Argentine senna vs true senna

Senna corymbosa compared with Senna alexandrina

Key Differences

Argentine senna is Least Concern while true senna is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Argentine senna	true senna
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order same	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family same	Fabaceae	Fabaceae
Genus same	Senna	Senna
Species	Senna corymbosa	Senna alexandrina

Evolutionary Relationship

Argentine senna and true senna share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Senna.

View Genus: Senna

Conservation Status

Argentine senna

LC — Least Concern

true senna

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Argentine senna	true senna
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Argentine senna

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, flooded grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands spanning the Afrotropic and Palearctic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Botswana, South Africa), Asia (India, Iraq), Europe (Portugal, Spain), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

true senna

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Iraq, Qatar, Taiwan), Europe (Sweden), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

Argentine senna

The Argentine senna, Senna corymbosa, is a species. It is currently assessed as least concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, flooded grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands spanning the Afrotropic and Palearctic realms.