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Taxon:  Cassia tora L.



Summary
Genus:
Cassia
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:
Cassieae
Subtribe:
Cassiinae
Nomen number:
9397
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:376. 1753
Verified:
03/14/1988 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Reference(s)
  1. Aubréville, A. et al., eds. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam. 1960- Note: accepts
  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959- Note: accepts
  3. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. 1980- Note: accepts
  4. Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim. 1984- Note: accepts
  5. Hara, H. et al. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. 1978-1982 Note: accepts
  6. Hoang, H.-D. et al. 1997. Additional notes to the checklist of Korean cultivated plants (5). Consolidated summary and indexes. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 44:358. http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/10722
  7. Kartesz, J. T. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 1994
  8. Lee, Y. N. Flora of Korea. 1997
  9. Lock, J. M. & J. Heald. Legumes of Indochina: a checklist. 1994
  10. Lock, J. M. & K. Simpson. Legumes of West Asia: a checklist. 1991
  11. Maesen, L. J. G. van der & Sadikin Somaatmadja, eds. 1989. Pulses. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 1:83. Note: accepts
  12. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. Flora of [West] Pakistan. 1970- Note: accepts
  13. Natural Products Research Institute, Seoul National University. Medicinal plants in the Republic of Korea. WHO Regional Publications Western Pacific Series No. 21. 1998 Note: http://www.wpro.who.int/internet/files/pub/97/61.pdf
  14. Sanjappa, M. Legumes of India. 1992 Note: accepts
  15. Smith, A. C. Flora vitiensis nova. 1979-1991
  16. Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. Flora of Thailand. 1970- Note: accepts
  17. Symon, D. E. 1966. Revision of the genus Cassia L. Caesalpiniaceae in Australia. Trans. Roy. Soc. South Australia 90:92. Note: accepts
  18. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952- Note: mentions & accepts
  19. Verdcourt, B. A manual of New Guinea legumes. 1979 Note: accepts
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