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Cassia
Taxonomy
Cassia was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant. Its type is Cassia fistula.
It was assigned to Caesalpiniaceae by Knowlton (1919); to Leguminosae by Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Liu et al. (1996); to Fabaceae by Srivastava (1991), Prasad (2008); and to Plantae by Xia et al. (2009).
It was assigned to Caesalpiniaceae by Knowlton (1919); to Leguminosae by Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Liu et al. (1996); to Fabaceae by Srivastava (1991), Prasad (2008); and to Plantae by Xia et al. (2009).
Species
C. absus, C. alata, C. antiqua, C. auriculata, C. bentonensis, C. bicapsularis, C. biflora, C. chamaecrista, C. diphylla, C. emarginata, C. eolignitica, C. evanstonensis, C. falcata, C. fayettensis, C. fisheriana, C. fistula (type species), C. flexuosa, C. georgiana, C. glenni, C. hirsuta, C. idahoensis (syn. C. obtusa), C. insularis, C. javanica, C. ligustrina, C. lowii, C. marilandica, C. marshallensis, C. mimosoides, C. miokachchhensis, C. miosiamea, C. mississippiensis, C. neosophora, C. nepalensis, C. nictitans, C. obtusa, C. obtusifolia, C. occidentalis, C. planisiliqua, C. polita, C. problematica, C. procumbens, C. puryearensis, C. richardsoni, C. sapindoides, C. senna, C. siwalica, C. sophera, C. tagera, C. tennesseensis, C. tenuissima, C. tora, C. toraformis, C. vaughani, C. wilcoxiana
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1753 | Cassia Linnaeus |
| 1919 | Cassia Knowlton |
| 1976 | Cassia Lakhanpal et al. |
| 1991 | Cassia Srivastava |
| 1996 | Cassia Liu et al. |
| 2008 | Cassia Prasad |
| 2009 | Cassia Xia et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Cassia Linnaeus 1753
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Cassia absus Linnaeus 1753
Cassia alata Linnaeus 1753
†Cassia antiqua Awasthi and Lakhanpal 1990
Cassia auriculata Linnaeus 1753
†Cassia bentonensis Berry 1916
Cassia bicapsularis Linnaeus 1753
Cassia biflora Linnaeus 1753
Cassia chamaecrista Linnaeus 1753
Cassia diphylla Linnaeus 1753
Cassia emarginata Linnaeus 1753
†Cassia eolignitica Berry 1916
†Cassia evanstonensis Knowlton and Cockerell 1919
Cassia falcata Linnaeus 1753
†Cassia fayettensis Berry 1916
†Cassia fisheriana Knowlton 1918
Cassia fistula Linnaeus 1753
Cassia flexuosa Linnaeus 1753
†Cassia georgiana Berry 1918
†Cassia glenni Berry 1916
Cassia hirsuta Linnaeus 1753
†Cassia insularis Hollick 1912
Cassia javanica Linnaeus 1753
Cassia ligustrina Linnaeus 1753
†Cassia lowii Berry 1916
Cassia marilandica Linnaeus 1753
†Cassia marshallensis Berry 1916
Cassia mimosoides Linnaeus 1753
†Cassia miokachchhensis Lakhanpal and Guleria 1982
†Cassia miosiamea Prasad 1994
†Cassia mississippiensis Berry 1916
†Cassia neosophora Prasad 1994
†Cassia nepalensis Prasad 1990
Cassia nictitans Linnaeus 1753
Cassia obtusa Clos and Gay 1850
Cassia obtusifolia Linnaeus 1753
Cassia occidentalis Linnaeus 1753
Cassia planisiliqua Linnaeus 1753
†Cassia polita Lesquereux 1891
†Cassia problematica Lesquereux 1891
Cassia procumbens Linnaeus 1753
†Cassia puryearensis Berry 1916
†Cassia richardsoni Knowlton 1918
†Cassia sapindoides Knowlton 1918
Cassia senna Linnaeus 1753
†Cassia siwalica Prasad 1994
Cassia sophera Linnaeus 1753
Cassia tagera Linnaeus 1753
†Cassia tennesseensis Berry 1916
Cassia tenuissima Linnaeus 1753
Cassia tora Linnaeus 1753
†Cassia toraformis Berry 1916
†Cassia vaughani Berry 1919
†Cassia wilcoxiana Berry 1916
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available