Glossy shower vs Septicweed

Senna surattensis compared with Senna occidentalis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Glossy shower	Septicweed
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 surattensis	Senna occidentalis

Evolutionary Relationship

Glossy shower and Septicweed share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Senna.

Conservation Status

Glossy shower

LC — Least Concern

Septicweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Glossy shower	Septicweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Glossy shower

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan and Neotropic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), Asia (Maldives, Singapore, Taiwan), North America (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (Colombia).

Septicweed

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (40 countries), Asia (19 countries), Europe (8 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (13 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Guyana).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 14 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇨🇩 Congo (DRC) 🇨🇮 Cote d'Ivoire 🇲🇻 Maldives 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇬 Nigeria 🇵🇼 Palau 🇸🇨 Seychelles 🇸🇬 Singapore 🇹🇼 Taiwan 🇹🇬 Togo 🇹🇴 Tonga 🇺🇸 United States