''Cassia'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of flowering plants in the

legume A legume () is a plant in the family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or the fruit or seed of such a plant. When used as a dry grain, the seed is also called a pulse. Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for human consumption, for livestock f ...

family,

Fabaceae The Fabaceae or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomenc ...

, and the

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Caesalpinioideae. Species are known commonly as cassias. Cassia is also the English common name of some species in the genus ''

Cinnamomum ''Cinnamomum'' is a genus of evergreen aromatic trees and shrubs belonging to the laurel family, Lauraceae. The species of ''Cinnamomum'' have aromatic oils in their leaves and bark. The genus contains approximately 250 species, distributed in ...

'' of the family

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. Species of the genera '' Senna'' and ''

Chamaecrista ''Chamaecrista'' is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Members of the genus are commonly known as sensitive pea. Several species are capable of rapid plant movement. Unlike the related genera ...

'' were previously included in ''Cassia''. ''Cassia'' now generally includes the largest species of the legume subtribe Cassiinae, usually mid-sized

tree In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves. In some usages, the definition of a tree may be narrower, including only woody plants with secondary growth, plants that are ...

Ecology

''Cassia'' species occur in a range of

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s. Some can be utilized widely as

ornamental plant Ornamental plants or garden plants are plants that are primarily grown for their beauty but also for qualities such as scent or how they shape physical space. Many flowering plants and garden varieties tend to be specially bred cultivars that i ...

s. They have been used in

reforestation Reforestation (occasionally, reafforestation) is the natural or intentional restocking of existing forests and woodlands (forestation) that have been depleted, usually through deforestation, but also after clearcutting. Management A debate ...

projects, and species from

desert climate The desert climate or arid climate (in the Köppen climate classification ''BWh'' and ''BWk''), is a dry climate sub-type in which there is a severe excess of evaporation over precipitation. The typically bald, rocky, or sandy surfaces in desert ...

s can be used to prevent

desertification Desertification is a type of land degradation in drylands in which biological productivity is lost due to natural processes or induced by human activities whereby fertile areas become increasingly arid. It is the spread of arid areas caused by ...

. ''Cassia'' species are used as food plants by the

caterpillar Caterpillars ( ) are the larval stage of members of the order Lepidoptera (the insect order comprising butterflies and moths). As with most common names, the application of the word is arbitrary, since the larvae of sawflies (suborder Sym ...

s of many

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n taxa. For example, the skipper ''

Astraptes fulgerator ''Astraptes fulgerator'', the two-barred flasher, is a spread-wing skipper butterfly in the genus '' Astraptes'' which may constitute a possible cryptic species complex. It ranges all over the Americas, from the southern United States to north ...

'' and the pierids ''

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'' and '' C. pyranthe'' are all seen on ''

Cassia fistula ''Cassia fistula'', commonly known as golden shower, purging cassia, Indian laburnum, or pudding-pipe tree,U. S. Department of Agriculture, William Saunders; Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture; ...

''. The latter utilizes several other cassias, as well. The

plant pathogen Plant pathology (also phytopathology) is the scientific study of diseases in plants caused by pathogens (infectious organisms) and environmental conditions (physiological factors). Organisms that cause infectious disease include fungi, oomyc ...

virus A virus is a submicroscopic infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of an organism. Viruses infect all life forms, from animals and plants to microorganisms, including bacteria and archaea. Since Dmitri Ivanovsky's 1 ...

es cassia yellow blotch bromovirus and cassia yellow spot potyvirus were first described from ''Cassia''.

Uses

Because the name ''Cassia'' is not precise, it is sometimes difficult to know what is meant by references to plants known as "cassias".

Cassia gum Cassia gum is the flour and food additives made from the endosperms of the seeds of ''Senna obtusifolia'' and ''Senna tora'' (also called '' Cassia obtusifolia'' or ''Cassia tora''). It is composed of at least 75% polysaccharide, primarily galactom ...

