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sennas
Senna
Senna (from Arabic sanā), the sennas, is a large genus of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae, and the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. This diverse genus is native throughout the tropics, with a small number of species in temperate regions. The number of species is estimated to be from about 260 to 350. The type species for the genus is Senna alexandrina. About 50 species of Senna are known in cultivation.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Candelabra Bush
speciesSenna alata
American Sicklepod
speciesSenna obtusifolia
Lindheimer's Senna
speciesSenna lindheimeriana
silver senna
speciesSenna artemisioides
American senna
speciesSenna hebecarpa
Coffee Senna
speciesSenna occidentalis
Christmas Senna
speciesSenna pendula
Two-leaved Senna
speciesSenna roemeriana
Peanut-Butter Cassia
speciesSenna didymobotrya
Maryland senna
speciesSenna marilandica
Kassod Tree
speciesSenna siamea
Coues' senna
speciesSenna covesii
Buttercup Bush
speciesSenna multiglandulosa
Arsenic Bush
speciesSenna septemtrionalis
Sunshine Tree
speciesSenna surattensis
spiny senna
speciesSenna armata
Twin-flowered cassia
speciesSenna pallida
whitebark senna
speciesSenna spectabilis
matura tea tree
speciesSenna auriculata
flor de San Jose
speciesSenna atomaria
hairy senna
speciesSenna hirsuta
Money Bush
speciesSenna bicapsularis
Argentine Senna
speciesSenna corymbosa
Sickle Senna
speciesSenna tora
reticulate senna
speciesSenna reticulata
Oneleaf Senna
speciesSenna uniflora
Two-Leaved Senna
speciesSenna bauhinioides
Senna aymara
speciesSenna aymara
Senna viarum
speciesSenna viarum
Eland's Pea
speciesSenna italica
privet senna
speciesSenna ligustrina
Wislizenus' Senna
speciesSenna wislizeni
Golden Cassia
speciesSenna candolleana
Senna multijuga
speciesSenna multijuga
algarrobilla
speciesSenna sophera
Chapman's wild sensitive plant
speciesSenna chapmanii
Senna macranthera
speciesSenna macranthera
Senna weddelliana
speciesSenna weddelliana
desert senna
speciesSenna polyphylla
Senna confinis
speciesSenna confinis
Senna stipulacea
speciesSenna stipulacea
Senna cumingii
speciesSenna cumingii
Dwarf Senna
speciesSenna pumilio
eared senna
speciesSenna petersiana
Senna racemosa
speciesSenna racemosa
Cockroach Bush
speciesSenna notabilis
sticky senna
speciesSenna glutinosa
Trans-Pecos Senna
speciesSenna pilosior
Rainforest Cassia
speciesSenna acclinis
Senna phyllodinea
speciesSenna phyllodinea
Senna rugosa
speciesSenna rugosa
Senna villosa
speciesSenna villosa
Senna pachyrrhiza
speciesSenna pachyrrhiza
Smooth Senna
speciesSenna sulfurea
Senna aphylla
speciesSenna aphylla
Senna venusta
speciesSenna venusta
Gaudichaud's senna
speciesSenna gaudichaudii
Senna hayesiana
speciesSenna hayesiana
Fire bush
speciesSenna pleurocarpa
Senna crassiramea
speciesSenna crassiramea
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Elements of Botany
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort · 1719 · p.141
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.525
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.954
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.295
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.481
Book of Herbs
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1546 · p.769
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.478
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.479
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.1036
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.570
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.514
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.23
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Senna in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 52348.