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Senna

The genus Senna is in the family Leguminosae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Senna

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Senna acanthoclada (Griseb.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna acclinis (F. Muell.) Randell Accepted M TRO
Senna aciphylla (Benth. ex A. Gray) Randell Accepted M TRO
Senna aculeata (Benth.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna acuparata H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna acuruensis (Benth.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna acuta (Vogel) Zoellner & San Martin Accepted L ILDIS
Senna acutisepala (Benth.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna affinis (Benth.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna alata (L.) Roxb. Accepted H ILDIS
Senna alcaparra (Phil.) Zoellner & San Martin Accepted L ILDIS
Senna alexandrina Mill. Accepted H ILDIS
Senna andrieuxii (Benth.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna angulata (Vogel) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna angustisiliqua (Lam.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna ankaranensis Du Puy & R.Rabev. Accepted H ILDIS
Senna anthoxantha (Capuron) Du Puy & R.Rabev. Accepted H ILDIS
Senna aphylla (Cav.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna apiculata (M.Martens & Galeotti) H.S.Irwi Accepted H ILDIS
Senna appendiculata (Vogel) Wiersema Accepted H ILDIS
Senna apsidoneura (H.S.Irwin & Barneby) H.S.Irwin Accepted H ILDIS
Senna araucarietorum H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna argentea (Kunth) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna arida (Rose) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna aristeguietae H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna armata (S.Watson) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna arnottiana (Hook.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna artemisioides Isely Accepted H ILDIS
Senna atomaria (L.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna aurantia (G.Don) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna auriculata (L.) Roxb. Accepted H ILDIS
Senna aversiflora (Herbert) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna aversifolia (Herbert) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna aymara H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna baccarinii (Chiov.) Lock Accepted H ILDIS
Senna bacillaris (L.f.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna barclayana (Sweet) Randell Accepted H ILDIS
Senna bauhinioides (A.Gray) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna benitoensis (Britton & Wilson) H.S.Irwin & Accepted H ILDIS
Senna bicapsularis (L.) Roxb. Accepted H ILDIS
Senna birostris (Vogel) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna bosseri Du Puy & R.Rabev. Accepted H ILDIS
Senna brongniartii (Gaudich.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna burkartiana (Villa) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna cajamarcae H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna cana (Nees & Mart.) H.S.Irwin & Barn Accepted H ILDIS
Senna candolleana (Vogel) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna cardiosperma (F. Muell.) Randell Accepted M TRO
Senna caudata (Standl.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna centranthera H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna cernua (Balb.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna chacoensis (L.Bravo) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna chloroclada (Harms) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna chrysocarpa (Desv.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna clavigera (Domin) Randell Accepted H ILDIS
Senna cobanensis (Britton & Rose) H.S.Irwin & Ba Accepted H ILDIS
Senna collicola H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna confinis (Greene) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna coquimbensis (Vogel) Zoellner & San Martin Accepted L ILDIS
Senna corifolia (Benth.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna cornigera H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna coronilloides (Benth.) Randell Accepted M TRO
Senna corymbosa (Lam.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna costata (J. F. Bailey & C. White) Randell Accepted M TRO
Senna covesii (A.Gray) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna crassiramea (Benth.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna crotalarioides (Kunth) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna cruckshanksii (Hook.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna cuatrecasasii H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna cumingii (Hook. & Arn.) H.S.Irwin & Barn Accepted H ILDIS
Senna cushina (J.F.Macbr.) H.S.Irwin & Barneb Accepted H ILDIS
Senna dardanoi Alf.Fern. & P.Bezerra Accepted H ILDIS
Senna dariensis (Britton & Rose) H.S.Irwin & Ba Accepted H ILDIS
Senna davidsonii (V.Singh) V.Singh Accepted H ILDIS
Senna demissa (Rose) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna didymobotrya (Fresen.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna divaricata (Nees & Blume) Lock Accepted H ILDIS
Senna domingensis (Spreng.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna durangensis (Rose) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna ellisiae (Brenan) Lock Accepted H ILDIS
Senna fabrisii (L.Bravo) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna floribunda (Cav.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna foetidissima (G.Don) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna formosa H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna fruticosa (Mill.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna galegifolia (Jacq.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna galeottiana (M.Martens) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna gardneri (Benth.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna garrettiana (Craib) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna gaudichaudii (Hook. & Arn.) H.S.Irwin & Barn Accepted H ILDIS
Senna georgica H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna glutinosa (DC.) Randell Accepted M TRO
