Genus: Cassia L.

Also sometimes placed in: Caesalpiniaceae

• conserved (nom. cons.) with a conserved type (Vienna ICBN Art. 14.9 & App. III)
• review history of nomenclature proposal concerning this name from the Smithsonian Institution's database

List of Species Records in GRIN.

References for genus:

• Brummitt, R. K. 1993. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 38. Taxon 42:689. [Committee for Spermatophyta recommends conservation proposal].
  
• Lewis, G. et al., eds. 2005. Legumes of the world. (Leg World) 124.
  
• Randell, B. 1988. (918) Proposal to conserve 3536 Cassia with a conserved type (Fabaceae). Taxon 37:974–977. [conservation proposal].
  

More:

KBD: Kew Bibliographic Databases of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Note: Log on to KBD for better access.

Synonyms (=), probable synonyms (=~), and possible synonyms (~) for genus:

• (= ) Bactyrilobium Willd.
• (= ) Cathartocarpus Pers.

Check other nomenclature databases for Cassia:

• ING: Index Nominum Genericorum
• NCU-3e: Names in Current Use for Extant Plant Genera
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Cassia cultivars

Images:

• Disseminule drawings (Cassia brewsteri): U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Flowering tree (Cassia fistula): University of Florida IFAS Extension image
• Flowering tree (Cassia javanica): University of Florida IFAS Extension image
• Fruit (Cassia javanica): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Cassia fistula): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Cassia grandis): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Cassia javanica): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org
• Check H. D. Wilson's Vascular Plant Image Library (Texas A. & M. University)

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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