Senna (herb)
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| Golden Senna -Senna candolleana | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Genus: | Senna Mill. |
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S. candolleana |
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Senna candolleana or Golden Senna associates with Lithrea and Porlieria chilensis in Central Chile Matorral or forms pure stands.[1],[2]. Traditionally Senna, a genus including 250 species, was classified as Cassia. Near 200 species appear in South America[3], fourteen of them in Chile .[4].
Uses [change]
This evergreen shrub, 5 to 6 feet tall (1.5-1.8 m), 6 feet wide (1.8 m); dark green leaves is suitable as ornamental.
Other websites [change]
http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb/6.00/taxa/12954.shtml
References [change]
- ↑ Rojas, M. 2007. Análisis y seguimiento de las medidas ambientales asociadas a proyectos, que intervienen vegetación, calificados en el sistema de impacto ambiental.
- ↑ Tapia, D. 2005. Propuestas de intervención silviculturales con fines de rehabilitación en la Quebrada de la Plata, Región Metropolitana. on line
- ↑ Schütz Rodrigues R et al. 2005. O gênero Senna (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae) no Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil Acta Botanica Brasilica19, 1.
- ↑ Zoellner O, C. San Martín, 1983-1985. Anales del Museo de Historia Natural, 16, 15.
