Senna alata

Taxonavigation

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

Senna alata (L.) Roxb., Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 2: 349 (1832).

Homotypic
- Cassia alata L., Sp. Pl.: 378 (1753).
- Cassia herpetica Jacq., Observ. Bot. 2: 24 (1767), nom. superfl.
- Herpetica alata (L.) Raf., Sylva Tellur.: 123 (1838).
Heterotypic
- Cassia alata var. perennis Pamp., Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 14: 595 (1907).
- Cassia alata var. rumphiana DC., Prodr. 2: 492 (1825).
- Cassia arayatensis Náves ex Fern.-Vill. in F.M.Blanco, Fl. Filip., ed. 3. 4(13A): 71 (1880), nom. illeg.
- Cassia bracteata L.f., Suppl. Pl.: 232 (1782)
- Herpetica rumphiana (DC.) J.Presl, Wšeobecný Rostl. 1: 457 (1846).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Central America
  - Belize, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá
- Regional: Western South America
  - Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Paraguay
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central
- Regional: Northern South America
  - Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is.
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Southwest
Introduced into:
- Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Brazil South, Burkina, Burundi, California, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, East Himalaya, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Hawaii, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Laos, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Niue, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Zaïre

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International Plant Names Index. 2025. Senna alata. Published online. Accessed: 25 Mar 2025. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Senna alata. Accessed: 25 Mar 2025.
Hassler, M. 2025. Senna alata. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2025. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Mar 25. Reference page.