Genus Cassia L.


Summary
Genus number:
2145
Last updated:
1 August 2025
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:
Cassieae
Subtribe:
Cassiinae
Common name(s):

cassia
Accession count:

195 (9  active, 8  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
conserved (nom. cons.) with a conserved type (Madrid ICN Art. 14.9 & App. III)


Synonyms
Synonym(s)

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Disseminule drawings\; A: Seed; B: embryo in situ; C: transection of seed

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References:
  1. Brummitt, R. K. 1993. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 38. Taxon 42:689. Note: Committee for Spermatophyta recommends conservation proposal
  2. International Society for Horticultural Science. International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource).
  3. Lewis, G. et al., eds. 2005. Legumes of the world 124.
  4. Randell, B. 1988. (918) Proposal to conserve 3536 Cassia with a conserved type (Fabaceae). Taxon 37:974-977. Note: conservation proposal
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=2145. Accessed 10 May 2026.