Cassia L., 1753

Botany

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Taxonomy

Species

Cassia Bendou 1

Cassia abbreviata Oliv. 19 19

Cassia acapulcensis Kunth 1 1

Cassia aculeata Benth. 1 1

Cassia acuminata Moench 1 1

Cassia acuruensis Benth. 2 2

Cassia acutifolia Delile 24 22

Cassia adenensis Benth. 9 9

Cassia adenophylla Taub. 3 3

Cassia adenopoda Miq. 1

Cassia adiantifolia Benth. 2 1

Cassia aeschinomene DC. ex Collad. 4 4

Cassia aethiopica Guibourt 3 1

Cassia affinis 1

Cassia afrofistula Brenan 18 18

Cassia afzeliana Vogel 1 1

Cassia agnes (de Wit) Brenan 76 76

Cassia alata 195 176

Cassia alcaparillo Kunth 1 1

Cassia alexandrina (Garsault) Thell. 76 76

Cassia amara Hort. ex Gentil 3 3

Cassia ambigua UNGER, 1850 7

Cassia angolensis Welw. ex Hiern 5 5

Cassia angulata Vogel 1 1

Cassia angulicaulis 1 1

Cassia angustifolia Vahl 16 15

Cassia angustissima Lam. 9 8

Cassia apaensis Chodat & Hassl. 1 1

Cassia aphylla Cav. 2 2

Cassia aponconita Aubl. 1 1

Cassia apoucouita Aubl. 3 3

Cassia appendiculata Vogel 2 2

Cassia applanata Andersson 1 1

Cassia aquensis SAPORTA 1

Cassia arabica in sched 1

Cassia arborea Macfad. 1 1

Cassia arborescens 6 5

Cassia arenaria Kunth 6 6

Cassia arereh Delile 31 31

Cassia argentea Kunth 1 1

Cassia armata S.Watson 9 9

Cassia arnottiana Hook. 1 1

Cassia artemisioides Gaudich. ex DC. 25 24

Cassia aschrek Forssk. 12 12

Cassia aspera Muhl. ex Elliott 2 2

Cassia atomaria L. 22 22

Cassia atroglandulosa Taub. ex Harms 2 2

Cassia aubrevillei Pellegr. 7 7

Cassia aurantia Ruiz & Pav. ex G.Don 1 1

Cassia auriculata 63 60

Cassia australis Sims 27 26

Cassia baccarinii Chiov. 1 1

Cassia baccilaris 1

Cassia bacillaris L.f. 13 13

Cassia bahamensis Mill. 13 13

Cassia bakeriana Craib 5 5

Cassia balsasana Irwin 1 1

Cassia barateria 2 2

Cassia barclayana Sweet 3 3

Cassia basifolia Vogel 6 4

Cassia bauhiniifolia Kunth 1 1

Cassia bauhinioides A.Gray 1 1

Cassia benthamiana Harms 2 2

Cassia berenices UNGER, 1850 7 2

Cassia berteri Colla 17 17

Cassia biensis (Steyaert) Mendonca & Torre 2 2

Cassia biflora L. 17 17

Cassia bifolia Pers. ex Pittier 1 1

Cassia bifoliata DC. ex Collad. 6 6

Cassia bifoliola Harms 1 1

Cassia bifoliolata DC. 2 2

Cassia bijuga Vogel 4 4

Cassia blancheti Benth. 5 5

Cassia bonariensis Colla 6 6

Cassia brachyblepharis Harms 1 1

Cassia brachyrachis Harms 3 3

Cassia bracteata L.f. 2 2

Cassia brasiliana Lam. 5 5

Cassia brasiliense 2

Cassia brevifolia Lam. 7 5

Cassia brewsteri 3 1

Cassia brewsterii F.Muell. 7 7

Cassia brongniartii Gaudich. 1 1

Cassia browniana Kunth 2 2

Cassia burttii Baker f. 5 5

Cassia caesia Taub. ex Glaz. 3 3

Cassia calliantha G.Mey. 3 3

Cassia callosa Urb. 1 1

Cassia calycioides Collad. 3 3

Cassia canescens Kunth 1 1

Cassia capensis Thunb. 12 12

Cassia carnaval Speg. 1 1

Cassia chamaecrista L. 57 57

Cassia chartacea H.S.Irwin 2 2

