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Senna italica Mill.

GRIP Senna italica Mill.



Taxon:  Senna italica Mill.



Summary
Genus:
Senna
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:
Cassieae
Subtribe:
Cassiinae
Nomen number:
100068
Place of publication:
Gard. dict. ed. 8: Senna no. 2. 1768
Verified:
10/28/2008 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
2 (2  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Senna italica Mill. subsp. arachoides (Burch.) Lock (0 active accession[s])
Senna italica Mill. subsp. italica (0 active accession[s])
Senna italica Mill. subsp. micrantha (Brenan) Lock (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cassia obovata Collad.
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Reference(s)
  1. Arechavaleta, M. et al., eds. 2005. Lista preliminar de especies silvestres de Cabo Verde: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres
  2. Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62
  3. Dyer, R. A. et al., eds. 1963-. Flora of southern Africa. Note: = Cassia italica (Mill.) Spreng.
  4. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
  5. Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: Eritrea added in 2000
  6. Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
  7. 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. 35:482.
  8. Kumar, S & P. V. Sane. 2003. Legumes of South Asia: a checklist.
  9. Lock, J. M. & K. Simpson. 1991. Legumes of West Asia: a checklist
  10. Lock, J. M. 1988. Cassia sens. lat. (Leguminosae - Caesalpinioideae) in Africa. Kew Bull. 43:339.
  11. Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
  12. Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
  13. Thulin, M., ed. 1993-. Flora of Somalia.
  14. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. Note: = Cassia italica (Mill.) Spreng.
  15. Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966-. Flora palaestina. Note: = Cassia italica (Mill.) Spreng.
Common names
English
dog senna –
Italian senna –
Spanish senna –
Distribution
Native
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Cabo Verde
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Egypt, Western Sahara, Libya (s.)
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Djibouti, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Chad
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Gambia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Oman [Al Batinah North], Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
  • WESTERN ASIA: Egypt [Sinai], Iran (s.), Iraq, Israel, Jordan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Andhra Pradesh, Daman and Diu, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu], Sri Lanka, Pakistan
Naturalized
Southern America
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela (n.)
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=100068. Accessed 15 May 2025.