Donnell Smith, J. (January 1897), Undescribed plants from Guatemala and other Central American Republics. XVII. Botanical Gazette 23(1): 6 [tax. nov.]

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 [basionym]

basionym of: Senna guatemalensis (Donn.Sm.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Senna guatemalensis (Donn.Sm.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby legitimate

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