Cassia chatelainiana Gaudich. 5 5

Cassia chinensis Lam. 4 4

Cassia chloroclada Harms 2 2

Cassia chrysocarpa Desv. 4 4

Cassia chrysoclada Taub. 2 2

Cassia chrysotricha Collad. 6 6

Cassia ciliolata Benth. 1 1

Cassia cinerea Schltdl. & Cham. 5 5

Cassia circinnata Benth. 3 3

Cassia clarensis (Britton) R.A.Howard 1 1

Cassia closiana 2 1

Cassia coluteoides Collad. 3 3

Cassia comosa (E.Mey.) Vogel 3 3

Cassia concinna Benth. 17 17

Cassia confinis Greene 3 3

Cassia congolensis Hiern 1 1

Cassia conzattii Britt. & Rose 2 2

Cassia coquimbensis Vogel 4 4

Cassia cordistipula Mart. 2 2

Cassia coronilloides Benth. 1 1

Cassia corymbosa Lam. 57 52

Cassia cotinifolia G.Don 1 1

Cassia cowanii H.S.Irwin & Barneby 3 3

Cassia crassifolia Ortega 7 7

Cassia crenulata Benth. 1 1

Cassia crista Jacq. 2 2

Cassia crotalarioides Kunth 2 2

Cassia cultrifolia Kunth 1 1

Cassia dalbergiifolia Benth. 1 1

Cassia deeringiana (Small & Pennell) J.F.Macbr. 1 1

Cassia densiflora M.Martens & Galeotti 3 3

Cassia desolata F.Muell. 9 9

Cassia desvauxii Collad. 5 5

Cassia didymobotrya Fresen. 33 33

Cassia diffusa DC. 2 2

Cassia dimidiata Roxb. 46 46

Cassia diphylla L. 14 14

Cassia disadena Steud. 2 2

Cassia divaricata Nees & Blume 8 8

Cassia doylei (Britton & Rose) Lundell 1 1

Cassia drepanophylla Benth. 2 2

Cassia dysophylla Benth. 6 6

Cassia edulis Posado 2 2

Cassia elegans Kunth 1 1

Cassia elliptica Kunth 3 3

Cassia emarginata L. 14 14

Cassia eremophila Cunn. ex J. Vogel 56 56

Cassia esculenta Roxb. 1 1

Cassia excelsa Kunth, nom. illeg. 11 10

Cassia fabaginifolia Kunth 1 1

Cassia fagonioides Vogel 1 1

Cassia falcata L. 7 7

Cassia falcinella Oliv. 2 2

Cassia fasciculata Michx. 8 8

Cassia fastuosa Willd. ex Benth. 17 17

Cassia fazogli 4 4

Cassia felipensis Kunth 1 1

Cassia fieldii Colla 2 2

Cassia fikifiki Aubrév. & Pellegr. 8 8

Cassia fischeri HEER, 1859 1 1

Cassia fistula 245 232

Cassia flavicoma Kunth 2 2

Cassia flexuosa L. 8 8

Cassia flindersii 8 8

Cassia flindertii hort. 1 1

Cassia floribunda 44 42

Cassia florida 12 6

Cassia foetida 12 11

Cassia fraxinifolia Kunth 2 2

Cassia frondosa 10 9

Cassia fruticosa Mill. 14 14

Cassia galeottiana M.Martens 1 1

Cassia gamaensis Glaz. 1 1

Cassia garrettiana Craib 52 52

Cassia gaudichaudii Hook. & Arn. 39 39

Cassia gilliesii Glaz. ex Harms 4 4

Cassia glandulosa 24 23

Cassia glauca Lam. 53 47

Cassia glaucofilix H.S.Irwin & Barneby 1 1

Cassia glomerosa Benth. 1 1

Cassia glutinosa DC. 2 2

Cassia goratensis Fresen. 5 5

Cassia goyazensis Taub. 1 1

Cassia gracilior Stey. 5 5

Cassia gracilis Kunth 1 1

Cassia grandiflora 4 3

Cassia grandis L.f. 101 94

Cassia grandistipula Vogel 1 1

Cassia grantii Oliv. 23 23

Cassia greggii A.Gray 3 3

Cassia guaranitica Chodat & Hassl. 13 10

Cassia gymnothyrsa Irwin & Barneby 1 1

Cassia hamata Poit. 1 1

Cassia hayesiana (Britton & Rose) Standl. 5 5

