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Taxon:  Cassia absus L.



Summary
Genus:
Cassia
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:
Cassieae
Subtribe:
Cassiinae
Nomen number:
9298
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:537. 1753
Verified:
03/16/1989 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
6 (6  active, 5  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Reference(s)
  1. Allen, O. N. & E. K. Allen. The Leguminosae. A source book of characteristics, uses, and nodulation. 1981
  2. Aubréville, A. et al., eds. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam. 1960-
  3. Aubréville, A. et al., eds. Flore du Cameroun. 1963-
  4. Boudet, G. et al. Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali. 1986
  5. Dyer, R. A. et al., eds. Flora of southern Africa. 1963-
  6. 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. 35:664.
  7. Kearney, T. H. & R. H. Peebles. Arizona flora, ed. 2. 1969
  8. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. 1953-1972
  9. Merxmüller, H., ed. Prodromus einer flora von Sudwestafrika. 1966-1972
  10. Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. Flora of Thailand. 1970-
  11. Troupin, G. Flore du Rwanda. 1978-
  12. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
  13. Verdcourt, B. A manual of New Guinea legumes. 1979
  14. Wood, J. R. I. A handbook of the flora of Yemen. 1997
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=9298. Accessed 19 July 2025.


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