Senna skinneri(Benth.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby

WFO wfo-0000175361 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Senna skinneri, photographed by geralg
fig. a geralg, CC0 1.0 / 2020-12-08 / obs. 107347044
Senna skinneri, photographed by Ken-ichi Ueda
fig. b Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 25982754
Senna skinneri, photographed by Franceli Macedo
fig. c Franceli Macedo, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 12234436
Senna skinneri, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. d Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 153748234
Senna skinneri, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. e Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 6086460
Senna skinneri, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. f Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 5318172
Senna skinneri, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. g Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 5318169
Senna skinneri, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. h Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 26479812

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Native range 9 botanical countries

Regions where Senna skinneri is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Venezuela Mexico CentralMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestCosta RicaEl SalvadorGuatemalaHondurasNicaraguaVenezuela
Native distribution of Senna skinneri, 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
Costa Rica COS SOUTHERN AMERICA
El Salvador ELS
Guatemala GUA
Honduras HON
Nicaragua NIC
Venezuela VEN
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS

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 6 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 nelsoni Rose
  • Cassia nelsonii Rose
  • Cassia skinneri Benth.
  • Cassia trichoneura Brandegee
  • Peiranisia falconiensis Pittier
  • Phragmocassia skinneri (Benth.) Britton & Rose

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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