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Cassia

Angiospermae - Fabales - Fabaceae

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).

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
C. aguaytiensis, C. alaskana, C. altaensis, C. argentinensis, C. bassleri, C. chrysocarpoides, C. coriacea, C. cristoides, C. cultrifoliaformis, C. gardneri, C. hesperia, C. kugleri, C. leptocarpoides, C. ligustrinaformis, C. ligustrinoidea, C. linearifolia, C. longifolia, C. marahiana, C. marshalensis, C. membranacea, C. oblonga, C. ordinaria, C. oxleyi, C. patagonica, C. pisllypampensis, C. polcana, C. reticuloides, C. rigidulifolia, C. singewaldi, C. sipariensis, C. suffruticosa, C. wendtii, C. yumuriensis, C. zuliana
Entered
by P. Santamarina (authorized by C. Jaramillo) on 2013-09-05; modified by B. Allen on 2024-07-09

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Cassia Linnaeus
1919Cassia Knowlton
1976Cassia Lakhanpal et al.
1991Cassia Srivastava
1996Cassia Liu et al.
2008Cassia Prasad
2009Cassia Xia et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
—Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
RankNameAuthor
—Rosids
—Eurosids
—Fabid
orderFabalesBromhead 1838
familyFabaceaeLindley 1836
genusCassia

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 idahoensis Knowlton 1919
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Invalid names: Cassia obtusa Knowlton 1898 [replaced]
†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 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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 85.70000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 83.6 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (Alabama) C. vaughani (278785)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Canada (Alberta) C. alaskana (35082 35085)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Antarctica C. sp. 3 (150273)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0India (Manharashtra) C. sp. (63896)
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Venezuela (Anzoategui) C. leptocarpoides (31247)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07China (Xizang) C. marshalensis (224023)
Early/Lower Eocene - Late/Upper Miocene56.0 - 5.333Argentina C. longifolia, C. oxleyi, C. patagonica, C. argentinensis (32201)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) C. sp. (169358)
Miocene - Oligocene23.04 - 23.04USA (Montana) C. reticuloides, C. fayettensis (23975)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98India (Gujarat) C. miokachchhensis (227849)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Venezuela (Falcon) C. zuliana (31279)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.04 - 5.333Venezuela (Zulia) C. zuliana (31273)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.04 - 5.333Chile C. gardneri, C. oxleyi (32459) C. longifolia (32461 32464)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.04 - 5.333Venezuela (Trujillo) C. longifolia (31280)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.04 - 5.333Ecuador C. longifolia, C. bassleri (32188)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.04 - 5.333Brazil (Bahia) C. marahiana (32010)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.04 - 5.333Cuba (Matanzas) C. yumuriensis (32044)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Nepal C. nepalensis, C. miosiamea, C. neosophora (222898)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (Montana) C. hesperia (23973)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333India (Tamil Nadu) C. sp. (224618)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Trinidad and Tobago C. ordinaria (31336)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Ecuador C. linearifolia (31245)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Colombia C. aguaytiensis, C. zuliana (32182)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Peru (Loreto) C. bassleri, C. aguaytiensis (31226)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Trinidad and Tobago C. kugleri (34145) C. longifolia, C. leptocarpoides, C. zuliana, C. sipariensis (34148)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58India (Uttarakhand) C. fistula (222793)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58India (Bihar) C. antiqua (223029)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene23.04 - 0.0117Brazil (Acre) C. aguaytiensis (31670)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63India (Uttarakhand) C. siwalica (222797)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333China (Yunnan) C. suffruticosa, C. oblonga (222698)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Bolivia (La Paz) C. ligustrinaformis (32129)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Bolivia C. pisllypampensis, C. coriacea, C. polcana (32043)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Bolivia (Potosi) C. chrysocarpoides, C. singewaldi, C. wendtii, C. ligustrinoidea, C. cultrifoliaformis (32143) C. singewaldi, C. rigidulifolia, C. wendtii, C. ligustrinaformis, C. membranacea, C. cultrifoliaformis, C. cristoides, C. chrysocarpoides (32127)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58India (Jharkhand) C. sp. (214996)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Bolivia (Pacajes) C. altaensis (32002)