Cassia wislizenii A.Gray Palmerocassia wislizenii (A.Gray) Britton & Rose
Senna wislizeni, commonly called Wislizenus' senna[1] or shrubby senna (formerly "cassia", but this generally refers to larger Cassiinae). Formerly in the "wastebin taxon" Cassia sensu lato, it is now placed in the genusSenna or sometimes separated in Palmerocassia together with Senna unijuga.[2]
Senna wislizeni can reach ten feet (3 meters) tall with a ten-foot spread. It has compound foliage. In summer, especially late summer, it bears yellow flowers developing into long, flat, dark brown pods. Flowers are visited by carpenter bees, and bumblebees. Sulphur butterflies use the plant as a larval food source.[3]
The species is named after F. A. Wislizenus, a botanist who studied Mexican flora in the mid-19th century. Some sources mistakenly spell the epithet "wislizenii." Correct spelling is with one "i," per ICN article 60C.2.[4]
^Soule, J.A. 2012. Butterfly Gardening in Southern Arizona. Tierra del Soule Press, Tucson, AZ
^J. McMeill et al. (eds). 2012. International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants. Regnum Vegetabile 154. Koeltz Scientific Books. ISBN978-3-87429-425-6
^Note that there also exists a Senna villosa (Mill.) H.S. Irwin & Barneby (formerly Cassia villosa Mill.) which is a different species altogether.
External links
International Legume Database & Information Service (ILDIS) (2005): Genera Cassia, Palmerocassia, Senna. Version 10.01, November 2005. Retrieved 2007-DEC-20.
