Senega lutea

Senega lutea

Senega lutea

Taxonavigation

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

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

Name

Senega lutea (L.) J.F.B.Pastore & J.R.Abbott, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 108: 165 (2023)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
• Pilostaxis lutea (L.) Raf. in New Fl. 4: 87 (1838)
• Polygala lutea L. in Sp. Pl.: 705 (1753)
• Heterotypic
• Polygala lutea var. elatior Michx. in Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 54 (1803)
• Polygala pseudosenega Bertol. in Misc. Bot. 15: 21 (1854)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regionalː Eastern USA Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia 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. : 165

Additional references

• USDA, NRCS ( 2021-continuously updated). Natural Resources Conservation Services Plant Database http://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=checklist.h
• Kral, R., Diamond, A.R., Ginzbarg, S., Hansen, C.J., Haynes, R.R., Keener, B.R., Lelong, M.G., Spaulding, D.D. & Woods, M. 2011. Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Alabama. Sida Botanical Miscellany 36: 112 pp. Fort Worth: Botanical Reseach Institute of Texas. ISBN 978-1-889878-34-8 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Senega lutea 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. 2019. Senega lutea. Published online. Accessed: 21 February 2019. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• English: orange milkwort, yellow milkwort

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