Cassia fistula

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Caesalpinioideae
Tribus: Cassieae
Genus: Cassia
Species:

Cassia fistula L. (1753)

Lectotype: Without data, Hermann s.n. (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by Fawcett & Rendle, Fl. Jamaica 4: 102. 1920.

Homotypic
- Bactyrilobium fistula (L.) Willd., Enum. Pl. 1: 440. 1809.
- Cathartocarpus fistula (L.) Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 459. 1805.

Heterotypic
- Cassia bonplandiana DC., Prodr. 2: 490. 1825.
- Cassia excelsa Kunth in Humb. & al., Nov. Gen. Sp. 6: 339. 1824, nom. illeg. non Schrad. (1821)
- Cassia fistuloides Collad., Hist. Nat. Méd. Casses 87. t. 1. 1816.
- Cassia rhombifolia Roxb., Fl. Ind., ed. 2, 2: 334. 1832.
- Cathartocarpus excelsus G.Don, Gen. Hist. 2: 453. 1832, nom. illeg. (same type as Cassia bonplandiana)
- Cathartocarpus fistuloides (Collad.) G.Don in Loud., Hort. Brit. 167. 1830
- Cathartocarpus rhombifolius (Roxb.) G.Don, Gen. Hist. 2: 453. 1832.

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asie
- Regional: Indian subcontinent
  - Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya
Introduced into:
- Andaman Is., Angola, Borneo, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, French Guiana, Gambia, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Iraq, Jawa, Kenya, Laccadive Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Mexico Southwest, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Panamá, Peru, Philippines, Queensland, Senegal, Society Is., Southwest Caribbean, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tanzania, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Venezuela, Western Australia, Yemen, Zimbabwe

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus I. Pp. [I–XII], 1–560. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. : 377.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Cassia fistula in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Aug 28. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Cassia fistula. Published online. Accessed: Aug 28 2020. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Cassia fistula. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 Aug 2020. Reference page.
Catalogue of Life: 2024 Annual Checklist

USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cassia fistula in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.