Fabaceae
Senna

Senna ligustrina (L.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby

First published in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 35: 409 (1982)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Panama, Florida to Caribbean. It is a shrub.

Descriptions

International Legume Database and Information Service

Ecology
Africa: Cultivated
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb/Shrub
[ILDIS]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

George R. Proctor (2012). Flora of the Cayman Isands (Second Edition). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Morphology General Habit
A small erect shrub up to 1.5 m tall or more, the young branches puberulous
Morphology Leaves
Leaves long- petioled, the petiole bearing a pointed-cylindrical or conical gland below the middle; leaflets 5–7 pairs, lanceolate and unequal-sided, 1.5–4 cm long or more, narrowly acute, glabrous except for the finely ciliate margins
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes few-flowered, in the crowded upper axils, forming a panicle-like leafy inflorescence; sepals 6–8 mm long; petals yellow, dark-veined, 1.2–1.5 cm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens as in S. occidentalis
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods oblong-linear, somewhat curved, 7–10 cm long, 6–8 mm broad, glabrous or sparsely puberulous; seeds numerous, oblong-ellipsoid, 4–4.5 mm long, black with a grey rim.
Distribution
Grand Cayman. Florida, Bermuda, Bahamas, and the Greater Antilles.
Ecology
In thickets and clearings.
[Cayman]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0