Senna macranthera(DC. ex Collad.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby

WFO wfo-0000175253 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 4 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 4 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Senna macranthera, photographed by Thaian Fernandes
fig. a Thaian Fernandes, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-04-09 / obs. 119885333
Senna macranthera, photographed by Diogo Luiz
fig. b Diogo Luiz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 57724078
Senna macranthera, photographed by Thaian Fernandes
fig. c Thaian Fernandes, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 119885370
Senna macranthera, photographed by Diego Dos Anjos Souza
fig. d Diego Dos Anjos Souza, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197606365
Senna macranthera, photographed by Thaian Fernandes
fig. e Thaian Fernandes, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 119885356
Senna macranthera, photographed by Thaian Fernandes
fig. f Thaian Fernandes, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 119885390
Senna macranthera, photographed by Bruno Henrique Aranda
fig. g Bruno Henrique Aranda, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 111810063
Senna macranthera, photographed by Bruno Henrique Aranda
fig. h Bruno Henrique Aranda, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 111881489

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Native range 11 botanical countries

Regions where Senna macranthera is native: Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela BoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaEcuadorParaguayPeruVenezuela
Native distribution of Senna macranthera, 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.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Bolivia BOL SOUTHERN AMERICA
Brazil North BZN
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Colombia CLM
Ecuador ECU
Paraguay PAR
Peru PER
Venezuela VEN

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 22 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 bijuga Vogel
  • Cassia larensis Britton & Pittier
  • Cassia macranthera DC. ex Collad.
  • Cassia macranthera var. quadrifoliata H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  • Cassia macranthera var. venosissima Benth.
  • Cassia micans Nees
  • Cassia monaden Vell.
  • Cassia multiflora Vogel
  • Cassia nervosa Vogel
  • Cassia prominens D.Dietr.
  • Cassia pudibunda Mart. ex Benth.
  • Cassia speciosa Thunb. ex Schweigg.
  • Cassia speciosa var. nervosa (Vogel) Benth.
  • Cassia splendida var. striata (Vogel) Benth.
  • Cassia striata Vogel
  • Chamaecrista pudibunda (Mart. ex Benth.) Pittier
  • Chamaefistula larensis Britton & Pittier
  • Chamaefistula larensis (Britton & Pittier) Britton & P
  • Chamaefistula prominens (D.Dietr.) G.Don
  • Chamaefistula pudibunda (Mart. ex Benth.) Pittier
  • Chamaefistula quadrifoliolata Pittier
  • Chamaefistula speciosa (Thunb. ex Schweigg.) G.Don

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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