Senna surattensis subsp. sulfurea
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Family Fabaceae
Taxonomy: Senna surattensis subsp. sulfurea (DC. ex Collad.) Randell
Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Cassia arborescens Vahl (taxonomic synonym)
- Cassia enneaphylla J.Koenig ex Wight & Arn. (taxonomic synonym)
- Cassia glauca Lam. (taxonomic synonym)
- Cassia sulfurea DC. ex Collad. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Senna arborescens (Vahl) Roxb. (taxonomic synonym)
- Senna sulfurea (DC. ex Collad.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Cassia suffruticosa J.Koenig ex Roth (misapplied)
- Cassia surattensis Burm.f. (pro parte misapplied)
- Cassia surattensis Burm.f. subsp. surattensis (misapplied)
- Cassia surattensis Burm.f. var. surattensis (misapplied)
Distribution (APC): WA, ChI (naturalised), NT, Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (1), ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (10), Cooper_2013 (13), Kooyman_2011 (13), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 23 traits from 48 records in 9 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 115 mm (80-150 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_width (numerical): 12.5 mm (10-15 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_type (categorical): legume (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 92.5 mm (40-130 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
- leaf_width (numerical): 33 mm (16-50 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- petiole_length (numerical): 3 cm (2-4 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (1); shrub (2); tree (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1); woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnyynnnnnnnn (1); yyyyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: ABRS_1981; Cooper_2013]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 6 mm (6-6 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
- seed_width (numerical): 6 mm (6-6 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 8.42 m (2-11 m) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooper_2013 | 10 | 13 | W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272. |
| Kooyman_2011 | 10 | 13 | R. Kooyman, M. Rossetto, W. Cornwell, and M. Westoby. “Phylogenetic tests of community assembly across regional to continental scales in tropical and subtropical rain forests”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20 (2011), pp. 707-716. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00641.x. |
| ABRS_2023 | 7 | 10 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| ABRS_2022 | 3 | 3 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 3 | 3 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 1 | 2 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| ABRS_1981 | 1 | 1 | B. 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/. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |