Native to Argentina Northeast, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela; introduced into 41 botanical countries across Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
South Africa
Location Remarks
Northern Drakensberg Mountains. Royal Natal National Park, near Thendele Lodge
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Ghana, Eastern, Akuapim (Aburi, Aburi Botanic Gardens)
5.8512, -0.17296
Location Remarks
Aburi village, 30 km north of Accra
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Senna
Specific Epithet
spectabilis
Authorship
(DC.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.0
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.0
Global rank
#334,620 of 335,497
Top 100%
Extinction probability
5%