Senna occidentalis

Senna occidentalis

Senna occidentalis

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 occidentalis

Name

Senna occidentalis (L.) Link, 1829

Synonyms

• 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

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, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• 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

• 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

বাংলা: কলকাসুন্দা
English: coffee senna, mogdad coffee, septicweed

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