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): 302 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Cassia guatemalensis Donn.Sm. legitimate

Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (August 2016), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2015 census to 2016 census. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2016: 19 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Cassia guatemalensis Donn.Sm. legitimate

• APC Comment: A Central American species, recorded by P.D.Bostock & A.E.Holland, Introd. Census Queensl. Fl. 2016 19 (2016), but not known to be established in Australia.

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