Senega longicaulis

Senega longicaulis

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: Unieurosida Ordo: Fabales

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

Name

Senega longicaulis KunthJ.F.B.Pastore, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 108: 221 (2023)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Polygala longicaulis Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 5: 396 (1823), nom. cons.
• Heterotypic
  • Polygala adpressa Steud. ex A.Stahl in Estud. Fl. Puerto-Rico 2: 52 (1884)
  • Polygala brachistachyos Poir. in Encycl., Suppl. 4: 477 (1816)
  • Polygala capitata Sessé & Moc. in Fl. Mexic., ed. 2: 163 (1894), nom. illeg. homonym. post.
  • Polygala diversifolia Miq. in Linnaea 19: 128 (1846), nom. illeg. homonym. post.
  • Polygala gomphrenoides A.St.-Hil. & Moq. in Ann. Soc. Roy. Sci. Orléans 9: 46 (1828)
  • Polygala longicaulis var. flavicoma Chodat in Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 3: 59 (1903 publ. 1902)
  • Polygala longicaulis var. major Chodat in Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 31(2: 2): 183 (1893)
  • Polygala longicaulis f. minutiflora Chodat in Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 1: 435 (1901)
  • Polygala longicaulis subvar. nana Chodat in Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 31(2: 2): 183 (1893)
  • Polygala stellera DC. in Prodr. 1: 327 (1824)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regionalː Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Paraguay Regionalː Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá Regionalː Western South America Bolivia Regionalː Brazil Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central Regionalː Northern South America Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela Regionalː Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago Continental: Northern America Regionalː Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Introduced into: Vietnam 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. : 221

Additional references

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: I–XXV, 1–1192. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1 BHL Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Aymard C., G.A., Berry, P.E. & Eriksen, B. 2007. Polygalaceae. In Funk, V., Hollowell, T., Berry, P., Kelloff, C. & Alexander, S.N., Checklist of the plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 468–471. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Senega longicaulis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 May 07. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2026. Senega longicaulis. Published online. Accessed: May 07 2026. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• English: longstem milkwort

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