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 Cassia obtusifolia

Fabaceae Lindl.

Cassia obtusifolia L.

, legitimate

, scientific

Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1

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377

[primary reference]

Type: "Habitat in Cuba."

Haines, H.H. (1922), The Botany of Bihar and Orissa 3

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304

[basionym]

basionym of:

Cassia tora var. obtusifolia (L.) Haines

legitimate

Brenan, J.P.M. (1958), New and noteworthy Cassias from Tropical Africa.

:

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

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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

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238

BHL

[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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

:

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