Cassia hebecarpa Fern. 2 1

Cassia helmsii Symon 2 2

Cassia hildebrandtii Vatke 8 8

Cassia hintonii Sandwith 1 1

Cassia hippophallus Capuron 51 51

Cassia hirsuta L. 72 71

Cassia hirsutissima Glaz. 3 2

Cassia hispida Collad. 5 5

Cassia holosericea Fresen. 34 34

Cassia holwayana Rose 2 2

Cassia hookeriana Gillies ex Hook. & Arn. 15 15

Cassia humboldtiana DC. 2 2

Cassia humifusa Brenan 4 4

Cassia humilis Collad. 3 3

Cassia hyperborea 2

Cassia inaequilatera DC. 9 9

Cassia incana 1

Cassia indecora Kunth 6 6

Cassia inodora 1 1

Cassia inoequalifolia 1 1

Cassia insignis N.E.Br. 2 2

Cassia isidorea Benth. 3 3

Cassia italica (Mill.) F.W.Andrews 187 187

Cassia jaegeri Keay 12 12

Cassia javanica 90 87

Cassia javanica x fistula 1

Cassia katangensis Steyaert 3 3

Cassia killipii Rose 1 1

Cassia kirkii Oliv. 113 113

Cassia kleinii Wight & Arn. 22 22

Cassia kurtzii Harms 1 1

Cassia lactea Baill. 2 2

Cassia laeta Kunth 1 1

Cassia laevigata 117 110

Cassia lanceolata 34 33

Cassia langsdorffii Vogel 1 1

Cassia lasiocarpa 2 2

Cassia latistipula Benth. 4 3

Cassia latopetiolata Dombey ex Vogel 21 21

Cassia lavradiiflora Glaz. 1

Cassia laxiflora Benth. 2 2

Cassia laxiracemosa Harms 2 2

Cassia leandrii Ghesq. 1 1

Cassia leiophylla Vogel 4 4

Cassia lenitiva Bischoff 1 1

Cassia lentiscifolia Benth. 1 1

Cassia leptocarpa Benth. 39 39

Cassia leptoclada Benth. 1 1

Cassia leptophylla Vogel 11 6

Cassia leschenaultiana DC. 124 123

Cassia leschnaultiana 1 1

Cassia liebmannii Benth. 3 3

Cassia lignitum UNGER, 1850 4 1

Cassia ligustrina 5 4

Cassia lindheimeriana Scheele 7 7

Cassia linearifolia G.Don 1 1

Cassia lomatopoda Benth. 1 1

Cassia longiracemosa Vatke 6 6

Cassia longisiliqua 9 8

Cassia lotoides Kunth 2 2

Cassia lucens Vogel 5 5

Cassia lundii Benth. 1 1

Cassia macranthera Collad. 3 3

Cassia macrocarpa Micheli 4 4

Cassia macrophylla Kunth 3 3

Cassia magnifica Mart. 3 3

Cassia mannii Oliv. 40 38

Cassia marginata 7 3

Cassia marksiana (Bailey) Domin 1

Cassia marylandica 51 48

Cassia medellinensis Pos.-Arang. 1 1

Cassia medsgeri Shafer 6 6

Cassia megalantha Decne. 6 6

Cassia melanocarpa DC. 1 1

Cassia meridionalis R.Vig. 2 2

Cassia mexicana Jacq. 4 4

Cassia micranthera DC. 1 1

Cassia microphylla Willd. 10 10

Cassia mimosa Noronha 1 1

Cassia mimosoides L. 795 787

Cassia minutiflora León 1 1

Cassia modosa Buch.-Ham. 11 11

Cassia mohan 2 2

Cassia mollifolia Glaz. 1

Cassia mollis Vahl 1 1

Cassia montana Heyne ex Roth 7 7

Cassia morelensis Greenm. 3 3

Cassia morongii Britton 1 1

Cassia moschata Kunth 29 29

Cassia mucuroides 1

Cassia multiflora M.Martens & Galeotti 10 10

Cassia multiglandulosa Jacq. 12 12

Cassia multijuga Rich. 15 15

Cassia mutijuja 1

Cassia mutisiana Kunth 5 5

Cassia neglecta Vogel 1 1

Cassia nelsonii Rose 2 2

Cassia nemophila Vogel 16 9

Cassia nemorosa Kunth 1 1

Cassia neocaledonica Guillaumin 1

