Tephrosia senna Kunth

First published in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 6: 458 (1824)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Mexico to Honduras, Caribbean, Colombia to Venezuela. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Descriptions

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

Distribution
Colombia
[CPLC]

Distribution
Native to Colombia.
[UPFC]

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]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb
Vernacular
Anil Racemillo, Bushy Goat's Rue, Sen, Sen Amargo, Sen De La Tierra
[ILDIS]

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

Morphology General Habit
An erect perennial herb, much-branched and finely strigose; leaves with 4–9 leaflets, these obovate or cuneate-oblong, 1–3.5 cm long, 4–16 mm wide, usually rounded or retuse with a small mucro in the notch, whitish-strigillose on both surfaces; stipules subulate, 7–10 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes opposite the leaves, on peduncles 3.5–7 cm long; flowers widely spaced
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx ca. 5 mm long; corolla rose-red or pale mauve, 7–10 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods 2.5–4 cm long, 3–4 mm broad, finely strigose, 6–8-seeded.
Distribution
Cayman Brac. West Indies except Jamaica, also in the Yucatan area and Colombia.
Ecology
In sandy or loamy clearings and along borders of thickets.
[Cayman]

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

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

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

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    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/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 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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    • 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