, for example, is made from ''

Senna obtusifolia ''Senna obtusifolia'', known by the common names Chinese senna, American sicklepod, sicklepod, etc., is a plant in the genus '' Senna'', sometimes separated in the monotypic genus ''Diallobus''. It grows wild in North, Central, and South America, ...

'', a species formerly included in genus ''Cassia''. Genera ''Cassia'' and ''Senna'' are both known in systems of

traditional medicine Traditional medicine (also known as indigenous medicine or folk medicine) comprises medical aspects of traditional knowledge that developed over generations within the folk beliefs of various societies, including indigenous peoples, before the ...

. ''

'', for example, is used in

Ayurvedic medicine Ayurveda () is an alternative medicine system with historical roots in the Indian subcontinent. The theory and practice of Ayurveda is pseudoscientific. Ayurveda is heavily practiced in India and Nepal, where around 80% of the population rep ...

. There exists some culinary use for cassias. The fruit of some species is edible. In Central America, its pods are stewed into a molasses-like syrup, taken as a sweetener and for its nutritional and medicinal effects. Some have toxins in their seeds, however.

Systematics and taxonomy

There are hundreds of ''Cassia''

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, but it is unclear just how many. One estimate stands at 692. The genus was a

wastebasket taxon Wastebasket taxon (also called a wastebin taxon, dustbin taxon or catch-all taxon) is a term used by some taxonomists to refer to a taxon that has the sole purpose of classifying organisms that do not fit anywhere else. They are typically defined ...

for a long time, used to classify plants that did not fit well anywhere else. Over 1000 species have belonged to ''Cassia'' over the years. Many taxa have since been transferred to more appropriate genera, such as ''Senna''.

Species

''Cassia'' comprises the following species: Cassia occidentalis in Anantgiri, AP W2 IMG 8828

* ''

Cassia abbreviata ''Cassia abbreviata'', commonly known as the sjambok pod or long-tail cassia, is a mostly tropical tree species in the genus '' Cassia'', which is native to Africa. Native distribution ''Cassia abbreviata'' is native to east, northeast, south, ...

'' Oliv. ** subsp. ''abbreviata'' Oliv. ** subsp. ''beareana'' (Holmes) Brenan ** subsp. ''kassneri'' (Baker f.) Brenan * '' Cassia aciphylla'' A.Gray * '' Cassia afrofistula'' Brenan—Kenyan shower cassia * '' Cassia agnes'' (de Wit) Brenan * '' Cassia aldabrensis'' Hemsl. * '' Cassia angolensis'' Hiern * ''

Cassia arereh Cassia typically refers to cassia bark, the spice made from the bark of East Asian evergreen trees. Cassia may also refer to: Plants ;Cinnamon trees * ''Cinnamomum cassia'' (, ''ròuguì''), the cassia or Chinese cinnamon, found in southern Chin ...

'' Delile * '' Cassia artensis'' (Montr.) Beauv. * '' Cassia artemisioides'' DC. * '' Cassia aubrevillei'' Pellegr. * ''

Cassia bakeriana ''Cassia bakeriana'', also known as the pink shower tree, is a flowering plant in the subfamily, Caesalpinioideae of the legume family, Fabaceae The Fabaceae or Leguminosae,Cassia barbinervis'' (Pittier) Pittier * '' Cassia barclayana'' Sweet ** var. ''barclayana'' Sweet ** var. ''pubescens'' (Benth.) Symon * '' Cassia brewsteri'' (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex

Benth. George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...

—Brewster's cassia, cigar cassia * '' Cassia burttii'' Baker f. * '' Cassia cardiosperma'' F.Muell. * ''

Cassia charlesiana Cassia typically refers to cassia bark, the spice made from the bark of East Asian evergreen trees. Cassia may also refer to: Plants ;Cinnamon trees * ''Cinnamomum cassia'' (, ''ròuguì''), the cassia or Chinese cinnamon, found in southern Chin ...

'' Symon * ''

Cassia chatelainiana Cassia typically refers to cassia bark, the spice made from the bark of East Asian evergreen trees. Cassia may also refer to: Plants ;Cinnamon trees * ''Cinnamomum cassia'' (, ''ròuguì''), the cassia or Chinese cinnamon, found in southern Chin ...

