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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Senna

Hierarchical position of the Genus Senna

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Rosidae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 264. Jan-Mar 1967.       SuperOrdo  Fabanae R. Dahlgren ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 74: 179. 25 Mar 1993.       Ordo  Fabales Bromhead pub. Edinburgh New Philos. J. 25: 126. Jul 1838. common name: legumes       Familia  Fabaceae Lindl. pub. Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 148. Jul 1836. common name: Leguminosae       Familia  Leguminosae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 345. 4 Aug 1789, nom. cons.       Genus  Senna Mill. common name: senna

Named members of the Genus Senna

1	Species  alata (L.) Roxb. common name: emperor's candlesticks
2	Species  alexandrina P. Mill. common name: Alexandrian senna
3	Species  angustifolia (Vahl) Batka syn. Senna alexandrina
4	Species  armata (S. Wats.) Irwin & Barneby common name: desertsenna
5	Species  artemisioides (Gaud. ex DC.) Randell common name: silver senna
6	Species  atomaria (L.) Irwin & Barneby common name: flor de San Jose  (Mexico)
7	Species  bacillaris (L. f.) Irwin & Barneby common name: whitebark senna
8	Species  bauhinioides (Gray) Irwin & Barneby common name: twinleaf senna
9	Species  bicapsularis (L.) Roxb. common name: Christmasbush
10	Species  corymbosa (Lam.) Irwin & Barneby common name: Argentine senna
11	Species  covesii (Gray) Irwin & Barneby common name: Coves' cassia
12	Species  didymobotrya (Fresen.) Irwin & Barneby common name: African senna
13	Species  durangensis (Rose) Irwin & Barneby
	14    Varietas  iselyi (Irwin & Barneby) Irwin & Barneby common name: Isely's senna
15	Species  gaudichaudii (Hook. & Arn.) Irwin & Barneby common name: Gaudichaud's senna
16	Species  hebecarpa (Fern.) Irwin & Barneby
	17    Varietas  longipila (E.L. Braun) C.F. Reed syn. Senna hebecarpa
18	Species  hirsuta (L.) Irwin & Barneby
	19    Varietas  glaberrima (M.E. Jones) Irwin & Barneby common name: woolly senna 20    Varietas  hirsuta common name: woolly senna
21	Species  italica P. Mill. common name: Port Royal senna
22	Species  ligustrina (L.) Irwin & Barneby common name: privet senna
23	Species  lindheimeriana (Scheele) Irwin & Barneby common name: velvet leaf senna
24	Species  marilandica (L.) Link common name: Maryland senna
25	Species  mexicana (Jacq.) Irwin & Barneby
	26    Varietas  chapmanii (Isely) Irwin & Barneby common name: Chapman's senna
27	Species  monozyx (Irwin & Barneby) Irwin & Barneby common name: Andean senna
28	Species  multijuga (L.C. Rich.) Irwin & Barneby common name: false sicklepod
29	Species  nitida (L.C. Rich.) Irwin & Barneby common name: hediondilla
30	Species  obovata (Colladon) Link syn. Senna italica
31	Species  obtusifolia (L.) Irwin & Barneby common name: Java-bean
32	Species  occidentalis (L.) Link common name: septicweed
33	Species  orcuttii (Britt. & Rose) Irwin & Barneby common name: Orcutt's senna
34	Species  pendula (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Irwin & Barne
	35    Varietas  advena (Vogel) Irwin & Barneby common name: valamuerto 36    Varietas  glabrata (Vogel) Irwin & Barneby common name: valamuerto 37    Varietas  stahlii (Urban) Irwin & Barneby common name: Stahl's valamuerto
38	Species  pilosior (B.L. Robins. ex J.F. Macbr.) Irwin & Ba common name: TransPecos senna
39	Species  polyphylla (Jacq.) Irwin & Barneby common name: retama prieta
40	Species  pumilio (Gray) Irwin & Barneby common name: dwarf senna
41	Species  racemosa (P. Mill.) Irwin & Barneby common name: limestone senna
42	Species  ripleyana (Irwin & Barneby) Irwin & Barneby common name: Ripley's senna
43	Species  roemeriana (Scheele) Irwin & Barneby common name: twoleaf senna
44	Species  septemtrionalis (Viv.) H. Irwin & Barneby common name: senna
45	Species  septentrionalis (Viviani) Irwin & Barneby common name: hedionda macho
46	Species  siamea (Lam.) Irwin & Barneby common name: Siamese cassia
47	Species  sophera (L.) Roxb. common name: algarrobilla
48	Species  spectabilis (DC.) Irwin & Barneby common name: casia amarilla
49	Species  sulfurea (DC. ex Colladon) Irwin & Barneby common name: smooth senna
50	Species  surattensis (Burm. f.) Irwin & Barneby common name: glossy shower
51	Species  tora (L.) Roxb. common name: sickle senna
52	Species  uniflora (P. Mill.) Irwin & Barneby common name: oneleaf senna
53	Species  wislizeni (Gray) Irwin & Barneby common name: Wislizenus' senna
54	Species  x floribunda (Cav.) Irwin & Barneby

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.