Taxon: Senna spectabilis (DC.) H. S. Irwin & Barneby var. spectabilis

 
Genus: Senna
Family: Fabaceae (alt.Leguminosae)
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Tribe: Cassieae
Subtribe: Cassiinae
Nomen number: 100072
Place of publication:
Link to protologue:
Typification:
Name Verified on: 02-mar-1988 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 17-jun-2015
Species priority site is: Natl. Germplasm Repository - Miami (MIA)
Accessions: 1 in National Plant Germplasm System (GoogleMap)

Synonyms:

Economic Importance:

  • Environmental: agroforestry (fide Mem NYBG 35(2):604. 1982)
  • Environmental: boundary/barrier/support (for living fence fide Baileya 23:233. 1996)
  • Environmental: ornamental (fide Dict Gard)

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Northern America
    • Mexico (s.e.)

    Southern America
    • CARIBBEAN: Barbados, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico
    • CENTRAL AMERICA: Central America (probably introd. most sites)
    • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela
    • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia (s.e.), Colombia, Peru (e.)
    • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, [Entre Rios, Jujuy, Salta] Paraguay


    Cultivated (also cult.)

    Naturalized (widely natzd.)

    Other (exact native range obscure)

References:

  1. Howard, R. Flora of the lesser Antilles. 1974-1989 (F LAnt)
  2. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 (Dict Gard)
  3. 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. 35:600.
  4. Luckow, M. 1996. The cultivated species of Cassia, Senna, and Chamaecrista (Leguminosae) (Baileya) 23:233.

Check other web resources for Senna spectabilis (DC.) H. S. Irwin & Barneby var. spectabilis :

  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • 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.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=100072. Accessed 7 junio 2026.