Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Senna siamea
acacio amarillo, acacio santandereano, casia de Siam, yellow cassia



Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Senna
Species
siamea
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Cassia siamea Lam.
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 2003
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Human dependent
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
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- Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276
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"Galapagos Species Database, Senna siamea", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1923. Accessed 4 May 2025.