'' Gaudich. * ''

Cassia circinnata Cassia typically refers to cassia bark, the spice made from the bark of East Asian evergreen trees. Cassia may also refer to: Plants ;Cinnamon trees * ''Cinnamomum cassia'' (, ''ròuguì''), the cassia or Chinese cinnamon, found in southern Chin ...

'' Benth. * '' Cassia cladophylla'' W.Fitzg. * ''

Cassia concinna Cassia typically refers to cassia bark, the spice made from the bark of East Asian evergreen trees. Cassia may also refer to: Plants ;Cinnamon trees * ''Cinnamomum cassia'' (, ''ròuguì''), the cassia or Chinese cinnamon, found in southern Chin ...

'' Benth. * '' Cassia conspicua'' (G. Don) Vogel * '' Cassia coronilloides'' Benth. * '' Cassia costata'' J.F.Bailey & C.T.White * '' Cassia cowanii'' H.S.Irwin & Barneby ** var. ''cowanii'' H.S.Irwin & Barneby ** var. ''guianensis'' (Sandwith) H.S.Irwin & Barneby ** var. ''peruviana'' (J.F.Macbr.) H.S.Irwin & Barneb * '' Cassia curvistyla'' J.M.Black * '' Cassia cuthbertsonii'' F.Muell. * '' Cassia desolata'' F.Muell. ** var. ''desolata'' F.Muell. ** var. ''involucrata'' (J.M. Black) J.M. Black ** var. ''planipes'' (J.M. Black) Symon * '' Cassia duartei'' H. S. Irwin * '' Cassia eremophila'' Vogel—desert cassia * '' Cassia fastuosa'' Benth. ** var. ''calva'' Irwin & Barneby ** var. ''fastuosa'' Benth. * '' Cassia ferraria'' Symon * '' Cassia ferruginea'' (

Schrad. Heinrich Adolf Schrader (1 January 1767 in Alfeld near Hildesheim – 22 October 1836 in Göttingen) was a German botanist and mycologist. He studied medicine early in life. He named the Australian plant genus '' Hakea'' in 1797. In 1795 he ...

)

DC. Augustin Pyramus (or Pyrame) de Candolle (, , ; 4 February 17789 September 1841) was a Swiss botanist. René Louiche Desfontaines launched de Candolle's botanical career by recommending him at a herbarium. Within a couple of years de Candolle ...

** var. ''ferruginea'' (Schrad.) A. P. de Candolle, DC. ** var. ''velloziana'' Irwin & Barneby * ''

'' L.—golden shower, Indian-laburnum, purging cassia * ''

Cassia floribunda ''Senna septemtrionalis'', the arsenic bush, is a plant species in the genus '' Senna''. See also * List of vascular plants of Norfolk Island This is a list of vascular plants that are indigenous to, or naturalised on, Norfolk Island. The li ...

'' Collad. * '' Cassia goniodes'' Benth. * ''

Cassia grandis ''Cassia grandis'', one of several species called pink shower tree, and known as carao in Spanish language, Spanish, is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to the neotropics, that grows up to . The species is distributed from southe ...

'' L.f.—pink shower cassia * '' Cassia hamersleyensis'' Symon * ''

Cassia harneyi Cassia typically refers to cassia bark, the spice made from the bark of East Asian evergreen trees. Cassia may also refer to: Plants ;Cinnamon trees * ''Cinnamomum cassia'' (, ''ròuguì''), the cassia or Chinese cinnamon, found in southern Chin ...

'' Specht * ''

Cassia helmsii ''Senna artemisioides'', the wormwood senna, is a species of flowering plant in the pea family Fabaceae. It is endemic to Australia, where it is found in all mainland states and territories. Other common names include silver senna, silver cas ...

