Senna covesii information from NPGS/GRIN

United States Department of Agriculture
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Taxon: Senna covesii (A. Gray) H. S. Irwin & Barneby

Genus: Senna
Family: Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) subfamily: Caesalpinioideae tribe: Cassieae subtribe: Cassiinae. Also placed in: Caesalpiniaceae
Nomen number: 100047
Place of publication: Phytologia 44:499. 1979
Name verified on: 17-Mar-1989 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 22-May-1997
Species priority site is: Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit, Griffin, GA (S9).
Accessions: 8 in National Plant Germplasm System.

Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico [s.w.]
Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, California [s.], Nevada [s.]
Northern Mexico: Mexico - Baja California [n.e.], Sinaloa [n.w.], Sonora

References:

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. 35:276.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Senna covesii.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Senna covesii.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Senna covesii.

Synonyms:

(≡) Cassia covesii A. Gray (basionym)

Check other web resources for Senna covesii (A. Gray) H. S. Irwin & Barneby:

PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
ILDIS: World Database of Legumes
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.

Images or nodulation data:

GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
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

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?100047 (23 May 2013)

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