Senna polyphylla (Jacq.)H.Irwin & Barneby

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Senna Miller
Tribe: Cassieae
References: [151][1414][1430][1915][1941]

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Other names:

• Cassia biflora sensu Bojer [Misapplied] [1941][3052][1915]
  
• Cassia marginata Willd. [Synonym] [151]
  
• Cassia microphylla Sesse & Mocino [Synonym] [151]
  
• Cassia polyphylla Jacq. [Synonym] [1941][1430][1414][151]
  
• Cassia tenuissima Sesse & Mocino [Synonym] [151]
  
• Peiranisia polyphylla (Jacq.)Britton & Wilson [Synonym] [151][1430]
  

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Common Names:

• Retama Prieta [151]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Shrub
• Lifespan:
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
  • 1988(Americas)Zarucchi JL
  • 1990(New Zealand & Pacific)Horn P
  • 1993 Zarucchi JL
  • 1993(Indian Ocean)Lock JM & Ireland H
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Uses:

• Environmental [1941]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa
  • Ghana [8]
  • Kenya [8]
  • Nigeria [8]
  • Tanzania [8]

• Caribbean [106] [2157]
  • Caribbean-TRP [151] [1430]
  • Dominican Republic [2157]
  • Puerto Rico [2157]
  • Virgin Is [2157]

• Indian Ocean [1915] [1941]
  • Mauritius [1915]
  • Reunion [1915]
  • Seychelles [1915] [1941]

• North America
  • United States [151] [1430]

• Pacific Ocean [2265]
  • Hawaii [2265]

• South America
  • Brazil [151] [1414] [1430]
  • Guyana [151] [1430]
  • Surinam [151] [1430]

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Notes:

• Treated by Irwin & Barneby with 3 vars:polyphylla,montis-christi & neglecta. [151]
  
• Grown on Mauritius in private gardens; a different form cultivated on Reunion. [1915]
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 12:50:34