'' Symon * '' Cassia hintonii'' Sandwith * '' Cassia hippophallus'' Capuron * '' Cassia javanica'' L.—apple-blossom cassia, Palawan cherry ** subsp. ''bartonii'' F.M.Bailey ** subsp. ''javanica'' L. *** var. ''javanica'' L. *** var. ''microcalyx'' Irwin & Barneby ** subsp. ''nodosa'' (Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.) K.Larsen & S.S.Larsen ** subsp. ''pubiflora'' (Merr.) K.Larsen * '' Cassia johannae'' Vatke * '' Cassia lancangensis'' Y.Y. Qian * ''

Cassia leiandra ''Cassia leiandra'', the mari-mari, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae The Fabaceae or Leguminosae,Cassia leptoclada'' Benth. * '' Cassia leptophylla'' Vogel—gold medallion tree * '' Cassia leucocephala'' ''sensu'' Bailey * '' Cassia luerssenii'' Domin * '' Cassia madagascariensis'' Bojer * ''

Cassia magnifolia Cassia typically refers to cassia bark, the spice made from the bark of East Asian evergreen trees. Cassia may also refer to: Plants ;Cinnamon trees * ''Cinnamomum cassia'' (, ''ròuguì''), the cassia or Chinese cinnamon, found in southern Chin ...

'' F.Muell. * ''

Cassia manicula Cassia typically refers to cassia bark, the spice made from the bark of East Asian evergreen trees. Cassia may also refer to: Plants ;Cinnamon trees * ''Cinnamomum cassia'' (, ''ròuguì''), the cassia or Chinese cinnamon, found in southern Chin ...

'' Symon * '' Cassia mannii'' Oliv. * '' Cassia marksiana'' (Bailey) Domin * ''

Cassia midas Cassia typically refers to cassia bark, the spice made from the bark of East Asian evergreen trees. Cassia may also refer to: Plants ;Cinnamon trees * ''Cinnamomum cassia'' (, ''ròuguì''), the cassia or Chinese cinnamon, found in southern Chin ...

'' H.S.Irwin & Barneby * '' Cassia minutiflora'' León * '' Cassia monserratensis'' Lundell * '' Cassia moschata'' Kunth * '' Cassia mucronulosa'' (Pittier) J.F. Macbr. * '' Cassia nemophila'' Vogel ** var. ''coriacea'' (Benth.) Symon ** var. ''nemophila'' Vogel ** var. ''platypoda'' (R.Br.) Benth. ** var. ''zygophylla'' (Benth.) Benth. * '' Cassia neurophylla'' W.Fitzg. * '' Cassia notabilis'' F.Muell. * '' Cassia oligoclada'' F.Muell. ** var. ''goniodes'' (Cunn.) Domin ** var. ''oligoclada'' F.Muell. * '' Cassia oligophylla'' F.Muell. ** var. ''oligophylla'' F.Muell. ** var. ''sericea'' Symon * ''

Cassia phyllodinea Cassia typically refers to cassia bark, the spice made from the bark of East Asian evergreen trees. Cassia may also refer to: Plants ;Cinnamon trees * ''Cinnamomum cassia'' (, ''ròuguì''), the cassia or Chinese cinnamon, found in southern Chin ...

'' R.Br. * '' Cassia pilocarina'' Symon * ''

Cassia pinoi Cassia typically refers to cassia bark, the spice made from the bark of East Asian evergreen trees. Cassia may also refer to: Plants ;Cinnamon trees * ''Cinnamomum cassia'' (, ''ròuguì''), the cassia or Chinese cinnamon, found in southern Chin ...

'' (Britton & Rose) Lundell * '' Cassia pleurocarpa'' F.Muell. ** var. ''angustifolia'' Symon ** var. ''longifolia'' Symon ** var. ''pleurocarpa'' F.Muell. * '' Cassia polymorpha'' Harms * ''

Cassia pruinosa Cassia typically refers to cassia bark, the spice made from the bark of East Asian evergreen trees. Cassia may also refer to: Plants ;Cinnamon trees * ''Cinnamomum cassia'' (, ''ròuguì''), the cassia or Chinese cinnamon, found in southern Chin ...

