Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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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.
Fabaceae Lindl.
Cassia tora L.
, legitimate , scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753) , Species Plantarum 1 :
376
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"Habitat in India."
Roxburgh, W. (1832) , Flora Indica; or descriptions of Indian Plants, by the late William Roxburgh. 2 :
340
[basionym]
basionym of:
Senna tora ( L.) Roxb.
legitimate
Bentham, G. (1871) , Revision of the genus Cassia. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 27(4) :
535-536
[secondary reference]
White, C.T. (1917) , Queensland Agricultural Journal Series 2 8 :
269
[secondary reference]
Wit, H.C.D. de (1955) , The Genus Cassia in Malaysia. Webbia; raccolta di scritti botanici 11 :
276-277
[secondary reference]
Brenan, J.P.M. (1958) , New and noteworthy Cassias from Tropical Africa. Kew Bulletin 13(2) :
250
[secondary reference]
Lectotype:
"the type of Flora Zeylanica No. 152, which is a specimen in the Hermann Herbarium at the British Museum (Natural History)"
Symon, D.E. (December 1966) , A revision of the genus Cassia L. Caesalpiniaceae in Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 90 :
92-93
[secondary reference]
common name:
Stinking Cassia
[n/a]
common name:
Foetid Cassia
[n/a]
Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972) , Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4) :
239
[secondary reference]
Dunlop, C.R. (1987) , Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26 :
16
[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 11(1) :
45
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Senna tora ( L.) Roxb.
legitimate
Randell, B.R. & Barlow, B.A. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998) , Senna. Flora of Australia 12 :
137
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Senna tora ( L.) Roxb.
legitimate
Randell, B.R. & Barlow, B.A. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998) , Senna. Flora of Australia 12 :
137
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Senna obtusifolia ( L.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
legitimate
by Bentham, G. (1871) , Revision of the genus Cassia. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 27(4) : 535-536