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

• Type: "Habitat in India."

Roxburgh, W. (1832), Flora Indica; or descriptions of Indian Plants, by the late William Roxburgh. 2: 340 [basionym]

basionym of: Senna tora (L.) Roxb. legitimate

Bentham, G. (1871), Revision of the genus Cassia. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 27(4): 535-536 [secondary reference]

White, C.T. (1917), Queensland Agricultural Journal Series 2 8: 269 [secondary reference]

Wit, H.C.D. de (1955), The Genus Cassia in Malaysia. Webbia; raccolta di scritti botanici 11: 276-277 [secondary reference]

Brenan, J.P.M. (1958), New and noteworthy Cassias from Tropical Africa. Kew Bulletin 13(2): 250 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "the type of Flora Zeylanica No. 152, which is a specimen in the Hermann Herbarium at the British Museum (Natural History)"

Symon, D.E. (December 1966), A revision of the genus Cassia L. Caesalpiniaceae in Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 90: 92-93 [secondary reference]

common name: Stinking Cassia [n/a] common name: Foetid Cassia [n/a]

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 239 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 16 [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 tora (L.) Roxb. 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 tora (L.) Roxb. legitimate

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

pro parte misapplied to: Senna obtusifolia (L.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby legitimate by Bentham, G. (1871), Revision of the genus Cassia. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 27(4): 535-536

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