'' F.Muell. * '' Cassia psilocarpa'' Welw. * ''

Cassia purpurea Cassia typically refers to cassia bark, the spice made from the bark of East Asian evergreen trees. Cassia may also refer to: Plants ;Cinnamon trees * ''Cinnamomum cassia'' (, ''ròuguì''), the cassia or Chinese cinnamon, found in southern Chin ...

'' Roxb. * '' Cassia queenslandica'' C.T.White * '' Cassia regia'' Standl. * '' Cassia renigera'' Benth. * '' Cassia retusa'' Vogel * '' Cassia roxburghii''

—Roxburgh's cassia * '' Cassia rubriflora'' Ducke * '' Cassia rugeoni'' A. Chev. * ''

Cassia sieberiana ''Cassia sieberiana'', the drumstick tree, is a tree in the family Fabaceae The Fabaceae or Leguminosae,Cassia spruceana'' Benth. * ''

Cassia stowardii Cassia typically refers to cassia bark, the spice made from the bark of East Asian evergreen trees. Cassia may also refer to: Plants ;Cinnamon trees * ''Cinnamomum cassia'' (, ''ròuguì''), the cassia or Chinese cinnamon, found in southern Chin ...

'' S.Moore * ''

Cassia stricta Cassia typically refers to cassia bark, the spice made from the bark of East Asian evergreen trees. Cassia may also refer to: Plants ;Cinnamon trees * ''Cinnamomum cassia'' (, ''ròuguì''), the cassia or Chinese cinnamon, found in southern Chin ...

'' (E. Mey.) Steud. * '' Cassia sturtii'' R.Br. * ''

Cassia succedana Cassia typically refers to cassia bark, the spice made from the bark of East Asian evergreen trees. Cassia may also refer to: Plants ;Cinnamon trees * ''Cinnamomum cassia'' (, ''ròuguì''), the cassia or Chinese cinnamon, found in southern Chin ...

'' Bellardi ex DC. * '' Cassia swartzioides'' Ducke ** var. ''scarlatina'' (Ducke) H.S.Irwin & Barneby ** var. ''swartzioides'' Ducke * '' Cassia thyrsoidea'' Brenan * '' Cassia tomentella'' (Benth.) Domin * '' Cassia trachypus'' Mart. ex Benth. * '' Cassia venusta'' F.Muell.

