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 fistula

Fabaceae Lindl.

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

Cassia fistula L.

, legitimate

, scientific

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

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377

[tax. nov.]

Type: "Habitat in India, Aegypto." [Given by de Wit, Webbia 11 (1956) 207–212 as "In Herb. Hermann (in BM; cf. Fawcett & Rendle, Fl. Jamaica 4(2):102. 1920."].

Persoon, C.H. (1805), Synopsis plantarum, seu enchiridium botanicum, complectens enumerationem systematicam specierum 1

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459

[basionym]

basionym of:

Cathartocarpus fistula (L.) Pers.

legitimate

Willdenow, C.L. (1809), Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Regii Botanici Berolinensis 2

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440

[basionym]

basionym of:

Bactrilobium fistula (L.) Willd.

legitimate

Domin, K. (1926), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens.

Bibliotheca Botanica

:

790

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Cathartocarpus fistula (L.) Pers.

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Bactrilobium fistula (L.) Willd.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Cassia fistuloides Collad.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Cathartocarpus fistuloides (Collad.) G.Don

legitimate

Webb, L.J. (1948), Guide to the medicinal and poisonous plants of Queensland.

Bulletin (CSIRO)

:

79

[secondary reference]

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

Webbia; raccolta di scritti botanici

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207-212

[secondary reference]

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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79

[secondary reference]

Pedley, L. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Caesalpiniaceae.

Flora of South-eastern Queensland

:

389

[secondary reference]

common name:

Golden Shower

[n/a]

common name:

Indian Laburnum

[n/a]

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

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30, Fig. 13

[secondary reference]

common name:

Golden Rain Tree

[n/a]

common name:

Golden Shower

[n/a]

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

Flora of Australia

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76, Fig. 45, Map 71

APC

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Cathartocarpus fistula (L.) Pers.

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Bactrilobium fistula (L.) Willd.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Cassia fistuloides Collad.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Cassia excelsa Kunth

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Cathartocarpus rhombifolius (Roxb.) G.Don

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Cassia rhombifolia Roxb.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Cathartocarpus excelsus (Kunth) G.Don

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Cathartocarpus fistuloides (Collad.) G.Don

legitimate

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

Parker, C.M. & Biggs, L.J. (1 May 2014), Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2013.

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46

[secondary reference]