Taxon: Senna bicapsularis (L.) Roxb.

• the 7 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

See also subordinate taxa:

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

Common names:

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

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:

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  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]
  Mesoamerica: Panama
  Northern South America: French Guiana; Guyana; Suriname; Venezuela
  Western South America: Colombia; Ecuador; Peru

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Cape Verde; Portugal - Madeira Islands; Spain - Canary Islands
  Northern Africa: Egypt
  Northeast Tropical Africa: Ethiopia; Somalia; Sudan
  East Tropical Africa: Kenya; Tanzania; Uganda
  West-Central Tropical Africa: Zaire
  West Tropical Africa: Ghana; Nigeria; Senegal; Sierra Leone
  South Tropical Africa: Malawi; Zambia; Zimbabwe
  Southern Africa: South Africa
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India; Sri Lanka
  Indo-China: Thailand; Vietnam
  Malesia: Indonesia; Malaysia; Papua New Guinea
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Florida [s.]
• PACIFIC
  Southwestern Pacific: New Caledonia
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: Bermuda; Cuba
  Mesoamerica: Guatemala
  Western South America: Ecuador - Galapagos Islands

• also cultivated

References:

• Funk, V. et al. 2007. Checklist of the plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 55:1-584.
• 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.
• Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
• Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
• 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.
• Kumar, S & P. V. Sane. 2003. Legumes of South Asia: a checklist.
• Llamas, K. A. 2003. Tropical flowering plants: a guide to identification and cultivation.
• Lock, J. M. & C. S. Ford. 2004. Legumes of Malesia: a checklist.
• Lock, J. M. & J. Heald. 1994. Legumes of Indochina: a checklist.
• Lock, J. M. 1988. Cassia sens. lat. (Leguminosae - Caesalpinioideae) in Africa. Kew Bull. 43:339.
• Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist.
• 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.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Senna bicapsularis.

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

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Senna bicapsularis.

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 web resources for Senna bicapsularis (L.) Roxb.:

• 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
• SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
• On-line Flora of Zimbabwe
• 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:

• 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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