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December 2024

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genus

Cassia L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 376 (1753)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus 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-4000006902.

Literature

Sp. Pl. 1: 376. 1753 [1 May 1753]

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Synonyms of Cassia

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Bactyrilobium	Willd.	Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol. : 439 (1809)	wfo-4000003858
Cathartocarpus	Pers.	Syn. Pl. 1: 459 (1805)	wfo-4000006998
Mac-leayia	Montrouz.	Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Lyon, Sect. Sci. , sér. 2, 10: 198 (1860)	wfo-4000022643
Cassiana	Raf.	Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 1: 266 (1818)	wfo-4000044171

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Cassia:

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Cassia absus var. absus	–	–		wfo-0001394791
Cassia acaulis	Bong. ex A.Chev.	Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 1933, xiii. 764, in syn.		wfo-0001353101
Cassia acisperma	Schrank ex Colla	Hortus Ripul. , App. 2: 343 (1826)		wfo-0000589061
Cassia acuta	Meyen ex Vogel	Gen. Cass. Syn. : 42 (1837)		wfo-0001061259
Cassia amara	hort. ex Gentil	Pl. Cult. Jard. Bot. Brux. 47 (1907), nomen.		wfo-0001055803
Cassia annulata	Willd. ex Klotzsch	Reis. Br.-Guiana [Ri. Schomburgk] 3: 1207, nomen. 1849 [1848 publ. 7-10 Mar 1849] ; vol. 3 is titled: Versuch einer Fauna und Flora von Britisch-Guiana.		wfo-0001353102
Cassia arowana	M.R.Schomb.	Reis. Br.-Guiana : 1206 (1848)		wfo-0000589081
Cassia artemisioides	DC.	Prodromus 2 1825		wfo-0000214753
Cassia atrata f. caeca	Kük.	–		wfo-0001323607
Cassia atrata f. lenis	Kük.	–		wfo-0001323741
Cassia augustisiliqua	Chapm.	Fl. S. States 114 1860	—	wfo-0001060559
Cassia aurita	Collad.	Hist. Nat. Méd. Casses : 131 (1816)		wfo-0000589089
Cassia australis var. australis	–	–		wfo-0001394799
Cassia bacillus	Roxb.	–	—	wfo-0000203408
Cassia bakerana	Craib	–	—	wfo-0000205592
Cassia barbinervis	(Pittier) Pittier	Third Conf. Interamer. Agric. Caracas 371 1945		wfo-0001050518
Cassia bartonii	F.M.Bailey	Queensland Agric. J. ix. 410.	—	wfo-0000205594
Cassia batramensis	Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 1: 303, sphalm. 1840		wfo-0001054451
Cassia bifolia	Pers. ex R.Knuth	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 43: 374, nomen. 1927		wfo-0001050523
Cassia bonplandia	Rojas Acosta	Cat. Hist. Nat. Corrientes 61 (1897).		wfo-0001055820
Cassia brachystachya var. acutifolia	(Benth.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby	–		wfo-0001392105
Cassia brachystachys	Harms ex Glaz.	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 53(Mém. 3b): 164, nomen. 1906		wfo-0001055804
Cassia bracteosa	Lassen	Iselya 1: 8 (1979)		wfo-0000589104
Cassia brewsteri	F.Muell.	–	—	wfo-0000163620
Cassia brewsteri var. brewsteri	–	–		wfo-0001394803
Cassia buchanani	Kostel	Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 4: 1333	—	wfo-0001054454
Cassia burmannii	DC.	Prodr. 2: 502–503 1825	—	wfo-0001054455
Cassia cafesiana	Rojas Acosta	Cat. Hist. Nat. Corrientes 160 (1897).		wfo-0001055821
Cassia carringtoniana	Torre	Trab. Centro Bot. Junta Invest. Ultramar 1(9): 13 (1962)		wfo-0000589116
Cassia crotolarioides	Kunth	–		wfo-0001350390
Cassia cyclophora	Boiv. ex Ghesq.	Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 26: 132, in syn. 1935		wfo-0001055812
Cassia depressa var. rugulosa	Benth.	Fl. Bras. (Martius) 15(2): 134. 1870 [1 Dec 1870]		wfo-0001398102
Cassia desertorum var. rugulosa	Benth.	–		wfo-0001391208
Cassia disperma	Vell.	Fl. Flumin. : 167 (1829)		wfo-0000589154
Cassia eremophila var. eremophila	–	–	—	wfo-0000192841
Cassia fastuosa	Benth.	Fl. Bras. (Martius) 15(2): 95. 1870 [1 Dec 1870]		wfo-0000178818
