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Taxon:  Cassia occidentalis L.



Summary
Genus:
Cassia
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:
Cassieae
Subtribe:
Cassiinae
Nomen number:
9369
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:377. 1753
Verified:
03/15/1987 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. Aubréville, A. et al., eds. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam. 1960-
  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959-
  3. Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas. 1970
  4. Grellin, J. K. & J. Philpott. A reference guide to medicinal plants. 1990
  5. Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim. 1984-
  6. Hara, H. et al. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. 1978-1982
  7. IPGRI. New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
  8. 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. 35:436.
  9. Kartesz, J. T. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 1994
  10. Keuchenius, A. A. M. N. 1924. Botanische kernmerken en cultuurwaarde als groenbernester van een 60-tal nieuwe soorten van Leguminosen. Meded. Proefstat. Thee 90:1-44.
  11. Kingsbury, J. M. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. 1964
  12. Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants. 1985
  13. Lee, Y. N. Flora of Korea. 1997
  14. Leonard, L. T. 1925. Lack of nodule formation in a subfamily of the Leguminosae. Soil Sci. 20:165-167.
  15. Migahid, A. M. Flora of Saudi Arabia, ed. 3. 1988-1990
  16. Núñez Meléndez, E. Plantas medicinales de Puerto Rico: Folklore y fundamentos científicos. 1982
  17. Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. Flora of Thailand. 1970-
  18. Troupin, G. Flore du Rwanda. 1978-
  19. Vossen, H. A. M. van der & M. Wessel, eds. 2000. Stimulants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 16:111.
  20. 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=9369. Accessed 18 July 2025.


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