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Taxon:  Cassia obtusifolia L.



Summary
Genus:
Cassia
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:
Cassieae
Subtribe:
Cassiinae
Nomen number:
9368
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:377. 1753
Verified:
07/28/1989 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
15 (15  active, 11  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. Adams, C. Flowering plants of Jamaica. 1972
  2. Allen, O. N. & E. K. Allen. The Leguminosae. A source book of characteristics, uses, and nodulation. 1981
  3. Aubréville, A. et al., eds. Flore du Gabon. 1961-
  4. Boudet, G. et al. Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali. 1986
  5. Brummitt, R. K. 1994. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 41. Taxon 43:273.
  6. Brunel, J. F. et al., eds. Flore analytique du Togo. Phanerogames. 1984
  7. Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas. 1970
  8. Dyer, R. A. et al., eds. Flora of southern Africa. 1963-
  9. Foster, S. & J. A. Duke. A field guide to medicinal plants: Eastern/Central North America, 2nd ed. 2000
  10. Grellin, J. K. & J. Philpott. A reference guide to medicinal plants. 1990
  11. 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. 35:252.
  12. Kindscher, K. Medicinal wild plants of the prairie: an ethnobotanical guide. 1992
  13. Lewis, G. P. Legumes of Bahia. 1987
  14. Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis. 1982
  15. McVaugh, R. Flora Novo-Galiciana. 1983-
  16. Núñez Meléndez, E. Plantas medicinales de Puerto Rico: Folklore y fundamentos científicos. 1982
  17. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. Flora of [West] Pakistan. 1970-
  18. Prameela, K. & M. A. S. Charya. 1999. Impact of coal mining on the growth of certain Cassia species. Geobios (Jodhpur) 26(4):199-204.
  19. Reveal, J. L. 1992. (1044) Proposal to conserve the name and type of Cassia obtusifolia Linnaeus. Taxon 41:138.
  20. Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. Flora of Thailand. 1970-
  21. Troupin, G. Flore du Rwanda. 1978-
  22. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
  23. 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=9368. Accessed 18 July 2025.


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