Senna gossweileri (Baker f.) Lock Accepted H ILDIS
Senna guatemalensis (Donn.Sm.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna gundlachii (Urb.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna harleyi H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna haughtii (J.F.Macbr.) H.S.Irwin & Barneb Accepted H ILDIS
Senna hayesiana (Britton & Rose) H.S.Irwin & Ba Accepted H ILDIS
Senna hebecarpa (Fernald) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna herzogii (Harms) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna hilariana (Benth.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna hirsuta (L.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna holosericea (Fresen.) Greuter Accepted H ILDIS
Senna holwayana (Rose) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna hookeriana Batka Accepted H ILDIS
Senna huancabambae (Harms) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna huidobriana (Phil.) Zoellner & San Martin Accepted L ILDIS
Senna huilana (Britton & Killip) H.S.Irwin & Accepted H ILDIS
Senna humifusa (Brenan) Lock Accepted H ILDIS
Senna incarnata (Benth.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna insularis (Britton & Rose) H.S.Irwin & Ba Accepted H ILDIS
Senna intermedia ("Sharma, Vivek. & Rathakr.") V.S Accepted H ILDIS
Senna italica Mill. Accepted H ILDIS
Senna itatiaiae H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna koelziana H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna kuhlmannii Hoehne Accepted H ILDIS
Senna kurtzii (Harms) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna lactea (Vatke) Du Puy Accepted H ILDIS
Senna lasseigniana H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna latifolia (G.Mey.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna leandrii (Ghesq.) Du Puy Accepted H ILDIS
Senna lechriosperma H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna leiophylla (Vogel) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna ligustrina (L.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna lindheimeriana (Scheele) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna longiglandulosa (Benth.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna longiracemosa (Vatke) Lock Accepted H ILDIS
Senna loretensis (Killip) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna lourteigiana H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna macranthera (Collad.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna macrophylla (Kunth) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna magnifolia (F. Muell.) Randell Accepted M TRO
Senna malaspinae H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna mandonii (Benth.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna marilandica (L.) Link Accepted H ILDIS
Senna martiana (Benth.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna mensicola (H.S.Irwin & Barneby) H.S.Irwin Accepted H ILDIS
Senna meridionalis (R.Vig.) Du Puy Accepted H ILDIS
Senna mexicana (Jacq.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna mollissima (Willd.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna monozyx (H.S.Irwin & Barneby) H.S.Irwin Accepted H ILDIS
Senna montana (Roth) V.Singh Accepted H ILDIS
Senna morongii (Britton) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna mucronifera (Benth.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna multifoliolata (Paul G.Wilson) H.S.Irwin & Bar Accepted H ILDIS
Senna multiglandulosa (Jacq.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna multijuga (Rich.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna mutisiana (Kunth) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna nana (Benth.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna neglecta (Vogel) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna nicaraguensis (Benth.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna nitida (Rich.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna nomame (Makino) T.C. Chen Accepted M TRO
Senna notabilis (F. Muell.) Randell Accepted M TRO
Senna nudicaulis (Burkart) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna obliqua (G.Don) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna oblongifolia (Vogel) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna obtusifolia (L.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna occidentalis (L.) Link Accepted H ILDIS
Senna odorata (R.Morris) Randall Accepted H ILDIS
Senna oligoclada (F. Muell.) Randell Accepted M TRO
Senna orcuttii (Britton & Rose) H.S.Irwin & Ba Accepted H ILDIS
Senna organensis (Harms) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna oxyphylla (Kunth) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna pachyrrhiza (L.Bravo) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna pallida (Vahl) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna papillosa (Britton & Rose) H.S.Irwin & Ba Accepted H ILDIS
Senna paradictyon (Vogel) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna paraensis (Ducke) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna pendula (Willd.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna pentagonia (Mill.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna peralteana (Kunth) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna perrieri (R.Vig.) Du Puy Accepted H ILDIS
Senna petersiana (Bolle) Lock Accepted H ILDIS
Senna phlebadenia H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna phyllodinea (R. Br.) Symon Accepted M TRO
Senna pilifera (Vogel) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna pilosior (J.F.Macbr.) H.S.Irwin & Barneb Accepted H ILDIS
Senna pinheiroi H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna pistaciifolia (Kunth) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna planitiicola (Domin) Randell Accepted H ILDIS
Senna pleurocarpa (F. Muell.) Randell Accepted M TRO
Senna pneumatica H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna podocarpa (Guill. & Perr.) Lock Accepted H ILDIS
Senna polyantha (Collad.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna polyphylla (Jacq.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna praeterita H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna pumilio (A.Gray) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna punoensis Lass. Accepted H ILDIS
