Senna, DNeill15867--Ecuador. Zam. Ch. Rio Wawaime Val. 19 Sep 07. 132.jpg
Native to Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles; introduced into Aruba, DR Congo, Ghana, Jamaica, Jawa, Kenya, Leeward Is., Malaya, Netherlands Antilles, New Guinea, Puerto Rico, Sierra Leone, Sulawesi, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Windward Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, El Pangui (El Pangui Canton)
-3.630278, -78.447222
Location Remarks
Cordillera del Cóndor. Summit area of sandstone plateau, a western spur of the Cóndor, Contrafuerte Tres Patines, south of Río Tundayme, above the military road to Cóndor Mirador. Dense, wet dwarf forest and low shrubby vegetation. 1680 m elev.
Collectors
David A. Neill, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Wilson Quizhpe
Notes
Treelet 3 m tall. Inflorescences pendent from descending branches. Corolla bright yellow. Anthers yellow-brownish.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Senna
Specific Epithet
bacillaris
Authorship
(L.f.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 4.6
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#207,104 of 335,497
Top 62%
Extinction probability
5%
