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Taxon

Senna alata (L.) Roxb.

Protologue Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 2: 349. 1832BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Senna alata--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 10 Dec 03. 264.jpg

Senna alata--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 10 Dec 03. 264.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Senna alata--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 10 Dec 03. 263.jpg

Senna alata--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 10 Dec 03. 263.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Senna alata--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 10 Dec 03. 262.jpg

Senna alata--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 10 Dec 03. 262.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Senna alata--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 4 Dec 03. 184.jpg

Senna alata--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 4 Dec 03. 184.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.; introduced into 80 botanical countries across Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, Northern America, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

Davidson C., Christoph S.R. s.n.

December 6, 2003

Location

Cameroon, Southwest, Antsiranana (Limbe, Limbe Botanic Garden)

4.018898, 9.197624

Location Remarks

City of Limbe

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Davidson C., Christoph S.R. s.n.

December 10, 2003

Location

Ghana, Eastern, Akuapim (Aburi, Aburi Botanic Gardens)

5.8512, -0.17296

Location Remarks

Aburi village, 30 km north of Accra

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Senna

Specific Epithet

alata

Authorship

(L.) Roxb.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 14.2

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.9

Global rank

#49,589 of 335,497

Top 15%

Extinction probability

6%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →