Taxon: Senna septemtrionalis (Viv.) H. S. Irwin & Barneby

Common names:

• arsenic-bush   (Source: Baileya 23:230. 1996)
  
• Dooleyweed   (Source: Baileya 23:230. 1996)
  
• laburnum   (Source: Baileya 23:230. 1996)
  
• smooth senna   (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2 )
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Baileya 23:230. 1996)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Weed   (fide Mem NYBG 35:365. 1982)
  

Distributional range:

Native:

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Central Mexico: Mexico - Jalisco, Michoacan, Oaxaca, Veracruz
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Mesoamerica: Costa Rica [n.]; Guatemala; Honduras; Mexico - Chiapas; Nicaragua

Other:

• widely naturalized in tropics

References:

• Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12. (Weeds SAfr 2001)
• Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. (F LAnt)
• Lock, J. M. 1988. Cassia sens. lat. (Leguminosae - Caesalpinioideae) in Africa. Kew Bull. 43:340.
• Luckow, M. 1996. The cultivated species of Cassia, Senna, and Chamaecrista (Leguminosae). Baileya 23:230.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
• McVaugh, R. 1983–. Flora Novo-Galiciana. (F NGalicia)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Senna septemtrionalis.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Senna septemtrionalis. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (=) Cassia elegans Kunth
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Cassia laevigata Willd.
  (previously associated with 14 accessions)
• (≡) Cassia septemtrionalis Viv. (basionym)
  

Check other databases for Senna septemtrionalis (Viv.) H. S. Irwin & Barneby:

• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images or nodulation data:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• GRIN nodulation data

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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