page_title: Senna (plant)
section_title: Species
hierarchical_section_title: Senna (plant) / Species
caption_attribution_description: English: Senna pinheiroi H.S.Irwin &amp; Barneby
context_page_description: Senna, the sennas, is a large genus of flowering plants in the legume family. This diverse genus is native throughout the tropics, with a small number of species in temperate regions. The number of species is estimated to be from about 260 to 350. The type species for the genus is Senna alexandrina. About 50 species of Senna are known in cultivation.
context_section_description: As of December 2019, Plants of the World Online accepts the following species:
  Senna acanthoclada (Griseb.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  Senna acclinis (F.Muell.) Randell
  Senna aciphylla (Benth. ex A.Gray) Randell
  Senna aculeata (Pohl ex Benth.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  Senna acunae (Borhidi) A.Barreto & Yakovlev
  Senna acuparata H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  Senna acuruensis (Benth.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  Senna acutisepala (Benth.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  Senna affinis (Benth.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  Senna alata (L.) Roxb. – candlebush, Christmas candle
  Senna alexandrina Mill. – Alexandrian senna
  Senna andrieuxii (Benth.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  Senna angulata (Vogel) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  Senna angustisiliqua (Lam.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  Senna ankaranensis Du Puy & R.Rabev.
  Senna anthoxantha (Capuron) Du Puy
  Senna aphylla (Cav.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  Senna apiculata (M.Martens & Galeotti) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  Senna appendiculata (Vogel) Wiersema
  Senna apsidoneura (H.S.Irwin & Barneby) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  Senna araucarietorum H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  Senna argentea (Kunth) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  Senna arida (Rose) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  Senna aristeguietae H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  Senna armata (S.Watson) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  Senna arnottiana (Hook.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  Senna artemisioides (Gaudich. ex DC.) Randell – grey cassia, leafless cassia, woody cassia
  Senna atomaria (L.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  Senna aurantia (Ruiz & Pav. ex G.Don) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  Senna auriculata (L.) Roxb. – avaram, Matara-tea, tanner's cassia
  Senna aversiflora (Herb.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  Senna aymara H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  Senna baccarinii (Chiov.) Lock
  Senna bacillaris (L.f.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby – West Indian showertree
  Senna barclayana (Sweet) Randell
  Senna barnebyana Lass. – pepper-leaf senna, smooth senna, yellow peabush
  Senna barronfieldii (Colla) Hewson
  Senna bauhinioides (A.Gray) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  Senna benitoensis (Britton & P.Wilson) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  Senna bicapsularis (L.) Roxb. – rambling senna, Christmas bush, money bush, yellow candlewood
  Senna biglandularis A.O.Araujo & V.C.Souza
  Senna birostris (Dombey ex Vogel) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  Senna bosseri Du Puy & R.Rabev.
  Senna bracteosa D.B.O.S.Cardoso & L.P.Queiroz
  Senna brongniartii (Gaudich.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  Senna burkartiana (Villa) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  Senna cajamarcae H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  Senna cana (Nees & Mart.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  Senna candolleana (Vogel) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  Senna cardiosperma (F.Muell.) Randell
  Senna catingae (Harms) L.P.Queiroz
  Senna caudata (Standl.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  Senna cearensis Afr.Fern.
  Senna centranthera H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  Senna cernua (Balb.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  Senna chapmanii (Isely) A.Barreto & Yakovlev
  Senna charlesiana (Symon) Randell
  Senna chloroclada (Harms) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  Senna chrysocarpa (Desv.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  Senna cladophylla (W.Fitzg.) Randell
  Senna clavigera (Domin) Randell
  Senna cobanensis (Britton) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  Senna coimbrae M.Nee & Barneby
  Senna collicola H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  Senna confinis (Greene) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  Senna corifolia (Benth.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  Senna cornigera H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  Senna coronilloides (Benth.) Randell
  Senna corymbosa (Lam.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby – Argentine senna, Argentine wild sensitive plant
  Senna costata (J.F.Bailey & C.T.White) Randell
  Senna covesii (A.Gray) H.S.Irwin & Barneby – Coues' cassia, Coves' cassia, desert senna
  Senna crassiramea (Benth.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  Senna crotalarioides (Kunth) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  Senna cruckshanksii (Hook.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  Senna cuatrecasasii H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  Senna cumingii (Hook. & Arn.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  Senna curvistyla (J.M.Black) Randell
  Senna cushina (J.F.Macbr.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  Senna cuthbertsonii (F.Muell.) Randell
  Senna dardanoi Afr.Fern. & P.Bezerra
  Senna dariensis (Britton & Rose) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  Senna davidsonii (V.Singh) V.Singh
  Senna demissa (Rose) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  Senna didymobotrya (Fresen.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby – candelabra-tree, peanut butter cassia, African senna
  Senna divaricata (Nees & Blume) Lock
  Senna domingensis (Spreng.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  Senna durang
caption: Senna pinheiroi
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