Species names with uncertain taxonomic status

The status of the following species is unresolved: * ''Cassia acacalis'' Royle * ''Cassia acisperma'' Schrank ex Colla * ''Cassia adenopoda'' Miq. * ''Cassia aegyptiaca'' Willd. * ''Cassia aethiopica'' Guibourt * ''Cassia afzeliana'' Vogel * ''Cassia amara'' hort. ex Gentil * ''Cassia amoena'' Buch.-Ham. * ''Cassia aprica'' Vell. * ''Cassia aristatella'' (Pennell) Cory * ''Cassia arowana'' M.R.Schomb. * ''Cassia artemisiifolia'' R.Br. * ''Cassia artensis'' Beauvis. * ''Cassia atroreticulata'' Chiov. * ''Cassia augustisiliqua'' Chapm. * ''Cassia aurita'' Collad. * ''Cassia barrenfieldii'' Colla * ''Cassia batramensis'' Steud. * ''Cassia bequaerti'' De Wild. * ''Cassia berryana'' Voigt * ''Cassia bifolia'' Pers. ex Pittier * ''Cassia bifora'' L. * ''Cassia bonariensis'' Colla * ''Cassia bonplandia'' Rojas Acosta * ''Cassia brachystachys'' Harms ex Glaz. * ''Cassia bracteosa'' Lassen * ''Cassia bracteosa'' Welw. ex W.Bull * ''Cassia brewsteri'' (F. Muell.) F. Muell. ex Benth. * ''Cassia buchanani'' Kostel * ''Cassia buchananii'' Kostel. * ''Cassia bulbotricha'' Taub. ex Glaz. * ''Cassia burmanni'' Wall. * ''Cassia burmanni'' Wight * ''Cassia burmannii'' DC. * ''Cassia cafesiana'' Rojas * ''Cassia canaliculata'' R.Br. * ''Cassia carringtoniana'' Torre * ''Cassia castiglionia'' Collad. * ''Cassia chinensis'' Lam. * ''Cassia ciliaris'' Collad. * ''Cassia confusa'' Phil. * ''Cassia coymbosa'' Ortega * ''Cassia cruikshanksii'' Hook. & Arn. * ''Cassia cyclophora'' Boivin ex Ghesq. * ''Cassia darmiens'' Vell. * ''Cassia decipiens'' Desv. * ''Cassia decipiens'' Griseb. * ''Cassia delagoensis'' Harv. * ''Cassia deplanchei'' Benth. * ''Cassia disperma'' Vell. * ''Cassia droogmansiana'' De Wild. * ''Cassia eglandulosa'' Dum.Cours. * ''Cassia ehrenbergii'' Bisch. * ''Cassia elongata'' Lemaire-Lis. * ''Cassia fastuosa'' Willd. ex Vogel * ''Cassia fieldii'' Colla * '' Cassia fikifiki'' Aubrév. & Pellegr. * ''Cassia fimbriata'' Noronha * ''Cassia florifera'' Herrera * ''Cassia fluminensis'' Vell. * ''Cassia forsan'' Harms ex Hoehne * ''Cassia forskalii'' Royle * ''Cassia fraseri'' A.Cunn. ex Vogel * ''Cassia gamaensis'' Glaz. * ''Cassia glandulifera'' Reinw. ex Steud. * ''Cassia glanduliflora'' Reinw. ex Blume * ''Cassia gracillima'' Benth. * ''Cassia gracillima'' Welw. * ''Cassia granitica'' Baker f. * ''Cassia graveolens'' Colla * ''Cassia guineensis'' G.Don * ''Cassia gygophylloides'' Taub. * ''Cassia heptanthera'' F.Muell. * ''Cassia heteroloba'' T.L.Mitch. ex Lindl. * ''Cassia heterophylla'' Walp. * ''Cassia hibbertiana'' Steud. * ''Cassia hirta'' Willd. * ''Cassia homophylla'' Hoffmanns. * ''Cassia hornemannii'' DC. * ''Cassia ilidorea'' Benth. * ''Cassia indochinensis'' (Gagnep.) V.Singh * ''Cassia javanica'' subsp. ''bartonii'' (Bailey) K. Larsen * ''Cassia kethulleana'' De Wild. * ''Cassia ketschta'' Hasselq. * ''Cassia kituiensis'' Vatke * ''Cassia kuhlmannii'' Hoehne * ''Cassia kuntzei'' Hosseus * ''Cassia kuntzii'' Hosseus * ''Cassia lancifolia'' Colla * ''Cassia laxiflora'' Benth. * ''Cassia lenitiva'' Bisch. * ''Cassia leschenaultii'' Wall. * ''Cassia leucoxylon'' Klotzsch * ''Cassia ligustrinoides'' Schrank * ''Cassia longifolia'' Steud. * ''Cassia lucida'' Dehnh. * ''Cassia mariquitensis'' Mutis * ''Cassia medica'' Forssk. * ''Cassia medica'' Vell. * ''Cassia medicinalis'' Bisch. * ''Cassia milleri'' Collad. * ''Cassia mimosa'' Noronha * ''Cassia modosa'' Buch.