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 alata

Fabaceae Lindl.

Cassia alata L.

, legitimate

, scientific

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

:

378

[tax. nov.]

Type: "Habitat in America calidiore."

Roxburgh, W. (1824), Flora Indica; or descriptions of Indian Plants, by the late William Roxburgh 2

:

349

[basionym]

basionym of:

Senna alata (L.) Roxb.

legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1862), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 3(19)

:

49

[secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1863), A Record of the Plants collected by Mr Pemberton Walcott and Mr Maitland Brown, in the year 1861, during Mr F. Gregory's Exploring Expedition into North-West Australia.

Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal n. ser

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219

[secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants

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151

[secondary reference]

common name:

Yellow-top

[n/a]

common name:

Ringworm Shrub

[n/a]

Wit, H.C.D. de (1955), The Genus Cassia in Malaysia.

Webbia; raccolta di scritti botanici

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231-234

[secondary reference]

Type: "In Linnaeus Herb. 528.26 (in LINN)."

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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94-95

[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]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory.

Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory

:

15

[secondary reference]

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 alata (L.) Roxb.

legitimate

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

Flora of Australia

:

127

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Senna alata (L.) Roxb.

legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Senna alata (L.) Roxb.

legitimate