Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.

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Showing Senna obtusifolia

Fabaceae Lindl.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Rosanae(superordo)
Fabales(ordo)
Fabaceae(fam.)
Senna(gen.)
obtusifolia(sp.)

Senna obtusifolia (L.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby

, legitimate

, scientific

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

:

252

[comb. nov.]

basionym:

Cassia obtusifolia L.

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Cassia tora var. obtusifolia (L.) Haines

legitimate

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

:

45

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Cassia obtusifolia L.

legitimate

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List.

Fruits of the Rainforest

:

302

[secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Flora of the Darwin Region 2

:

37, Fig. 14

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Cassia obtusifolia L.

legitimate

Randell, B.R. & Barlow, B.A. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Senna.

Flora of Australia

:

137, Fig. 88, Map 139

APC

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Cassia obtusifolia L.

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Cassia tora var. obtusifolia (L.) Haines

legitimate

pro parte misapplication: Cassia tora L. legitimate by

Bentham, G. (1871), Revision of the genus Cassia.

Transactions of the Linnean Society of London

27(4)

: 535-536

APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised)

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B., Elick, R.W. & Ford, A.J. (1999), Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs.

Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs

:

59

[secondary reference]

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

:

90-91, Fig. 17

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Cassia obtusifolia L.

legitimate

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. (2003), Australian tropical rain forest plants. Trees, Shrubs and Vines

:

Code 3411

[secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest

:

107

[secondary reference]

common name:

Sicklepod

[n/a]

common name:

Java Bean

[n/a]