AusTraits

Senna pendula var. glabrata

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Senna pendula var. glabrata (Vogel) H.S.Irwin & Barneby

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Cassia coluteoides Collad. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cassia indecora var. glabrata Vogel (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Cassia bicapsularis L. (pro parte misapplied)
  • Cassia bicapsularis L. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (doubtfully naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (1), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (18), ATRP_2020 (1), Clarke_2015 (3), Cooper_2013 (7), Mesaglio_2022 (3), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (20), NSWFRD_2014 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 22 traits from 66 records in 12 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 120 mm (100-140 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 10 mm (8-12 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 10 mm (8-12 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): legume (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): yellow (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 47.5 mm (20-80 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 12.5 mm (10-15 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 3 cm (2-4 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): oblanceolate (1); obovate (2); spathulate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): climber_herbaceous (1); shrub (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): spreading (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnyn (1); nnnynnnnnnnn (1); nnnyyyyyynnn (2); yynnnnnnnnnn (1) [sources: ABRS_1981; Cooper_2013; Mesaglio_2022]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 3 m (3-3 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NHNSW_20231220N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
ABRS_20231218Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Cooper_201357W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
ABRS_202244Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_202244N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Clarke_201533P. J. Clarke, M. J. Lawes, B. P. Murphy, J. Russell-Smith, C. E. Nano, R. Bradstock, N. J. Enright, J. B. Fontaine, C. R. Gosper, I. Radford, J. J. Midgley, and R. M. Gunton. “A synthesis of postfire recovery traits of woody plants in Australian ecosystems”. Science of The Total Environment 534 (2015), pp. 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.002.
Mesaglio_202213T. Mesaglio. “Unpublished data: Comprehensive biodiversity survey of Wategora Reserve and Everley Park along Duck River, western Sydney”. 2022. doi: 10.32942/X29886.
NSWFRD_201422B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ABRS_198111B. A. Barlow, H. T. Clifford, A. S. George, and A. K. A. McCusker. Flora of Australia. 1981. url: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/flora/main/.
ATRP_202011F. A. Zich, B. P. Hyland, T. Whiffin, and R. A. Kerrigan. Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. 2020. url: https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/intro/index.html.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.