Hostname: page-component-54dcc4c588-sq2k7 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2025-10-04T05:37:03.416Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

STUDIES IN THE FLORA OF ARABIA: XXX. A SYNOPSIS OF THE NATIVE AND NATURALISED SPECIES OF SENNA (LEGUMINOSAE: CAESALPINIOIDEAE) IN THE ARABIAN PENINSULA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 February 2014

F. Z. Filimban ,
B. Mackinder ,
S. G. Knees  and
R. T. Pennington
F. Z. Filimban
Affiliation:
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, Scotland, UK. E-mail for correspondence: faten_filimban@yahoo.com King Abdul Aziz University, PO Box 80200, Jeddah 21589, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
B. Mackinder
Affiliation:
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, Scotland, UK. E-mail for correspondence: faten_filimban@yahoo.com Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AB, UK.
S. G. Knees
Affiliation:
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, Scotland, UK. E-mail for correspondence: faten_filimban@yahoo.com
R. T. Pennington
Affiliation:
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, Scotland, UK. E-mail for correspondence: faten_filimban@yahoo.com
Get access

Abstract

A synopsis of the native and naturalised species of Senna (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae) in the Arabian Peninsula is provided. Nine species are recognised. A key to the species is presented. For each species the accepted name with selected synonymy is given, followed by a diagnostic morphological description, the geographical distribution, details of habitat preference, and citation of specimens studied. Preliminary regional conservation assessments are given for all species.

Keywords

AngiospermsArabiaCassiaconservationFabaceaetaxonomic study

Information

Type
Articles
Information
Edinburgh Journal of Botany , Volume 71 , Issue 1 , March 2014 , pp. 117 - 132
Copyright
Copyright © Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 2014 

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

Article purchase

Temporarily unavailable

References

Beentje, H. J. (2010). The Kew Plant Glossary: An Illustrated Dictionary of Plant Terms. London: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.Google Scholar
Bentham, G. (1871). Revision of the genus Cassia. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 27: 503−591.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Brenan, J. P. M. (1958). New and noteworthy cassias from tropical Africa. Kew Bull. 13: 231–252.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Bruneau, A., Mercure, M., Lewis, G. P. & Herendeen, P. S. (2008). Phylogenetic patterns and diversification in the caesalpinioid legumes. Botany 86: 697−718.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Fawcett, W. & Rendle, A. B. (1920). Flora of Jamaica 4. London: British Museum (Natural History).Google Scholar
Irwin, H. S. & Barneby, R. C. (1982). The American Cassiinae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 35: 455−918.Google Scholar
IUCN (2001). IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria, Version 3.1. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge: IUCN.Google Scholar
Li, S., Xu, L., Chen, D., Zhu, X., Huang, P., Wei, Z.et al. (2010). Fabaceae (Leguminosae). In: Wu, Z., Raven, P. H. & Hong, D. (eds) Flora of China 10. Beijing: Science Press and St Louis: Missouri Botanical Garden Press.Google Scholar
Lock, J. M. (1988). Cassia sensu lato (Leguminosae–Caesalpinioideae) in Africa. Kew Bull. 43: 333−342.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Lock, J. M. & Simpson, K. (1991). Legumes of West Asia: A Check-list. London: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.Google Scholar
Marazzi, B., Endress, P. K., Paganucci de Queiroz, L. & Conti, E. (2006). Phylogenetic relationships within Senna (Leguminosae, Cassiinae) based on three chloroplast regions: patterns in the evolution in floral symmetry and extrafloral nectaries. Amer. J. Bot. 93: 288−303.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Miller, A. G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of the Soqotra Archipelago. Edinburgh: Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.Google Scholar
Randell, B. R. & Barlow, B. A. (1988). Senna. In: McCarthy, P. (ed.) Flora of Australia 12: 89−138.Google Scholar
Reveal, J. L. (1991). Lectotypification of Cassia occidentalis Linn. (Caesalpiniaceae). Phytologia 71: 453−455.Google Scholar
Schmelzer, G. H. & Gurub-Fakim, A. (2008). Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 11: Medicinal Plants 1, pp. 505−508. Wageningen, Netherlands: PROTA Foundation, Backhuys Publishers.Google Scholar
Valenti, G. (1971). Adumbratio Florae Aethiopicae 22, Caesalpiniaceae – Gen. Cassia. Webbia 26: 1–99.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Wood, J. R. I. (1997). Handbook of the Yemen Flora. London: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.Google Scholar