Fabaceae
Senna
Senna pendula

Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow

First published in Baileya 23: 229 (1996)
This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is S. Mexico to Venezuela, Caribbean. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Hawaii

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Standley, P.C. & Steyermark, J.A. (1946). Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana Botany New Series 24(5): 1-502. Field Museum of Natural History.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela. [Cited as Senna pendula var. advena.]

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.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Cortés, S. (1930). Flora de Colombia (2da ed., pp. 159-171). El Mensajero.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1986 Moritz [880] Senna pendula var. advena K001088987 Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Fendler [2240] Venezuela Senna pendula var. advena K001088988 Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Lehmann, F.C. [5507] Colombia Senna pendula var. advena K001088996 Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Lehmann, F.C. [1801 (or 7807)] Colombia Senna pendula var. advena K001088995 Yes
Triana, J. [4397] Colombia Senna pendula var. advena K001088951 Yes
Andre, Ed. [890] Colombia Senna pendula var. advena K001088950 Yes
Rusby, H.H.; Squires, R.W. [189] Venezuela Senna pendula var. advena K001088989 Yes
Lehmann, F.C. [7806 (possibly 1806)] Colombia Senna pendula var. advena K001088994 Yes
Schlim, L. [374] Colombia Senna pendula var. advena K001088949 Yes
Fendler, A. [328] Venezuela Senna pendula var. advena K001088990 Yes
Barkley, Fred, A. [17C337] Colombia Senna pendula var. advena K001088997 Yes
Lasseigne, Alex [4449] Venezuela Senna pendula var. advena K001088993 Yes
Palmer, E. [1161] Mexico Senna pendula var. advena K000478186 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fendler, A. [328] Venezuela Senna pendula var. advena K001088992 Yes
Hanbury-Tracy, J. [23] Venezuela Senna pendula var. advena K001088991 Yes
Holton, I.F. [984] Colombia Senna pendula var. advena K001088952 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • 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 2026. 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 2026. 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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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