Senega alba

Senega alba

Senega alba

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Polygalaceae
Tribus: Polygaleae
Genus: Senega
Species: Senega alba

Name

Senega alba (Nutt.) J.F.B.Pastore & J.R.Abbott, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 108: 231 (2023)

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Asemeia alba (Nutt.) Raf., New Fl. Am. 4: 88 (1836)
  • Polygala alba Nutt. in Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 87 (1818)
• Heterotypic
  • Polygala senega var. tenuifolia Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 750. 1814 [1813]. (as Polygala Seneca var. γ. tenuifolia)
  • Polygala bicolor Kunth in Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 5: 394(–395), t. 507. 1822 [1823]. – non Polygala bicolor Vell., Fl. Flumin.: 290. 1825 [1829].
  • Polygala torreyi G.Don, Gen. Hist. 1: 360. 1831. (as P. Torreyi)
  • Polygala beyrichii Torr. & A.Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1(1): 130(–131). 1838. (as P. Beyrichii)
  • Polygala alba var. suspecta S.Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 21: 416. 1886.
  • Polygala alba var. bicolor (Kunth) Chodat, Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 31(2,2): 136. 1893.
  • Polygala alba var. brachystachya Chodat, Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 31(2,2): 136. 1893.
  • Polygala alba var. leptostachya Chodat, Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 31(2,2): 137. 1893.
  • Polygala alba var. mexicana Chodat, Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 31(2,2): 137. 1893.
  • Polygala alba var. schaffneri Chodat, Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 31(2,2): 137. 1893. (as Schaffneri)
  • Polygala alba var. tenuifolia (Pursh) S.F.Blake, Contr. Gray Herb. 47: 86, t. 2, fig. 61. 1916.
  • Asemeia leptopsis Raf. in New Fl. 4: 88 (1838)
  • Polygala hemipterocarpa var. bracteata Chodat in Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 31(2: 2): 282 (1893)
  • Polygala jamesii Raf. in Atlantic J. 1: 146 (1832), nom. illeg. superfl.
  • Polygala scoparia Benth. in Pl. Hartw.: 8 (1839), nom. illeg. homonym. post.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regionalː Canada Alberta, Saskatchewan Regionalː Central USA Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming Regionalː Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Pastore, J.F.B., Martinez, A., Abbott, J.R. & Neubig, K.M. 2023. Toward New Generic Delimitations in Polygalaceae II: Senega. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 108(1): 126-249. DOI: 10.3417/2023754 Reference page.  p.231

Additional references

• Villaseñor, J.L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559–902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017 Online PDF Reference page. 
• Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2021). Flora of North America North of Mexico 10: 1-456. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Senega alba in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 April 15. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Senega alba. Published online. Accessed: 28 July 2017. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• English: white milkwort

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