Taxon: Senna italica Mill.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Senna italica subsp. arachoides (no accessions)
• Senna italica subsp. italica (no accessions)
• Senna italica subsp. micrantha (no accessions)

Common names:

• dog senna   (Source: Pl Book )
  
• Italian senna   (Source: Pl Book )
  
• Spanish senna   (Source: Pl Book )
  

Distributional range:

Native:

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Cape Verde
  Northern Africa: Egypt; Libya [s.]; Western Sahara
  Northeast Tropical Africa: Chad; Djibouti; Ethiopia; Somalia; Sudan
  East Tropical Africa: Kenya; Tanzania; Uganda
  West-Central Tropical Africa: Cameroon
  West Tropical Africa: Gambia; Mali; Niger; Nigeria; Senegal
  South Tropical Africa: Angola; Mozambique; Zimbabwe
  Southern Africa: Botswana; Namibia; South Africa; Swaziland
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Arabian Peninsula: Bahrain; Oman; Qatar; Saudi Arabia; United Arab Emirates; Yemen
  Western Asia: Egypt - Sinai; Iran [s.]; Iraq; Israel; Jordan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India - Andhra Pradesh, Daman and Diu, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu; Pakistan; Sri Lanka

Other:

• naturalized in West Indies, n. Venezuela

References:

• Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62. (Pl SAfr)
• Dyer, R. A. et al., eds. 1963–. Flora of southern Africa. (F SAfr) [= Cassia italica (Mill.) Spreng.].
• Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960–. Flora zambesiaca. (F Zamb)
• Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1990–. Flora of Ethiopia. (F Ethiop)
• 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. 35:482.
• Kumar, S & P. V. Sane. 2003. Legumes of South Asia: a checklist. (Leg SAsia)
• Lock, J. M. & K. Simpson. 1991. Legumes of West Asia: a checklist. (Leg WAsia)
• Lock, J. M. 1988. Cassia sens. lat. (Leguminosae - Caesalpinioideae) in Africa. Kew Bull. 43:339.
• Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist. (Leg Africa)
• Thulin, M., ed. 1993–. Flora of Somalia. (F Somalia)
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa. (F TE Afr) [= Cassia italica (Mill.) Spreng.].
• Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966–. Flora palaestina. (F Palest) [= Cassia italica (Mill.) Spreng.].

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

Synonyms:

• Cassia arachoides Burch. [≡ Senna italica subsp. arachoides]
  
• Cassia italica (Mill.) Spreng. [≡ Senna italica subsp. italica]
  
• Cassia italica subsp. arachoides (Burch.) Brenan [≡ Senna italica subsp. arachoides]
  
• Cassia italica subsp. micrantha Brenan [≡ Senna italica subsp. micrantha]
  
• (=) Cassia obovata Collad.
  (previously associated with 3 accessions)

Check other databases for Senna italica Mill.:

• On-line Flora of Zimbabwe
• 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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