Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 376 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 178 [secondary reference]

Persoon, C.H. (1817), Synopsis Plantarum 1: 459 [secondary reference]

Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1825), Leguminosae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 2: 495 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 279 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cathartocarpus Pers. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 42 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cathartocarpus Pers. legitimate

Diels, F.L.E. & Pritzel, E.G. (6 December 1904), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35(2-3): 273-274 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 94, 97-98, 106, 119, 123 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 151 [secondary reference]

Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. (7 June 1913), An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British possessions Edn. 2, 2: 335 [secondary reference]

• Type: Cassia fistula L.

Sulman, F. (1914), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II: 31-32 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 292 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: Greco-latin word, from the Hebrew qase'ah, used to denote a sort of cinnamon-bark, and also some fragrant shrub.

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 429 [secondary reference]

Wit, H.C.D. de (1955), The Genus Cassia in Malaysia. Webbia; raccolta di scritti botanici 11: 197-292 [secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 232 [secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. & Murray, L.R. (1963), Poisonous Plants of the Northern Territory: 64 [secondary reference]

Symon, D.E. in Eichler, Hj. (1965), Cassia. Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 178-180 [secondary reference]

Symon, D.E. (December 1966), A revision of the genus Cassia L. Caesalpiniaceae in Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 90: 73-151 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 206 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 597 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 95 [secondary reference]

Symon, D.E. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Caesalpinaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 106-107 [secondary reference]

Pedley, L. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Caesalpiniaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 388-393, 396 [secondary reference]

Randell, B.R. (1 August 1988), Revision of the Cassiinae in Australia. 1. Senna Miller sect. Chamaefistula (Colladon) Irwin and Barneby. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 11(1): 19-22 [secondary reference]

Randell, B.R. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Cassia. Flora of New South Wales 2: 316 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 30 [secondary reference]

Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996), Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia: 75 [secondary reference]

Randell, B.R. & Barlow, B.A. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Cassia. Flora of Australia 12: 75-76 APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cathartocarpus Pers. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bactrilobium Willd. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Brewsteria F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cassia sect. Cathartocarpus (Pers.) Benth. legitimate

• APC Dist.: NT (naturalised), Qld (native and naturalised), NSW

Randell, B.R. & Barlow, B.A. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Senna. Flora of Australia 12: 89 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Senna Mill. legitimate by Persoon, C.H. (1817), Synopsis Plantarum 1: 459

Randell, B.R. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Cassia. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 368 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 100 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Senna Mill. legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 279

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Senna Mill. legitimate by Persoon, C.H. (1817), Synopsis Plantarum 1: 459

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 157 [secondary reference]

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