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Taxon:  Senna multiglandulosa (Jacq.) H. S. Irwin & Barneby



Summary
Genus:
Senna
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:
Cassieae
Subtribe:
Cassiinae
Nomen number:
100051
Place of publication:
Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 35:357. 1982
Verified:
09/09/2002 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Cassia multiglandulosa Jacq.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cassia tomentosa L. f.
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Reference(s)
  1. George, A. S., ed. Flora of Australia. 1980-
  2. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  3. Leonard, L. T. 1925. Lack of nodule formation in a subfamily of the Leguminosae. Soil Sci. 20:165-167.
  4. Lock, J. M. 1988. Cassia sens. lat. (Leguminosae - Caesalpinioideae) in Africa. Kew Bull. 43:340.
  5. Luckow, M. 1996. The cultivated species of Cassia, Senna, and Chamaecrista (Leguminosae). Baileya 23:225.
  6. McVaugh, R. Flora Novo-Galiciana. 1983-
  7. Randell, B. R. 1988. Revision of the Cassiinae in Australia. 1. Senna Miller sect. Chamaefistula (Colladon) Irwin and Barneby. J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 11:27.
Common names
English
downy senna –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoSan Luis Potosi 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoChiapas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoGuanajuato 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoMexico 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoMichoacan 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoOaxaca 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoPuebla 
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaGuatemala  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuador  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeru  
2Cultivated     
4Naturalized     
Native
Northern America
  • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [San Luis Potosi]
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas, Guanajuato, Mexico, Michoacan, Oaxaca, Puebla]
Southern America
  • MESOAMERICA: Guatemala
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Cultivated ()
Naturalized ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Luckow, M. 1996. The cultivated species of Cassia, Senna, and Chamaecrista (Leguminosae). Baileya 23:225.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=100051. Accessed 19 July 2025.


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