Cassia alata L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 378 (1753)
This name is a synonym of Senna alata

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192. [Cited as Senna alata.]
  • Brummitt, R.K., Chikuni, A.C., Lock, J.M. & Polhill, R.M. (2007). 61. Leguminosae Subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Flora Zambesiaca 3(2): 1-218. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Senna alata.]
  • Castle, G.E. (1994). Flore des Seychelles Dicotylédones: 1-663. Orstom Editions. [Cited as Senna alata.]
  • Du Puy, D.J., Labat, N.-N., Rabevohitra, R., Villiers, J.-F., Bosser, J. & Moat, J. (2002). The Leguminosae of Madagascar: 1-737. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Senna alata.]
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Senna alata.]
  • Lepschi, B. & Monro, A. (Project Coordinators) (2014). Australian Plant Census (APC) Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria. http://www.anbg.gov.au/chah/apc/index.html. [Cited as Senna alata.]
  • Lock, J.M. & Heald, J. (1994). Legumes of Indo-China a check-list: 1-164. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Senna alata.]
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Senna alata.]
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 10: 1-642. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis). [Cited as Senna alata.]

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Aubrév. Fl. For. Soud.-Guin. 221, t. 44, 4–5
  • Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 27: 550
  • Chev. Bot. 222
  • Steyaert in Fl. Congo Belge 3: 507.
  • —F.T.A. 2: 275

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bak. f., Leguminosae of Tropical Africa: 637 (1930).
  • De Wit in Webbia 11: 231 (1955).
  • Dimitri & Alberti in Rev. Invest. Agric. 8: 29, fig. 12 (1954).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 96 (1949).
  • L., Sp. Pl.: 378 (1753).
  • R. O. Williams, Useful and Ornamental Plants in Zanzibar and Pemba p. 175 (1949).
  • Steyaert in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 3: 507 (1952).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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