Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 377 [primary reference]

• Type: "Habitat in Cuba."

Haines, H.H. (1922), The Botany of Bihar and Orissa 3: 304 [basionym]

basionym of: Cassia tora var. obtusifolia (L.) Haines legitimate

Brenan, J.P.M. (1958), New and noteworthy Cassias from Tropical Africa. Kew Bulletin 13(2): 248-252 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "the plate in Dillenius, Hort. Elthamn. Pl. Rar. 71, t. 62 (1732) and topotype specimen OXF (hb. Dillen)"

Symon, D.E. (December 1966), A revision of the genus Cassia L. Caesalpiniaceae in Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 90: 93-94 [secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 238 [secondary reference]

Irwin, H.S. & Barneby, R.C. (1982), The American Cassiinae : a synoptical revision of Leguminosae tribe Cassieae subtribe Cassiinae in the New World. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 35(1): 252 [basionym]

basionym of: Senna obtusifolia (L.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby legitimate

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 15 [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): 45 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Senna obtusifolia (L.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby legitimate

Randell, B.R. (21 September 1990), Revision of the Cassiinae in Australia. 3. Senna Miller sect. Senna. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 13: 6 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Senna notabilis (F.Muell.) Randell legitimate

Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 37 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Senna obtusifolia (L.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby legitimate

Randell, B.R. & Barlow, B.A. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Senna. Flora of Australia 12: 137 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Senna obtusifolia (L.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby legitimate

Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000), Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia: 90 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Senna obtusifolia (L.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby legitimate

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