-Ham. * ''Cassia mornicola'' Urb. * ''Cassia multisiliqua'' J.F. Gmel. * ''Cassia myriophylla'' Wall. * ''Cassia neocaledonica'' Vieill. ex Guillaumin * ''Cassia nummularia'' Vahl ex DC. * ''Cassia obtusata'' Hayne * ''Cassia oocarpa'' Baker * ''Cassia oppositifolia'' Glaz. * ''Cassia orientalis'' Pers. * ''Cassia ornithopodioides'' Steud. * ''Cassia ovata'' Mérat & Lens ex Geiger * ''Cassia pachycalyx'' Vogel * ''Cassia palmata'' Wall. * ''Cassia pancheri'' Vieill. ex Guillaumin * ''Cassia papulosa'' Hoffmanns. * ''Cassia parviflora'' Sessé & Moc. * ''Cassia parvifolia'' Wender. * ''Cassia pencana'' Phil. * ''Cassia peruviana'' Vogel * ''Cassia pilidens'' Steud. * ''Cassia pinnata'' Voigt * ''Cassia pistaciaefolia'' Kunth * ''Cassia platypoda'' R.Br. * ''Cassia polyadura'' Fawc. & Rendle * ''Cassia porturegalensis'' Bancr. ex Macfad. * ''Cassia pseudo-nictitans'' Hance * ''Cassia pulcherrima'' Dehnh. * ''Cassia purgans'' Steud. * ''Cassia quadriflora'' Vogel * ''Cassia ramiflora'' Vogel * ''Cassia ramosissima'' Kunth * ''Cassia riedelii'' Benth. * ''Cassia robinioides'' Willd. * ''Cassia rogeonii'' Ghesq. * ''Cassia roxburghiana'' Graham * ''Cassia rupicola'' Benth. * ''Cassia rusa'' M.Martens & Galeotti * ''Cassia ruscifolia'' Jacq. * ''Cassia sabak'' Delile * ''Cassia sagera'' Lam. * ''Cassia saltiana'' Steud. * ''Cassia schimperi'' Steud. * ''Cassia schinifolia'' A.DC. * ''Cassia schomburgkii'' Klotzsch ex Schomburgk * ''Cassia schultesii'' Colla * ''Cassia selerocarpa'' Vogel * ''Cassia sieberi'' C.Presl * ''Cassia simplicifolia'' Desv. * ''Cassia sinensis'' J.F. Gmel. * ''Cassia solimoesensis'' H.S.Irwin * ''Cassia sophora'' Collad. * ''Cassia stuhlmannii'' Taub. * ''Cassia surinamensis'' Dehnh. * ''Cassia tarda'' Noronha * ''Cassia taubertiana'' Harms * ''Cassia teretifolia'' R.Cunn. ex Lindl. * ''Cassia teretiuscula'' F.Muell. * ''Cassia tetrafoliata'' Desv. * ''Cassia tettensis'' Bolle * ''Cassia thunbergiana'' Blume ex Miq. * ''Cassia tola'' L. * ''Cassia tortiramis'' Pittier * ''Cassia torulosa'' Poir. * ''Cassia transversali-seminata'' De Wild. * ''Cassia tuberculata'' Collad. * ''Cassia tula'' Desv. ex Steud. * ''Cassia ulei'' H. Irwin & D. Rogers * ''Cassia umbellata'' Bertol. * ''Cassia umbellata'' Rchb. * ''Cassia unica'' Schery * ''Cassia ursinoides'' Harms ex Luetzelb. * ''Cassia vernicifolia'' Taub. * ''Cassia viciaefolia'' Benth. * ''Cassia vulgaris'' Roxb. ex Steud. * ''Cassia xanthocoma'' Miq.

Hybrids

The following hybrids have been described: Starr 020628-0019 Cassia x nealiae

* ''Cassia'' ×''corymbosa'' Larrañaga * ''Cassia'' ×''desolata'' F.Muell. * ''Cassia'' ×''floribunda'' Cav. * ''Cassia'' ×''homophylla'' Hoffmanns. * ''Cassia'' ×''hybrida'' Ten. * ''Cassia'' ×''lancasteri'' * ''Cassia'' ×''luerssenii'' Domin * ''Cassia'' ×''nealiae'' H.S.Irwin & Barneby—rainbow shower tree (=''Cassia fistula'' L. × ''Cassia javanica'' L.) * ''Cassia'' ×''regia'' Standl. * ''Cassia'' ×''sturtii'' R.Br.

References

* {{Taxonbar, from=Q162882 Fabaceae genera Cassieae