; Haas, J.H. [990] Brazil K000840846 Yes
Martin, Richard, T.; Plowman, Timothy [109] Colombia K001041170 Yes
Irwin, H.S.; Souza, R.; Grear, J.W.; Santos, R.R. [15491] Brazil K000840795 Yes
Burchell [6930] Brazil K000840831 Yes
Philcox, D.; Onishi, E. [4321] Brazil K000840800 Yes
Reitz; Klein [1786] Brazil K000840844 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images