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Taxon:  Senna pendula (Willd.) H. S. Irwin & Barneby



Summary
Genus:
Senna
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:
Cassieae
Subtribe:
Cassiinae
Nomen number:
404358
Place of publication:
Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 35:378. 1982
Verified:
02/20/1996 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. 
Other conspecific taxa
Senna pendula (Willd.) H. S. Irwin & Barneby var. glabrata (Vogel) H. S. Irwin & Barneby (1 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource).
  2. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. 1993
  3. Burkart, A. E., ed. Flora ilustrada de Entre Rios. 1969-
  4. CalFlora Database Project. CalFlora: a botanical resource for California on the internet (on-line resource).
  5. Faria, S. Miana de. 2006. pers. comm.
  6. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14. 2003
  7. Hnatiuk, R. J. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. 1990
  8. Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares. 2008
  9. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  10. Irwin, H. S. & R. C. Barneby. 1982. The American Cassiinae: a synoptical revision of Leguminosae tribe Cassieae subtribe Cassiinae in the New World. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 35:378-396.
  11. Isely, D. Native and naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the United States (exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii). 1998
  12. Press, J. R. & M. J. Short, eds. Flora of Madeira. 1994
  13. Wagner, W. L. et al. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands (on-line resource).
  14. Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003
  15. Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74. 1996, 1999
Common names
English
Easter cassia –
valamuerto –
Spanish (Argentina)
caña fistula –
cañuto de pito –
yerba del burro –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern America Mexico  
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazil  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCuba  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanDominican Republic  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanHaiti  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanHispaniola  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanTrinidad and Tobago  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaBelize  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaGuatemala  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaPanama  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuela  
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina  
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaParaguay  
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaUruguay  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeru  
2Cultivated     
4NaturalizedAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalMadeira Islands 
4NaturalizedAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth Africa  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexas 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesFlorida 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesCalifornia 
4NaturalizedPacificNorth-Central PacificUnited StatesHawaii 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanBahamas  
Native
Northern America
  • REGION: Mexico
Southern America
  • BRAZIL: Brazil
  • CARIBBEAN: Hispaniola, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago
  • MESOAMERICA: Belize, Guatemala, Panama
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Peru
Cultivated ()
Naturalized
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Portugal [Madeira Islands]
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
Northern America
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida]
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California]
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Bahamas
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Burkart, A. E., ed. Flora ilustrada de Entre Rios. 1969-
Weed  Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003
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=404358. Accessed 20 July 2025.


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