Cassia fimbriata	Noronha	Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunst. 5(Art. 4): 9. 1790		wfo-0001054468
Cassia florifera	Herrera	Contr. Fl. Dept. Cuzco , ed. 2, 1: 121 (1921)		wfo-0000589175
Cassia foetida	Lancry	Encycl. Méth., Agric. 2: 773 1792		wfo-1200097331
Cassia forsan	Harms ex Hoehne	Relat. Commiss. Linhas Telegr. Estratég. Matto Grosso Amazonas Annexo 5, Bot. ii. 9 (1912), nomen.		wfo-0001055810
Cassia gamaensis	Glaz.	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 53(Mém. 3b): 160, nomen. 1906		wfo-0001050561
Cassia glanduiflora	Blume.	–	—	wfo-0000205639
Cassia glutinosa var. glutinosa	–	–		wfo-0001394829
Cassia glutinosa var. quadriflora	Walp.	Repertorium Botanices Systematicae 1842		wfo-0001394830
Cassia gracilis	Kunth	–		wfo-0000180321
Cassia gracisiliqua	Lancry	Encycl. Méth., Agric. 2: 773 1792		wfo-1000064473
Cassia guianensis	Lancry	Encycl. Méth., Agric. 2: 772 1792		wfo-1000064471
Cassia gygophylloides	Taub.	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 35, Mem. 3b: 167 1906	—	wfo-0001050569
Cassia heterophylla	Walp.	Repert. Bot. Syst. (Walpers) i. 838, sphalm.		wfo-0001054474
Cassia hibbertiana	Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 1: 305, sphalm. 1840		wfo-0001054475
Cassia hispida	Lancry	Encycl. Méth., Agric. 2: 772 1792		wfo-1200097330
Cassia ilidorea	Benth.	Fl. Bras. 15(2): 154 1870	—	wfo-0001054481
Cassia italica	(Mill.) Lancry	Encycl. Méth., Agric. 2: 773 1792		wfo-1200097329
Cassia jamaicensis	Lancry	Encycl. Méth., Agric. 2: 773 1792		wfo-1200097332
Cassia javanica subsp. javanica	–	–	—	wfo-0000184994
Cassia javanica var. pubifolia	Merr.	Philipp. J. Sci. 5(1): 48–49 1910	—	wfo-0001057160
Cassia kuntzii	Hosseus	Bol. Acad. Nac. Ci. 26: 136 1921	—	wfo-0001050576
Cassia langsdorffii var. latifoliola	H.S.Irwin	Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 12(1): 66. 1964		wfo-0001398103
Cassia leucoxylon	Klotzsch	Reis. Br.-Guiana [Ri. Schomburgk] 3: 1207, nomen. 1849 [1848 publ. 7-10 Mar 1849] ; vol. 3 is titled: Versuch einer Fauna und Flora von Britisch-Guiana.		wfo-0001054482
Cassia longifolia	Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 1: 304, in syn. 1840		wfo-0001054484
Cassia macounii	A.Benn.	–		wfo-0001349571
Cassia madagascariensis	Bojer	Hortus Maurit. 120. 1837		wfo-0000209640
Cassia malabarica	Lancry	Encycl. Méth., Agric. 2: 772 1792		wfo-1000064472
Cassia mariquitensis	Mutis	Diario 2: 388 (1958)		wfo-0000589242
Cassia micropoda	C.A.Mey.	–		wfo-0001350267
Cassia miliaris var. raeana	Kük.	–		wfo-0001391729
Cassia mimosa	Noronha	Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunst. 5(Art. 4): 9. 1790		wfo-0001054486
Cassia mimosoides subsp. mimosoides	–	–		wfo-0001367475
Cassia minima	Martyn	Gard. Dict., ed. 9. 1(1): [s.p.], Cassia n. 45 1796		wfo-1000066890
Cassia modosa	Buch.-Ham.	–	—	wfo-0001060518
Cassia monile var. raeana	L.H.Bailey	–		wfo-0001391769
Cassia montana	Vell.	Fl. Flumin. : 169 (1829)		wfo-1200022484
Cassia mornicola	Urb.	Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 496 (1921)		wfo-0000589253
Cassia multisiliqua	J.F.Gmel.	Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis]. 2(2): 1521 (quid ?). 1792 [1791 publ. late Apr-Oct 1792]		wfo-0001054487
Cassia nealiae	H.S.Irwin & Barneby	–	—	wfo-0000184679
Cassia nealiae	H.S.Irwin & Barneby	Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 35: 16 (1982)		wfo-0000589259
Cassia nectarifera	Lancry	Encycl. Méth., Agric. 2: 773 1792		wfo-1000064474
Cassia neesiana var. laxiramosa	(Harms) H.S.Irwin & Barneby	–		wfo-0001391938
Cassia neocaledonica	Vieill. ex Guillaumin	Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille sér. 2, 9: 130, in syn. 1911		wfo-0001055808
Cassia occidentalis var. ovato-lanceolata	Chodat & Hassl.	Bull. Herb. Boissier ser. 2, 4: 692. 1904		wfo-0001398104
Cassia oppositifolia	Glaz.	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 53(Mém. 3b): 162, nomen. 1906		wfo-0001050993
Cassia oxyphylla var. darienensis	(Britton & Rose) Schery	–		wfo-0001391759
