Senna gaudichaudii(Hook. & Arn.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby

WFO wfo-0001060432 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Senna gaudichaudii, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. a Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2022-03-27 / obs. 184800032
Senna gaudichaudii, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. b Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 184799204
Senna gaudichaudii, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. c Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 176180483
Senna gaudichaudii, photographed by coenobita
fig. d coenobita, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 30645314
Senna gaudichaudii, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. e Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 184761470
Senna gaudichaudii, photographed by Tony van Kampen
fig. f Tony van Kampen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 184974854
Senna gaudichaudii, photographed by Tony van Kampen
fig. g Tony van Kampen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 152598223
Senna gaudichaudii, photographed by Jake Gross
fig. h Jake Gross, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 8127975

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Native range 11 botanical countries

Regions where Senna gaudichaudii is native: Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, Queensland, Fiji, Hawaii, New Caledonia, Pitcairn Is., Society Is., Tubuai Is., Vanuatu JawaLesser Sunda Is.MalukuQueenslandFijiHawaiiNew Caledonia Pitcairn Is.Society Is.Tubuai Is.Vanuatu
Native distribution of Senna gaudichaudii, 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
Fiji FIJ PACIFIC
Hawaii HAW
New Caledonia NWC
Pitcairn Is. PIT
Society Is. SCI
Tubuai Is. TUB
Vanuatu VAN
Jawa JAW ASIA-TROPICAL
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Maluku MOL
Queensland QLD AUSTRALASIA

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 11 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.

  • Cassia deplanchei Benth.
  • Cassia gaudichaudii Hook. & Arn.
  • Cassia glanduligera H.St.John
  • Cassia horsfieldii Miq.
  • Cassia retusa Sol. ex Vogel
  • Cassia retusa var. dietrichiae Domin
  • Cassia retusa var. glabrata Domin
  • Cassia retusa var. typica Domin
  • Psilorhegma gaudichaudii (Hook. & Arn.) O.Deg.
  • Senna glanduligera (H.St.John) A.C.Sm.
  • Senna surattensis subsp. retusa (Sol. ex Vogel) Randell

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. 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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