Senna bicapsularis(L.) Roxb.

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WFO wfo-0000214823 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Senna bicapsularis, photographed by Michael Meiring
fig. a Michael Meiring, CC BY 4.0 / 2019-11-19 / obs. 58558495
Senna bicapsularis, photographed by Michael A. Alcorn
fig. b Michael A. Alcorn, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 50128477
Senna bicapsularis, photographed by Henry de Lange
fig. c Henry de Lange, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 47809324
Senna bicapsularis, photographed by Thibaud Aronson
fig. d Thibaud Aronson, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 32190383
Senna bicapsularis, photographed by portioid
fig. e portioid, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 27535685
Senna bicapsularis, photographed by Marco Mussita
fig. f Marco Mussita, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 27520623
Senna bicapsularis, photographed by portioid
fig. g portioid, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 12797978
Senna bicapsularis, photographed by Hugo Hulsberg
fig. h Hugo Hulsberg, CC0 1.0 / obs. 169914516

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Native range 25 botanical countries

Regions where Senna bicapsularis is native: Aruba, Bahamas, Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Galápagos, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. BoliviaColombiaCubaDominican RepublicEcuadorEl SalvadorFrench GuianaGuyanaHaitiHondurasJamaicaPanamáPeruPuerto RicoSouthwest CaribbeanTrinidad-TobagoVenezuela ArubaBahamasGalápagosLeeward Is.Netherlands AntillesTurks-Caicos Is.Venezuelan AntillesWindward Is.
Native distribution of Senna bicapsularis, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Aruba ARU SOUTHERN AMERICA
Bahamas BAH
Bolivia BOL
Colombia CLM
Cuba CUB
Dominican Republic DOM
Ecuador ECU
El Salvador ELS
French Guiana FRG
Galápagos GAL
Guyana GUY
Haiti HAI
Honduras HON
Jamaica JAM
Leeward Is. LEE
Netherlands Antilles NLA
Panamá PAN
Peru PER
Puerto Rico PUE
Southwest Caribbean SWC
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Turks-Caicos Is. TCI
Venezuela VEN
Venezuelan Antilles VNA
Windward Is. WIN

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 33 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Adipera bicapsularis (L.) Britton & Rose
  • Adipera spiciflora Pittier
  • Cassia advena Willd. ex Vogel
  • Cassia alcaparilla Kunth
  • Cassia augusti Harms
  • Cassia berryana Voigt
  • Cassia berterii Colla
  • Cassia berteroi Colla
  • Cassia bicapsularis L.
  • Cassia bicapsularis var. aristata DC.
  • Cassia bicapsularis var. augusti (Harms) J.F.Macbr.
  • Cassia bicapsularis var. chilensis Benth.
  • Cassia bicapsularis var. quadrijuga DC.
  • Cassia chinensis Lam.
  • Cassia chrysoloma De Not.
  • Cassia collae G.Don
  • Cassia darmiens Vell.
  • Cassia emarginata L.
  • Cassia frondosa Hook. & Arn.
  • Cassia glandulifera Reinw. ex Steud.
  • Cassia glanduliflora Reinw. ex Blume
  • Cassia grandiflora Pers.
  • Cassia inflata Spreng.
  • Cassia laevigata sensu Prain, non Willd.

and 9 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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