Cassia pancheri	Vieill. ex Guillaumin	Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille sér. 2, 9: 130, in syn. 1911		wfo-0001055809
Cassia paradyction	Vogel	Syn. Gen. Cassiae 45. 1837		wfo-0001353103
Cassia platypoda var. platypoda	–	–		wfo-0001394865
Cassia polyadura	Fawc. & Rendle	Fl. Jamaica 4(2): 113 1920	—	wfo-0001060569
Cassia pulcherrima	Dehnh.	Rivista Napol. 1(3): 174 (1839)		wfo-0000589302
Cassia pulchra	Rodsch.	Med. Bem. Kol. Rio Essequebo : 42 (1794 publ. 1796)		wfo-1200022494
Cassia pungens	Boeck	–		wfo-0001353071
Cassia purgans	Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 1: 307 (1840)		wfo-0000589304
Cassia purpurea	Roxb.	Hort. Bengal. 31. 1814		wfo-0001054498
Cassia purpureovaginata var. itatiaiae	R.Gross	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 50: 212. 1941		wfo-0001398093
Cassia pyrenaica f. majuscula	Kurtz	Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19(4): 415. 1894 [28 Dec 1894]		wfo-0001325406
Cassia pyrenaica subsp. micropoda	(C.A.Mey.) Hultén	Acta Univ. Lund. 2, 38, no. 1: 308. 1942 Fl. of Alaska & Yukon, 2		wfo-0001367994
Cassia pyrenaica var. macropoda	(C.A.Mey.) B.Boivin	Naturaliste Canad. 94: 636. 1967		wfo-0001398094
Cassia pyrenaica var. mondsii	Kelso	Biol. Leafl. 30: 1. 1945		wfo-0001398095
Cassia quadrifida	L.H.Bailey	Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. ser. 2, 3: 104. 1891		wfo-0001353072
Cassia quadrifida var. caeca	L.H.Bailey	Bot. Gaz. 21: 8. 1896		wfo-0001398096
Cassia quadrifida var. lenis	L.H.Bailey	Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. ser. 2, 3: 105. 1891		wfo-0001398097
Cassia qualicumensis	L.H.Bailey	Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 20(11): 428. 1893 [15 Nov 1893]		wfo-0001353073
Cassia quichensis	F.J.Herm.	J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 40: 284. 1950		wfo-0001353074
Cassia rachillis	Maguire	Brittonia 5: 199. 1944		wfo-0001353075
Cassia rahmeri	Phil.	Anales Univ. Chile 93: 502. 1896		wfo-0001353076
Cassia regia	Standl.	Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 18: 103 (1916)		wfo-0001057159
Cassia renigera	Wall. ex Benth.	Trans. Linn. Soc. London 27(4): 518. 1871 [11 Nov 1871]		wfo-1200010210
Cassia retusa var. retusa	–	–		wfo-0001394872
Cassia ripleyi	H.S.Irwin & Barneby	–		wfo-0001349113
Cassia rowleeana	(Britton & Rose) Standl.	Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 18: 517. 1937		wfo-0001051012
Cassia rugeoni	A.Chev.	–	—	wfo-0001061150
Cassia schomburgkii	Klotzsch ex Schomb.	Faun. & Fl. Guian. 1207, nomen.		wfo-0001054502
Cassia selerocarpa	Vogel	Gen. Cass. Syn. 15 1837	—	wfo-0001266197
Cassia setifolia var. pungens	Kük.	–		wfo-0001391928
Cassia sinensis	J.F.Gmel.	Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis]. 2(1): 669. 1791 [late Sep-Nov 1791]		wfo-0001054503
Cassia sophora	Collad.	: see C. sophera		wfo-0001054504
Cassia spinifera	Burkart	–		wfo-0001348592
Cassia sturtii var. sturtii	–	–		wfo-0001394883
Cassia surinamensis	Dehnh.	Cat. Horti Camald. , ed. 2: 18 (1832)		wfo-0000589351
Cassia tarda	Noronha	Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunst. 5(Art. 4): 9. 1790		wfo-0001054511
Cassia tola	L.	–	—	wfo-0001061637
Cassia tortiramis	Pittier	–		wfo-0001051028
Cassia tuberculata	Collad.	Hist. Nat. Méd. Casses : 133 (1816)		wfo-0000589368
Cassia tuberosa	Riedel ex A.Chev.	Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 1933, xiii. 764, in syn.		wfo-0001353104
Cassia ulei	H.Irwin & D.Rogers	Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 16: 89, 118 1967	—	wfo-0001061186
Cassia ursinoides	Harms ex Luetzelb.	Estud. Bot. Nordéste 3: 269 (1926)		wfo-0000589375
Cassia vernicifolia	Taub. ex Glaz.	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 53(Mém. 3b): 167, nomen. 1906		wfo-0001051032
Cassia versiflora	Herb.	–		wfo-0001349576
Cassia vesicaria var. raeana	Fernald	–		wfo-0001391699
Cassia vulgaris	Roxb. ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 1: 308. 1840		wfo-0001054516