Cassia nicaraguensis Benth. 3 3

Cassia nicticans 1

Cassia nictitans L. 41 41

Cassia nigra 1 1

Cassia nigricans 178 176

Cassia nodosa 4 3

Cassia nomame (Sieber) Honda 1 1

Cassia notabilis F.Muell. 1 1

Cassia nummulariifolia Benth. 1 1

Cassia obcordata Sw. ex Wikstr. 2 2

Cassia obtecta Benth. 1 1

Cassia obtusata Hayne 1 1

Cassia obtusifolia L. 105 100

Cassia obtusiloba 4 4

Cassia occidentalis 538 500

Cassia odorata R.Morris 1 1

Cassia oligoclada F.Muell. 4 4

Cassia oligophylla F.Muell. 2 2

Cassia orbiculata Benth. 1 1

Cassia ornithopodioides Steud. 1 1

Cassia ornithopoides Lam. 1 1

Cassia ovalifolia M.Martens & Galeotti 1 1

Cassia oxyadena DC. 1 1

Cassia oxyphylla Kunth 7 7

Cassia pachypoda Glaz. 1

Cassia pallida Vahl 1 1

Cassia palmeri S.Watson 1 1

Cassia palustris 1 1

Cassia pancheri Vieill. ex Guillaumin 1 1

Cassia paradictyon Vogel 1 1

Cassia paraguensis Micheli 2 2

Cassia paralias Brenan 1 1

Cassia parva Steyaert 1 1

Cassia parvistipula Benth. 1 1

Cassia pauciflora Kunth 4 4

Cassia pavoniana G.Don 1 1

Cassia pavonis Curtis 1 1

Cassia pedersenii Burkart 1 1

Cassia pendula Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. 2 1

Cassia peralteana Kunth 1 1

Cassia perrieri R.Vig. 3 2

Cassia persoonii Collad 1 1

Cassia petersiana Bolle 52 52

Cassia petiolata UNGER, 1850 1

Cassia phaseolithes UNGER, 1850 9 4

Cassia philippi H.S.Irwin & Barneby 1 1

Cassia phyllodinea R.Br. 8 7

Cassia picta G.Don 6 6

Cassia pilicarpa Glaz. ex Harms 1 1

Cassia pilifera 6 5

Cassia pilosa L. 3 3

Cassia piribebuiensis Chodat & Hassl. 3 2

Cassia pistaciaefolia Kunth 2 1

Cassia planaltoana Glaz. 1

Cassia planisiliqua 3 1

Cassia pleurocarpa F.Muell. 5 5

Cassia plumieri DC. 1 1

Cassia podocarpa 77 65

Cassia pohliana Benth. 1 1

Cassia polifera Vogel 1 1

Cassia polyadena DC. 1 1

Cassia polyphylla Jacq. 3 3

Cassia polytricha Brenan 3 3

Cassia praetexta Vogel 6 6

Cassia pringlei Rose 4 4

Cassia procumbens L. 4 4

Cassia propinqua Kunth 2 2

Cassia prostrata Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. 4 4

Cassia pruinosa F.Muell. 5 5

Cassia pteridophylla Sandwith 4 4

Cassia puberula Kunth 5 5

Cassia pubescens Jacq. 4 4

Cassia pulchella Bojer 1 1

Cassia pulchra Kunth 6 6

Cassia pumila Lam. 47 47

Cassia purpurea Roxb. 4 4

Cassia pycnophylla Harms 2 2

Cassia quinquangulata Rich. 5 5

Cassia ramosissima Kunth 1 1

Cassia reinwantiana Vogel 2 2

Cassia renigera Wall. 1 1

Cassia repens Vogel 6 6

Cassia reticulata Willd. 4 4

Cassia retusa Vogel 6 6

Cassia rhachiptera 1 1

Cassia richardiana Kunth 1 1

Cassia riparia Kunth 2 2

Cassia robynsiana Ghesq. 1 1

Cassia roemeriana Scheele 3 3

Cassia rogeonii Ghesq. 6 5

Cassia rojasiana Hassler 1 1

Cassia roxburghii DC. 24 23

Cassia rubriflora Ducke 2 2

Cassia rufescens 2 2

Cassia ruiziana (G.Don) Vogel 1 1

Cassia ruscifolia Jacq. 1 1

Cassia sabak Delile 9 9

