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.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Neill, D 15867

September 18, 2007

Location

Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, El Pangui

-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.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Senna

Specific Epithet

bacillaris

Authorship

(L.f.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

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

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.2

Global rank

#207,104 of 335,497

Top 62%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →