*Cassia* are having cylindric pod, seeds are separated by horizontal septum. *Cassia spectabilis* is having cylindric pod, but it is kept under *Senna*. Most of the *Senna* are herbs /shrubs.
On Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at 5:11:26 PM UTC+5:30, Alok wrote: > > Dear All, > > What is the difference between Genus Cassia and Senna? > > the name of Cassia siamea has been changed to Senna siamea. initially i > got a clue that the out of 10 stamens in Cassia, 3 are staminodes while in > Senna all the 10 stamens are functional. but this is not the case with > every Senna. > second clue was that the pods in senna genus are flat as in Senna siamea > but that point is also not universal. > > So what are the points in distinguishing the two genera? are there any > morphological characters or are they distinguished on the basis of some > molecular characteristics? > > Can anyone please guide me in this context? > > Alok > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
