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Taxon: Senna marilandica (L.) Link

Genus: Senna
Family: Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) subfamily: Caesalpinioideae tribe: Cassieae subtribe: Cassiinae. Also placed in: Caesalpiniaceae
Nomen number: 100061
Place of publication: Handbuch 2:140. 1831 "marylandica"
Name verified on: 05-Dec-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 25-Feb-2002
Species priority site is: Southern Regional PI Station (S9).
Accessions: 6 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


Common names:

  • American senna   (Source: Pl Book )
  • wild senna   (Source: Hortus 3 )

Economic importance:

  • Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard)
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Distributional range:

Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • NORTHERN AMERICA
    Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia
    North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Kansas [e.], Missouri, Nebraska [s.e.], Oklahoma [e.], Wisconsin
    Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
    South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas

References:

  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
  • 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. 35:444.
  • Luckow, M. 1996. The cultivated species of Cassia, Senna, and Chamaecrista (Leguminosae). Baileya 23:224.
  • Wherry, E. T. et al. 1979. Atlas of the flora of Pennsylvania. (Atlas Penn)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Senna marilandica (L.) Link:

  • 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:

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  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google 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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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?100061 (16 March 2009)

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