Senna hirsuta (Aytera Cimarrona, Disiplinilla, Erva De Bicho, Frijolillo De Monte, Mano De Muerto, Stinking Cassia, Viche, Woolly Senna, Woolly Wild Sensitive Plant, Woolly Wild Sensitive-Plant, Zalche)

Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Aytera Cimarrona, Disiplinilla, Erva De Bicho, Frijolillo De Monte, Mano De Muerto, Pico De P jaro, Pico De Pájaro, Pico De P�jaro, Stinking Cassia, Taperigu, Taperiguá, Viche, Woolly Senna, Woolly Wild Sensitive Plant, Woolly Wild Sensitive-Plant, Zalche

Common Names in Japanese:

Ke-Senna

Description

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Family Fabaceae

The Fabaceae are herbs, vines , shrubs , trees , and lianas found in both temperate and tropical areas. They comprise one of the largest families of flowering plants , numbering 630 genera and 18,000 species. The leaves are stipulate , nearly always alternate, and range from bipinnately or palmately compound to simple . The petiole base is commonly enlarged into a pulvinus that commonly functions in orientation of the leaves (sometimes very responsively, as in the sensitive plant, Mimosa pudica). The flowers are usually bisexual , actinomorphic to zygomorphic, slightly to strongly perigynous, and commonly in racemes , spikes, or heads . The perianth commonly consists of a calyx and corolla of 5 segments each. The androecium consists of commonly 1- many stamens (most commonly 10), distinct or variously united , sometimes some of them reduced to staminodes. The pistil is simple, often stipitate , comprising a single style and stigma, and a superior ovary with one locule containing 2-many marginal ovules. The fruit is usually a legume, sometimes a samara, loment, follicle, indehiscent pod, achene, drupe, or berry. The seeds often have a hard coat with hourglass-shaped cells , and sometimes bear a u-shaped line called a pleurogram. [Carr]

Subfamily Caesalpinioideae

Mostly trees or shrubs . Leaves mostly pinnate, sometimes bipinnate, rarely apparently simple . Corolla usually showy, zygomorphic, the petals imbricate, posterior (upper or banner ) petal innermost in bud. Stamens 10 or fewer, distinct , usually not showy, some commonly reduced to staminodes. Pollen released in monads . Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) usually lacking. [Carr]

Physical Description

Habit: Herb, Shrub • Climbing: Not Climbing

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 4,653 meters (0 to 15,266 feet).Mean = 748.780 meters (2,456.627 feet), Standard Deviation = 914.810 based on 326 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom: Plantae () - Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
  - Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae () - Cavalier-Smith, 1981
    - Phylum: Magnoliophyta () - Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Flowering Plants
      - Subphylum: Euphyllophytina ()
        Infraphylum: Radiatopses () - Kenrick & Crane, 1997
        Class: Magnoliopsida () - Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
        Subclass: Rosidae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Superorder: Fabanae () - R. Dahlgren Ex Reveal, 1993
        Order: Fabales () - Bromhead, 1838
        Family: Fabaceae () - Lindley, 1836 - Bean Family
        Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae ()
        Tribe: Cassieae ()
        Genus: Senna () - Mill.
        Specific epithet: hirsuta - (L.)H.S.Irwin & Barneby
        Botanical name: - Senna hirsuta (L.)H.S.Irwin & Barneby

Unambiguous Synonyms

Cassia caracasana Jacq.
Cassia hirsuta L.
Cassia tomentosa Arn.
Cassia venenifera G.Mey.
Ditremexa hirsuta (L.)Britton & Wilson
Senna hirsuta (L.) H. Irwin & Barneby
Senna hirsuta (L.) Irwin & Barneby
Senna hirsuta L.

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: –.

Place of publication : Phytologia 44:499. 1979

Name verified on 29-Feb-1988 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 22-May-1997

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Senna

There are approximately 608 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

Bibliography

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Notes

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Contributors

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 27, 2008:

Australian National Herbarium
, Australian National Herbarium
Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad, Herbario del Instituto de Ecología, A.C., México
Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad, Herbario del Instituto de Ecología, A.C., México
Herbarium of the University of Aarhus, The AAU Herbarium Database
Herbier de l'Université Louis Pasteur, herbier de nouvelle-caledonie
Herbier de la Guyane, Herbier de la Guyane
Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
, Biodiversidad de Costa Rica
Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
National Herbarium of New South Wales, NSW herbarium collection
National Herbarium of New South Wales, Plants of Papua New Guinea
School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium
USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3876759
Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-637
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13623156
Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:143272-3
GRIN Nomen Number: 313425

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 505156
International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 234491-2
U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: CALEG SEHI
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 62769

Senna hirsuta

Common Names

Description

Family Fabaceae

Subfamily Caesalpinioideae

Physical Description

Habitat

Biology

Reproduction

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

Notes

Similar Species

Members of the genus Senna

Bibliography

More Info

Notes

Contributors

Data Sources

Identifiers

Footnotes