Fabaceae
Senna

Senna pendula (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby

First published in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 35: 378 (1982)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Tropical America. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is has environmental uses, as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Bahamas, California, Cape Provinces, Florida, Hawaii, Jawa, KwaZulu-Natal, Madeira, Mauritius, Namibia, New South Wales, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Queensland, Seychelles, Swaziland, Texas

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • 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.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2023). Flora of North America North of Mexico 11(1): 1-541. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Forero, E. & Castellanos, C. (eds.) (2019). Estudios en Leguminosas Colombianas 3: 1-398. Academia Colombiana de ciencias exactas, físicas y naturales.
  • 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.
  • Muer, T., Sauerbier, H. & Cabrara Calixto, F. (2020). Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Madeiras: 1-792. Verlag und Versandbuchhandlung Andreas Kleinsteuber.
  • Polhill, R.M. (1990). Flore des Mascareignes 80: 1-235. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Souza, V.C. & al. (2016). Flora dos Estados de Goiás e Tocantins 48: 1-147. Universidade federal de Goiás.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
  • Wagner, W.L., Herbst, D.R. & Sohmer, S.H. (1999). Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai'i, rev. ed., 1: 1-988. University of Hawai'i Press, Bishop Museum Press.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • GRIN National Genetic Resources Program http://www.ars-grin.gov in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.org/2016/

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Balick, M.J., Nee, M.H. & Atha, D.E. (2000). Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Belize with Common Names an Uses: 1-246. New York Botanic Garden Press, New York.
  • Berendsohn, W.G., Gruber, A.K. & Monterrosa Salomón, J. (2009). Nova silva cusatlantica. Árboles nativos e introduciados de El Salvador. Parte 1: Angiospermae - Familias A a L. Englera 29-1: 1-438.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • 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.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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.
  • Lock, J.M. & Ford, C.S. (2004). Legumes of Malesia a Check-List: 1-295. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.
  • Muer, T., Sauerbier, H. & Cabrara Calixto, F. (2020). Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Madeiras: 1-792. Verlag und Versandbuchhandlung Andreas Kleinsteuber.
  • Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1994). Oceanic Islands 1. Flora of Australia 49: 1-681. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Polhill, R.M. (1990). Flore des Mascareignes 80: 1-235. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
  • Wagner, W.L., Herbst, D.R. & Sohmer, S.H. (1999). Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai'i, rev. ed., 1: 1-988. University of Hawai'i Press, Bishop Museum Press.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Bojer, W. (1837). Hortus Mauritianus ou Enumeration des Plants... l'ile Maurice
  • Irwin. H. S. & Barneby, R. C. (1982). Mem. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 35(1 & 2) :1-918 The American Cassiinae
  • Polhill, R, M. (1990). Legumineuses. In: Flore des Mascareignes, Vol 80. J. Bosser et a

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 1, 2023 Claussen, P. [163] Brazil K000841261 Yes
Aug 1, 2023 Heringer, E.P.; Figueiras, T.S.; Mendonça, R.C.; Pereira, B.A.S.; Heringer Salles, A.E.; Chagas e Silva, F. [4162] Brazil K000841231 Yes
Jan 1, 2013 Dexter, K.G.; Huamantupa, I.; Marcelo Peña, J.L. [6855] Peru K001473475 Yes
Apr 7, 2010 Wood, J.R.I.; Mendoza, M. [19194] Bolivia K001088916 Yes
Oct 1, 2009 Giulietti, A.M.; Sakuragui, C.M.; Harley, R.M.; Atkins, S.; Souza, V.C. [13552] Brazil K000840776 Yes
Oct 1, 2009 Giulietti, A.M.; Sakuragui, C.M.; Harley, R.M.; Atkins, S.; Souza, V.C. [13552] Brazil K000840775 Yes
May 1, 2005 Queiroz, L.P.; Costa, T.A.B.; Cardoso, D.; Nascimento, J.G.; Correia, C. [10637] Brazil K000840778 Yes
Sep 1, 2004 Queiroz, L.P.; Costa, T.A.B.; Cardoso, D.; Castro, R.M. [9453] Brazil K000840777 Yes
Apr 28, 2004 Braga, J.M.A.; Rudah, P. [7206] Brazil K000840782 Yes
May 24, 2003 Smith, Herbert H. [699], Colombia K001041169 Yes
Feb 1, 2003 Marazzi, B.; Vanni, R.; López, G. [BM117] Argentina K001259630 No
Jan 1, 2001 Schinini, A.; Dematteis, M.; Marazzi, B. [35267] Argentina K001259631 No
Oct 4, 2000 Maceda, A.P. [717], Peru K001041179 Yes
Nov 1, 1999 Folli, D.A. [2601] Brazil K000840780 Yes
Nov 1, 1999 Folli, D.A. [2723] Brazil K000840781 Yes
Dec 15, 1998 Maceda, A. P. [660], Peru K001041180 Yes
Oct 2, 1998 Belshaw, Charles M. [3164], Peru K001041224 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Ritter, N.; Foster, P.; Killeen, T. [2470] Bolivia K001088915 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Guareco, I. [78] Bolivia K001088918 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Killeen, T.; Wellens, J. [6254] Bolivia K001088919 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Guillen, R.; Coria, S. [1270] Bolivia K001088917 Yes
Jun 1, 1993 Stork, H.E.; Horton, O.B.; Vargas, C. [10634], Peru K001041181 Yes
Oct 30, 1988 Barkley, Fred A. [17C337], Colombia K001088997 Yes
Jan 1, 1987 Lewis, G.P.; Lima, H.C.; Gomes, J.C. [1620] Brazil K000840779 Yes
Jul 21, 1985 Hugh, H.; Iltis, Carolyn; Ugent, Donald, Ugent, Vivian [320], Peru K001041174 Yes
Oct 1, 1983 Carvalho, A.M.; Leunberger, B.; Silva, L.A.M. [1744] Brazil K000055850 Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Mattos Silva, L.A.; Hage, J.L.; Santos, E.B. [1368] Brazil K000055839 Yes
Oct 24, 1980 Wurdack, J.J.; Monachino, J.V. [39964], Venezuela K001041175 Yes
Aug 12, 1979 Triana, J. [4397], Colombia K001088951 Yes
Dec 18, 1964 Moritz [880] K001088987 Yes
Jun 1, 1943 Lechler, W. [2435], Peru K001041223 Yes
Jan 27, 1940 Holton, I.F. [984], Colombia K001088952 Yes
Feb 14, 1939 Martin, Richard T.; Plowman, Timothy [109], Colombia K001041170 Yes
Jul 31, 1937 Sandeman, Christopher [4505], Peru K001041172 Yes
Jun 1, 1934 Ule, E. [9443], Peru K001041173 Yes
Jun 7, 1901 Fendler [2240], Venezuela K001088988 Yes
Apr 1, 1899 Lasseigne, Alex [4449], Venezuela K001088993 Yes
Jan 1, 1885 Fendler, A. [328], Venezuela K001088992 Yes
Sep 8, 1865 Klug, G. [3674], Peru K001041225 Yes
Mar 5, 1857 Rusby, H.H.; Squires, R.W. [189], Venezuela K001088989 Yes
Mar 5, 1857 Hanbury-Tracy, J. [23], Venezuela K001088991 Yes
Aug 1, 1854 Andre, Edouard Francois [1476], Colombia K001041171 Yes
Mar 14, 1851 Triana, J. [s.n.], Colombia K001088946 Yes
Jan 1, 1850 Grandez, C. [606], Peru K001041226 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Maas, P.J.M.; Atchley, A.A.; Steward, W.C.; Woolcott, D.B.; Coelho, D.F.; Monteiro, O.P.; Pinheiro, W.S.; Ramos, J.F. [13490] Brazil K000840816 Yes
Pedersen, Troels, Myndel [10165] Argentina K001259636 No
Fortes, E.A.; Rangel, R.G. [14] Brazil K001891187 No
Pedersen, Troels, Myndel [10074] Argentina K001259638 No
Schwarz, G.J. [7748] Argentina K001259639 No
Cabrera, A.L.; Frangi, J. [20732] Argentina K001259641 No
Pedersen, Troels, Myndel [TMP 66] Argentina K001259632 No
Prance, G.T.; Steward, W.C.; Harter, F.P.; Ramos, J.F.; Pinheiro, W.S.; Monteiro, O.P. [10733] Brazil K000840815 Yes
Luteyn, James,, L.; Lebron-Luteyn, Maria; Miguel, A.; Pabon, E. [7642] Colombia K001088948 Yes
Graham Kerr, J. [s.n.] K001259635 No
Tweedie [s.n.] K001259640 No
Pedersen, Troels, Myndel [10165] Argentina K001259637 No
Dematteis, M.; Meza Torres, E.I.; Suarez, G; Vega, A.J. [4236] Uruguay K001259629 No
Grisebach [s.n.] Argentina K001259633 No
Brazil K:SPC-51488.000 No
Lorentz [s.n.] K001259634 No
s.coll. [76] Brazil K000555369 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sandeman, Christopher [131], Colombia K001088945 Yes
Cuatrecasas, J. [3164], Colombia K001088947 Yes
Luteyn, James, L.; Lebron-Luteyn, Maria; Miguel, A.; Pabon, E. [7642], Colombia K001088948 Yes
Schlim, L. [374], Colombia K001088949 Yes
Andre, Ed. [890], Colombia K001088950 Yes
Fendler, A. [328], Venezuela K001088990 Yes
Lehmann, F.C. [7806 (possibly 1806)], Colombia K001088994 Yes
Lehmann, F.C. [1801 (or 7807)], Colombia K001088995 Yes
Lehmann, F.C. [5507], Colombia K001088996 Yes
Peru K001473475 Yes
n/a K001473476 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Roxburgh, W. [5313] India Cassia pendula K000789287 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dinsmore, J.E. [20069] Lebanon Cassia pendula K003026443 Yes
Rottler, J.P. [s.n.] Cassia pendula K000789286 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

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    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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

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    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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