Cassia sagotiana Benth. 7 7

Cassia santanderensis (Britton & Killip) Lass. 2 2

Cassia savannensis Miq. 1 1

Cassia scarlatina Ducke 1 1

Cassia schinifolia 12 11

Cassia schultesii Colla 2 2

Cassia scleroxylon Ducke 2 2

Cassia scoparia 1 1

Cassia senna L. 58 58

Cassia sennoides Jacq. 1 1

Cassia septentrionalis Zuccagni 15 15

Cassia sericea Sw. 9 9

Cassia serpens L. 4 4

Cassia siamea Lam. 150 143

Cassia sieberiana DC. 233 212

Cassia singueana Delile 119 119

Cassia skinneri Benth. 1 1

Cassia sophera L. 147 147

Cassia sopherella 2 2

Cassia sophora 1

Cassia sophoroides Mart. ex Benth. 1 1

Cassia sp. 693 637

Cassia speciosa Kunth 3 3

Cassia spectabilis 28 24

Cassia spinulosa H.S.Irwin & Barneby 2 2

Cassia splendida Vogel 2 2

Cassia spruceana Benth. 18 16

Cassia stahlii Urb. 1 1

Cassia staminea Vogel 1 1

Cassia stenocarpa Vogel 13 13

Cassia stenophylla 1

Cassia stipulacea (Sol.) Aiton 7 7

Cassia stipulata G.Don 1 1

Cassia stricta (E.Mey.) Steud. 31 31

Cassia strictifolia Benth. 1 1

Cassia strigillosa Benth. 1 1

Cassia strobilacea Kunth 2 2

Cassia sturtii R.Br. 22 22

Cassia subtriflora Mart. ex Benth. 2 2

Cassia suffruticosa Roth 1 1

Cassia sulcata DC. 10 10

Cassia sulfurea Collad. 2 2

Cassia sulphurea 1

Cassia swartzioides Ducke 1 1

Cassia sylvestris Vell. 10 10

Cassia tagera L. 2 2

Cassia tarantan Kunth 1 1

Cassia teijsmannii in herb. 1 1

Cassia tenella Kunth 2 2

Cassia teretifolia A.Cunn. 2 2

Cassia tettensis Bolle 8 8

Cassia thomasi 1

Cassia thonningii DC. 1 1

Cassia thyrsiflora Glaz. 2 2

Cassia timoriensis DC. 82 82

Cassia tinctoria in herb. 1 1

Cassia tocotana Rose 1 1

Cassia tola L. 1 1

Cassia tomentosa L.f. 161 157

Cassia torosa 7 6

Cassia trachycarpoides Glaz. 3 2

Cassia trachyclada Glaz. 2

Cassia trachypus Mart. ex Benth. 3 3

Cassia tragacanthoides Benth. 1 1

Cassia trichopoda Benth. 1 1

Cassia trichothyrsus Harms 2 2

Cassia trinitatis Rchb. ex DC. 1 1

Cassia tristicula Kunth 4 4

Cassia tuhovalyana Aké Assi 4 4

Cassia undulata Benth. 1 1

Cassia uniflora Mill. 5 5

Cassia usambarensis Taub. 2 2

Cassia venusta 5 3

Cassia venustula Kunth 1 1

Cassia verrucosa Vogel 8 8

Cassia versicolor 1

Cassia viguierella Ghesq. 3 3

Cassia villosa Mill. 1 1

Cassia viminalis 1 1

Cassia viminea L. 5 5

Cassia virgata Sw. 2 2

Cassia viscida Zollinger & Moritz 2 2

Cassia viscosa Kunth 1 1

Cassia vogeliana Schltdl. 1 1

Cassia vulgaris Roxb. ex Steud. 6 6

Cassia wislizeni A.Gray 15 15

Cassia wittei Ghesq. 3 3

Cassia xerophylla 1 1

Cassia zygophylla Benth. 1 1

8690 Specimens registered in collections

Collection	Number of specimens (or sets)
Conservatoire Botanique National Alpin (GAP)	1
Dep. Breeding and Veterinary Medicine (ALF)	3
Ethnobotany (PAT)	17
Gardens (JB)	252
Paleontology (F)	36
Univ. Montpellier - Inst. of Botany (MPU)	1275
University of Limoges (LIMO)	1
Vascular plants (P)	7105