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Senna occidentalis (L.) Link

This species name was first published in Handbuch 2: 140 (1831)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000164430.

Synonyms of Senna occidentalis (L.) Link

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Cassia occidentalis L. Sp. Pl. : 377 (1753) wfo-0000164441
Diallobus falcatus (L.) Raf. Sylva Tellur. : 128 (1838) wfo-0000175630
Cassia macradenia Collad. Hist. Nat. Méd. Casses : 132 (1816) wfo-0000175639
Cassia obliquifolia Schrank Denkschr. Königl.-Baier. Bot. Ges. Regensburg 2: 40 (1822) wfo-0000175640
Cassia planisiliqua L. Sp. Pl. : 377 (1753) wfo-0000175641
Cassia occidentalis var. aristata Collad. Hist. Nat. Méd. Casses : 108 (1816) wfo-0000175644
Cassia caroliniana Walter Fl. Carol. : 135 (1788) wfo-0000175645
Cassia ciliata Raf. Fl. Ludov. : 100 (1817) wfo-0000175646
Cassia falcata L. Sp. Pl. : 377 (1753) wfo-0000175647
Ditremexa occidentalis (L.) Britton & Rose Sci. Surv. Porto Rico & Virgin Islands 5: 372 (1924) wfo-0000175648
Cassia occidentalis (L.) Rose wfo-0000192001
Ditramexa occidentalis Britton & Rose wfo-0000192009
Cassia occidentalis var. arista sensu Hassk., non DC. wfo-0000205649
Senna orientalis Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 1: 816 (1843) wfo-0000498233
Cassia papulosa Hoffmanns. Verz. Pfl.-Kult. , Nachtr. 2: 81 (1828) wfo-0000589281
Ditremexa caroliniana (Walter) Raf. Sylva Tellur. : 127 (1838) wfo-0000652698
Ditremexa fetida Raf. Sylva Tellur. : 127 (1838) wfo-0000652699
Psilorhegma planisiliqua (L.) Britton & Rose N. Amer. Fl. 23: 255 (1930) wfo-0001052883
Cassia planisiliqua Burm.f. Fl. Ind. (N. L. Burman) 96. 1768 [1 Mar-6 Apr 1768] wfo-0001054493
Cassia plumieri DC. Prodr. 2: 506 (1825) wfo-0001054494
Cassia occidentalis var. glabra Vogel Gen. Cass. Syn. : 21 (1837) wfo-0001057190
Senna andhrica P.V.Ramana, J.Swamy & M.Ahmed. Nordic J. Bot. 37(1)-e02148: 2 (2018) wfo-0001444129
Senna occidentalis var. andhrica (P.V.Ramana, J.Swamy & M.Ahmed.) K.W.Jiang Phytotaxa 512: 294 (2021) wfo-1200001901
Cassia foetida Willemet Ann. Bot. (Usteri) 18: 32 (1796) wfo-1200022465
Cassia glaucescens Hoffmanns. Verz. Pfl.-Kult. , Nachtr. 1: 209 (1841) wfo-1200022471