Senna information from NPGS/GRIN

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Genus: Senna Mill.

Family: Fabaceae subfamily Caesalpinioideae tribe Cassieae subtribe Cassiinae
Altfamily: Leguminosae

Also sometimes placed in: Caesalpiniaceae

Common name: cassia, senna
Genus number: 11066
Last updated: 05-Mar-1999

List of Species Records in GRIN.

References for genus:

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. 35:1–918.
Lewis, G. et al., eds. 2005. Legumes of the world. (Leg World) 123.

More:

KBD: Kew Bibliographic Databases of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Note: Log on to KBD for better access.

Synonyms (=), probable synonyms (=~), and possible synonyms (~) for genus:

(= ) Chamaefistula (DC.) G. Don
(= ) Chamaesenna (DC.) Raf. ex Pittier
(= ) Desmodiocassia Britton & Rose
(= ) Earleocassia Britton
(= ) Echinocassia Britton & Rose
(= ) Gaumerocassia Britton
(= ) Herpetica (DC.) Raf.
(= ) Leonocassia Britton
(= ) Palmerocassia Britton
(= ) Peiranisia Raf.
(= ) Phragmocassia Britton & Rose
(= ) Pseudocassia Britton & Rose
(= ) Pterocassia Britton & Rose
(= ) Sciacassia Britton
(= ) Sericeocassia Britton
(= ) Tharpia Britton & Rose
(= ) Vogelocassia Britton
(= ) Xerocassia Britton & Rose

Check other nomenclature databases for Senna:

ING: Index Nominum Genericorum
NCU-3e: Names in Current Use for Extant Plant Genera

Images:

Disseminule drawings (Senna auriculata): U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
Flowering tree (Senna alata): University of Florida IFAS Extension image
Flowering tree (Senna pendula): University of Florida IFAS Extension image
Flowering tree (Senna surattensis): University of Florida IFAS Extension image
Fruit (Senna marilandica): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seed (Senna alata): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seed (Senna alexandrina): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seed (Senna artemisioides): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seed (Senna bacillaris): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seed (Senna bicapsularis): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seed (Senna corymbosa): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seed (Senna didymobotrya): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seed (Senna hebecarpa): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seed (Senna hirsuta): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seed (Senna italica): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seed (Senna marilandica): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seed (Senna multijuga): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seed (Senna nitida): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seed (Senna obtusifolia): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seed (Senna occidentalis): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seed (Senna pumilio): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seed (Senna septemtrionalis): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seed (Senna siamea): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seed (Senna sophera): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seed (Senna uniflora): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seeds (Senna marilandica): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seeds or fruits (Senna tora): Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University

More:

Check PlantSystematics.org
Check H. D. Wilson's Vascular Plant Image Library (Texas A. & M. University)

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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/genus.pl?11066 (24 May 2013)

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