Taxon: Senna bicapsularis (L.) Roxb.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Senna bicapsularis var. augusti (no accessions)
• Senna bicapsularis var. bicapsularis (no accessions)

Common names:

• Christmasbush   (Source: Baileya 23:220. 1996)
  
• moneybush   (Source: Baileya 23:220. 1996)
  
• rambling cassia   (Source: Baileya 23:220. 1996)
  
• yellow candlewood   (Source: Trop Flow Pl )
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Trop Flow Pl; Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: birds   (fide Baileya 23:220. 1996)
  
• Weed   (fide Invasive Pl Spec; Weeds SAfr 2001)
  

More:

View toxicology references for Senna bicapsularis from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

Distributional range:

Native:

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Mesoamerica: Panama
  Caribbean: Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Barbados; Dominica; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Jamaica; Martinique; Montserrat; Puerto Rico; St. Kitts and Nevis; St. Lucia; St. Vincent and Grenadines; Trinidad and Tobago; Turks and Caicos Islands [possibly native]
  Northern South America: Venezuela
  Western South America: Colombia; Ecuador; Peru

Other:

• naturalized in tropical & s. Africa, s. Asia, Macaronesia, Galapagos, & Hawaii

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)
• 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. 35:399.
• Lock, J. M. 1988. Cassia sens. lat. (Leguminosae - Caesalpinioideae) in Africa. Kew Bull. 43:339.
• Luckow, M. 1996. The cultivated species of Cassia, Senna, and Chamaecrista (Leguminosae). Baileya 23:220.
• Randell, B. R. 1988. Revision of the Cassiinae in Australia. 1. Senna Miller sect. Chamaefistula (Colladon) Irwin and Barneby. J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 11:31.
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. (Invasive Pl Spec)

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Senna bicapsularis.

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

Synonyms:

• Cassia augusti Harms [≡ Senna bicapsularis var. augusti]
  
• Cassia bicapsularis L. [≡ Senna bicapsularis var. bicapsularis]
  (previously associated with 10 accessions)
• Cassia emarginata L. [= Senna bicapsularis var. bicapsularis]
  (previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other databases for Senna bicapsularis (L.) Roxb.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
• 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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