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Senna alata
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species of plant
OverviewAI-generated
Senna alata, commonly known as emperor's candlesticks or seven golden candlesticks, is a species in the genus Senna. It belongs to the family Fabaceae within the order Fabales and class Magnoliopsida. The plant is classified under the phylum Tracheophyta in the kingdom Plantae.
The taxon range includes Brazil, Maranhão, Paraná, and the Federal District. Records from iDigBio indicate the presence of the species in Mexico, with collections held by institutions such as IBUNAM, FCN-UAQ, INECOL, CCBA-FMVZ-UADY, and FA-UAS. Senna alata has uses as a medicinal plant.
The IUCN Red List assessed the species as Least Concern in 2019.
Synthesized by Vinony from 34 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Gbif Occ, IUCN Red List, Plants of the World, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Species
Least ConcernSPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFabales
- FamilyFabaceae
Common Name: seven golden candlesticks
via GBIF · IUCN · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2,463
- With media
- 1,154
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Collections
- IBUNAM, FCN-UAQ, INECOL, CCBA-FMVZ-UADY, FA-UAS, CIBYC-UAEM
- Recorded in
- Mexico
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Encyclopedic overview
Senna alata is an important medicinal tree, as well as an ornamental flowering plant in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It also known as emperor's candlesticks, candle bush, candelabra bush, Christmas candles, empress candle plant, ringworm shrub, Roman candle, or candletree. A remarkable species of Senna, it was sometimes separated in its own genus, Herpetica.
Geographic range
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Senna alata” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.