Tephrosia senna Kunth GRIN-Global

Taxon: Tephrosia senna Kunth

Summary

Genus:

Tephrosia

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Millettieae

Nomen number:

80174

Place of publication:

F. W. H. A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. gen. sp. 6:359[folio]; 6:458[quarto]. 1824

Verified:

01/27/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

1 (1 active, 1 available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Homotypic Synonym(s)

Cracca senna (Kunth) Kuntze

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Cracca cathartica (Sesse & Moc.) Britton & Millsp.
Galega cathartica Sesse & Moc.
Tephrosia cathartica (Sesse & Moc.) Urb.

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Reference(s)

Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. Flora of the Bahama archipelago. 1982
Dubey, H. D. et al. 1972. New records of tropical legume nodulation. Bot. Gaz. 133(1):35-38.
Howard, R. Flora of the lesser Antilles. 1974-1989
Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis. 1982
Spellman, D. L. et al. A list of the monocotyledoneae/dicotyledonae of Belize. Rhodora v. 77 & 83, 1975 & 1981
Wood, C. E. 1949. The American barbistyled species of Tephrosia (Leguminosae). Rhodora 51:380.

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Yucatan
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Bahamas
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Martinique
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Puerto Rico
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	St. Kitts and Nevis
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	St. Lucia
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	St. Vincent and Grenadines	St. Vincent
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Belize
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Honduras
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia

Native
Northern America

SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Yucatan]

Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Bahamas, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent and Grenadines [St. Vincent]
MESOAMERICA: Belize, Honduras
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia

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=80174. Accessed 20 July 2025.