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Taxon:  Cassia chamaecrista L.



Summary
Genus:
Cassia
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:
Cassieae
Subtribe:
Cassiinae
Nomen number:
315158
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:379. 1753, nom. utique rej.
Comment:
a rejected name (nomen utique rejiciendum) under Melbourne ICN Art. 56 & App. V that is unavailable for use
Verified:
11/15/2000 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
3 (3  active, 2  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. Brummitt, R. K. 1996. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 44. Taxon 45:673.
  2. Burrill, T. J. & R. Hansen. 1917. Is symbiosis possible between legume bacteria and non-legume plants? Bull. Illinois Agric. Exp. Sta. 202:115-181.
  3. Irwin, H. S. & R. C. Barneby. 1982. The American Cassiinae: a synoptical revision of Leguminosae tribe Cassieae subtribe Cassiinae in the New World. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 35:802.
  4. McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). Atlas of the Flora of the Great Plains. 1977
  5. McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). Flora of the Great Plains. 1986
  6. Mitchell, R. S., ed. A checklist of New York state plants. New York State Mus. Bull. 458. 1986
  7. Radford, A. E. et al. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. 1964
  8. Reveal, J. L. 1992. (1039) Proposal to conserve the name and type of Cassia chamaecrista Linnaeus. Taxon 41:133-135.
  9. Voss, E. Michigan flora. 1972-
  10. Wherry, E. T. et al. Atlas of the flora of Pennsylvania. 1979
Common names
Distribution
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=315158. Accessed 19 July 2025.


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