Fabaceae
Senna
Senna pallida

Senna pallida var. pallida

This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is Mexico to N. Brazil, Leeward Islands to S. Caribbean. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Southwest Caribbean, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

India, Malaya

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • 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.
  • Cirilo, N. & Proctor, G.R. (1994). Vascular plants of the Caribbean Swan islands of Honduras. Brenesia 41-42: 73-80.
  • Correll, D.S. & Correll, H.B. (1982). Flora of the Bahama Archipelago: 1-1692. J.Cramer, Vaduz.
  • 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.
  • Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. & Ford, C.S. (2004). Legumes of Malesia a Check-List: 1-295. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1998 De Martino, G.; De Martino, A. [62] Venezuela K000556546 Yes
Jan 16, 1988 De Martino, G.; De Martino, A. [62], Venezuela K000556546 Yes
Oct 3, 1987 André, Ed. [223] K000556554 Yes
Apr 27, 1982 Wendland [s.n.], Guatemala K000556542 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Sandeman, Christopher [5501] Colombia K000556548 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Lehmann, F.C. [7792] Colombia K000556553 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 André, Ed. [223] K000556554 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Hinton, G.B. [12688] Mexico K000119661 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Haught, Oscar [4428] Colombia K000556550 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 André, Edouard, François [2744] Colombia K000556555 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Hinton, G.B. [11539] Mexico K000119663 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Lehmann [7792] Colombia K000556552 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Haught, Oscar [5158] Colombia K000556549 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Miller, O.O.; Johnston, J.R. [41 (possibly 61)] Venezuela K000556560 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Beetle, A.A. [26274] El Salvador K000556556 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Hinton, G.B. [12618] Mexico K000119662 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Bailey, A.G. [19] Venezuela K000556557 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Fendler, A. [322] Venezuela K000556561 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Funcke [376] Venezuela K000556559 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Wendland [s.n.] Guatemala K000556542 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Smith, Herbert, H. [249] Colombia K000556551 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Fendler, A. [322] Venezuela K000556558 Yes
Aug 1, 1890 Miller, O.O.; Johnston, J.R. [41 (possibly 61)], Venezuela K000556560 Yes
Feb 23, 1884 Funcke [376], Venezuela K000556559 Yes
Apr 28, 1876 Smith, Herbert H. [249], Colombia K000556551 Yes
May 1, 1873 Fendler, A. [322], Venezuela K000556558 Yes
Jan 1, 1852 Lehmann, F.C. [7792], Colombia K000556553 Yes
Jan 1, 1852 Bailey, A.G. [19], Venezuela K000556557 Yes
Jan 1, 1846 Haught, Oscar [4428], Colombia K000556550 Yes
Jan 1, 1846 André, Edouard François [2744], Colombia K000556555 Yes
Rodríguez, D.; Portillo, W. [7979] El Salvador K001625669 No
Rodríguez, D.; Galán, P. [8657] El Salvador K001625668 No
Macguire, B; Macquire C.K. [61878] K121478554 No
Hinton, G.B. [13008] Mexico K000119621 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [11264] Mexico K000119659 Yes
Maguire, B.; Maguire, C.K. [61878] Colombia K000556545 Yes
Maguire, Bassett; Maguire, Celia [61878], Colombia K000556545 Yes
Pittier [12256], Venezuela K000556547 Yes
Sandeman, Christopher [5501], Colombia K000556548 Yes
Haught, Oscar [5158], Colombia K000556549 Yes
Lehmann [7792], Colombia K000556552 Yes
Fendler, A. [322], Venezuela K000556561 Yes
Venezuela K000813496 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Tonduz [7007] Costa Rica Senna pallida var. cordillerae K000642215 Isotype Yes

Sources

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • 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