Senna purpusii (Brandegee) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna quinquangulata (Rich.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna racemosa (Mill.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna reniformis (G.Don) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna reticulata (Willd.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna rigida (Hieron.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna rigidicaulis (L.Bravo) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna ripleyana (H.S.Irwin & Barneby) H.S.Irwin Accepted H ILDIS
Senna ripleyi (H.S. Irwin & Barneby ex Isely) H.S. Irwin & Barneby Accepted M TRO
Senna rizzinii H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna robiniifolia (Benth.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna roemeriana (Scheele) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna rostrata (Mart.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna rugosa (G.Don) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna ruiziana (G.Don) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna rupununiensis H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna ruspolii (Chiov.) Lock Accepted H ILDIS
Senna saeri (Pittier) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna sandwithiana H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna santanderensis (Britton & Killip) H.S.Irwin & Accepted H ILDIS
Senna scabriuscula (Vogel) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna scandens (G.Don) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna septemtrionalis (Viv.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna siamea (Lam.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna silvestris (Vell.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna singueana (Delile) Lock Accepted H ILDIS
Senna skinneri (Benth.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna smithiana (Britton & Killip) H.S.Irwin & Accepted H ILDIS
Senna socotrana (Serrato) Lock Accepted H ILDIS
Senna sophera (L.) Roxb. Accepted H ILDIS
Senna sousana H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna spectabilis (DC.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna spinescens (Vogel) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna spiniflora (Burkart) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna spinigera (Rizzini) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna splendida (Vogel) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna stenophylla (Benth.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna stipulacea (Aiton) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna suarezensis (Capuron) Du Puy Accepted H ILDIS
Senna subtrijuga H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna subulata (Griseb.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna sulfurea (Collad.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna surattensis (Burm.f.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna talpana H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna tapajozensis (Ducke) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna tenuifolia (Vogel) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna timoriensis (DC.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna tonduzii (Standl.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna tora (L.) Roxb. Accepted H ILDIS
Senna trachypus (Benth.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna trianae H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna trichosepala (Chodat & Wilczek) H.S.Irwin & Accepted H ILDIS
Senna trolliiflora H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna tropica (Vell.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna truncata (Brenan) Lock Accepted H ILDIS
Senna tuhovalyana (Ake Assi) Lock Accepted H ILDIS
Senna uncata H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna undulata (Benth.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna uniflora (Mill.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna unijuga (Rose) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna urmenetae (Phil.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna vargasii (Schery) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna velutina (Vogel) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna venusta (F. Muell.) Randell Accepted M TRO
Senna versicolor (Vogel) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna viarum (Little) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna viciifolia (Benth.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna viguierella (Ghesq.) Du Puy Accepted H ILDIS
Senna villosa (Mill.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna viminea (L.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna weddelliana H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna williamsii (Britton & Rose) H.S.Irwin & Ba Accepted H ILDIS
Senna wislizeni (A.Gray) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Senna wurdackii H.S.Irwin & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS

Statistics

The Plant List includes 332 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Senna. Of these 263 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 95 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Senna. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 332 species names for the genus Senna recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 263 79.2%
◕ Synonym 26 7.8%
◕ Unplaced 0 0%
◕ Unassessed 43 13.0%

All names

The status of the 427 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Senna recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 352 82.4%
◕ Synonym 31 7.3%
◕ Unplaced 0 0%
◕ Unassessed 44 10.3%

The confidence with which the status of the 332 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Senna, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 245 23 0 0 268 80.7%
Medium confidence 14 3 0 0 17 5.1%
Low confidence 4 0 0 43 47 14.2%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Senna, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
ILDIS 249 23 0 0 0 272 81.9%
Tropicos 14 3 0 10 0 27 8.1%
WCSP (in review) 0 0 0 33 0 33 9.9%