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Senna polyphylla (Jacq.)H.S.Irwin & Barneby

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HIGHER TAXON: Cassieae

GENUS: Senna Mill.

Senna polyphylla (Jacq.)H.S.Irwin & Barneby [Preferred name]
    Cassia biflora sensu Bojer {Misapplied}
    Cassia marginata Willd. {Synonym}
    Cassia microphylla Sesse & Moc. {Synonym}
    Cassia polyphylla Jacq. {Synonym}
    Cassia tenuissima Sesse & Moc. {Synonym}
    Peiranisia polyphylla (Jacq.)Britton & Wilson {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Retama Prieta [151]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Ghana (I) [8]; Kenya (I) [8]; Nigeria (I) [8]; Tanzania (I) [8]
  Caribbean
Caribbean-TRP (N) [151, 1430]; Dominican Republic (N) [2157]; Puerto Rico (N) [2157]; Virgin Is (N) [2157]
  Indian Ocean
Mauritius (I) [1915]; Reunion (I) [1915]; Seychelles (I) [1915, 1941]
  North America
United States (I) [151, 1430]
  Pacific Ocean
Hawaii (I) [2265]
  South America
Brazil (I) [151, 1414, 1430]; Guyana (I) [151, 1430]; Surinam (I) [151, 1430]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [106];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [151, 1941, 2157] ; Illustration [2157]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Shrub [1941] ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
USES:
  Environmental [1941]

  
NOTES:
  Introduced to Mauritius in private gardens. A different form is cultivated at [1915]
  St. Denis, Reunion. [1915]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

  Lock, J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

106.

  Brenan, J.P.M., 1967
    Caesalp.In:Flora Trop.East Africa. Milne-Redhead & Polhill

151.

  Irwin, H.S. & Barneby, R.C., 1982
    Mem.New York Bot.Gard.35:1-918[in 2 parts]American Cassiinae

1915.

  Polhill, R, M., 1990
    Legumineuses.In:Flore des Mascareignes,Vol 80.J. Bosser et a

1941.

  Robertson, S.A., 1989
    Flowering Plants of Seychelles. Kew

2157.

  Liogier, A.H., 1985
    La Flore de la Espanola.III

2265.

  Horn, P.E., 1988
    Herbarium References
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