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Species
Senna
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Description:
Unarmed trees or shrubs. Leaves paripinnate, without glands on petiole or rhachis. Flowers in many-flowered racemes; bracteoles 2 at base of pedicels. Sepals 5. Petals 5, yellow (in ours). Stamens 10, filaments of 3 lower stamens with an S-bend near the base, many times longer than their small anthers which are dorsifixed. Pod long (30-60 cm in ours), cylindric or elongate.
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| Rights holder/Author | Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings, Flora of Zimbabwe |
| Source | http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=693 |
Population:
Population
Total population size is not known but it is known to be a common species.
Population Trend
Stable
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Norte e centro do Sudão e Sinai
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| Rights holder/Author | CPQBA/UNICAMP, IABIN |
| Source | No source database. |
Chile Central
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| Rights holder/Author | Pablo Gutierrez, IABIN |
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Threats:
Major Threats
There are no major threats known to this species.
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Cyclicity:
Flowering and fruiting: Throughout the year
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Conservation Actions:
Conservation Actions
Across its range it is known to occur within protected areas. This species is not listed as Threatened in the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). Seeds have been collected as part of the Millennium Seed Bank Project. Seeds are located at: Wakehurst Place, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (UK), University of Queensland, Kings Park and Botanic Garden and Seed Conservation Centre, Adelaide Botanic Garden (Australia).
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Flower/Fruit:
Fl. Per.: April-June.
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| Rights holder/Author | eFloras.org Copyright © Missouri Botanical Garden |
| Source | http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250063485 |
Statistics of barcoding coverage:
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:132
Specimens with Sequences:188
Specimens with Barcodes:138
Species:36
Species With Barcodes:33
Public Records:47
Public Species:20
Public BINs:0