PLANTS Profile for Senna occidentalis (septicweed)

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PLANTS Profile

Senna occidentalis (L.) Link
septicweed

Symbol:

SEOC2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb
Subshrub

Native Status:

L48		I
HI		I
PR		I
VI		I

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Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Bahamas. Usage Requirements.

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Synonyms:
Senna occidentalis (L.) Link

	CAOC3	Cassia occidentalis L.
	DIOC5	Ditremexa occidentalis (L.) Britton & Rose ex Britton & P. Wilson

Distribution:
Senna occidentalis (L.) Link


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, IN, KS, LA, MA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NY, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA), USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Senna occidentalis (L.) Link

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 60 species in Senna

Classification:
Senna occidentalis (L.) Link

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus	Senna Mill. – senna
Species	Senna occidentalis (L.) Link – septicweed

U.S. Weed Information:
Senna occidentalis (L.) Link

coffee senna
Cassia occidentalis
coffee senna
septicweed

This plant and the related entities and synonyms italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

SEEPPC		Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee.
SWSS		Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.

Introduced Information:
Senna occidentalis (L.) Link

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Senna occidentalis (L.) Link

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 505166.

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Related Web Sites:
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Australia Northern Territories AgNote

Time Generated: 10/07/2008 11:49 AM MDT