Senna undulata (Benth.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby

First published in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 35: 157 (1982)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Mexico to Colombia, St. Vincent to N. South America. It is a climber and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Classification

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Publications

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • D'Arcy, W.G. (1987). Flora of Panama. Checklist and Index.. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 17: 1-328. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
  • Goodwin, Z.A. & al. (2013). A checklist of the vascular plants of the lowland savannas of Belize, Central America. Phytotaxa 101: 1-119.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera & C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2010). Manual de plantas de Costa Rica volumen V. Dicotiledóneas (Clusiaceae-Gunneraceae). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 119: 1-970. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Ibarra-Manríquez, G. & al. (2015). Lianas of Mexico. Botanical Sciences 93: 365-417.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 1, 2023 Ferreira, G.C.; Freitas, J.C. [587] Brazil K000840321 Yes
Aug 1, 2023 Spruce, R. [s.n.] Brazil K000840325 Yes
Aug 1, 2023 Ferreira, G.C.; Freitas, J.C. [583] Brazil K000840320 Yes
Mar 13, 2014 Allen, C. [857] Colombia K000966779 Yes
Mar 13, 2014 Seemann [453] Panama K000966775 Yes
Mar 13, 2014 Hooker [s.n.] Panama K000966776 Yes
Mar 13, 2014 Andre, Ed. [697] Colombia K000966778 Yes
Mar 13, 2014 Fendler, A. [86] Panama K000966774 Yes
Mar 13, 2014 Rusby, H.H.; Squires, Roy, W. [319] Venezuela K000966777 Yes
Mar 1, 2014 Sinclair [s.n.] Panama K000966756 Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Ferreira, C.A.C.; Ramos, J.; Batista, E.; Coelho, J.A. [9258] Brazil K000840324 Yes
Jan 1, 1977 Fendler, A. [86] Panama K000966757 Yes
Nov 19, 1976 Allen, Cyril [857], Colombia K000966779 Yes
Sep 1, 1942 Sinclair [s.n.], Panama K000966756 Yes
Dec 16, 1924 Wurdack, J.J.; Monachino, J.V. [41261], Venezuela K000966755 Yes
Dec 1, 1875 Pittier [12773], Venezuela K000966754 Yes
Dec 1, 1875 Fendler, A. [86], Panama K000966757 Yes
Nov 21, 1856 Fendler, A. [86], Panama K000966774 Yes
Mar 2, 1850 Hooker [s.n.], Panama K000966776 Yes
Mar 2, 1850 Rusby, H.H.; Squires, Roy W. [319], Venezuela K000966777 Yes
Mar 2, 1850 Andre, Ed. [697], Colombia K000966778 Yes
Jan 1, 1850 Seemann [453], Panama K000966775 Yes
Pittier [12773] Venezuela K000966754 Yes
Lockhart [s.n.] Trinidad and Tobago K000504581 Type Yes
Schomburgk [86] Guyana K000555357 Isotype Yes
Schomburgk [86] Guyana K000555356 Holotype Yes
Ule, E. [7769] Brazil K000840322 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Forero, E.; Pena, B.S.; Ramos, J.F. [4330] Brazil K000840323 Yes
Wurdack, J.J.; Monachino, J.V. [41261] Venezuela K000966755 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • 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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • 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