As a begining of this exercise, I am providing a list of Indian species that I know. Since Cassia complex is divided into three distinct genera, it is proposed to have a combined key for all these. Here is my list to improve upon. Please add missing taxa or corrections needed
1. Cassia absus* L. .................................................................................................... **Chamaecrista* *absus* (L.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-979> 2. Cassia alata L. * ............................................................................. **Senna* *alata* (L.) Roxb. <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-988> 3. Cassia angustifolia Vahl.* ................................................................**Senna* * alexandrina* Mill. <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-1115> 4. Cassia auriculata L.* .......................................................................** Senna* *auriculata* (L.) Roxb.<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-30178> 5. Cassia bicapsularis L.* ....................................................................**Senna* *bicapsularis* (L.) Roxb. <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-999> 6. Cassia corymbosa Lam.* .................................................................**Senna* * corymbosa* (Lam.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-1009> 7. Cassia didymobotrya Fresen* ...........................................................**Senna* * didymobotrya* (Fresen.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-1013> 8. Cassia fistula L. 9. Cassia floribunda Cav.* .....................................................................**Senna * *floribunda* (Cav.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-34542> 10. Cassia hochstetteri Ghesq.* ..............................................................**Chamaecrista * *nomame* (Sieber) H.Ohashi<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-33335> 11. Cassia italica (Mill.) Lam. ex Andrs. (Cassia obovata Collad.)* ............**Senna* *italica* subsp. *italica* Mill.<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-30184> 12. Cassia javanica L. 13. Cassia kleinii Wight & Arn.* .............................................................**Chamaecrista* *kleinii* (Wight & Arn.) V.Singh<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-49753> 14. *Cassia* *roxburghii* DC.<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-1108> (Cassia marginata Roxb.) 15. *Cassia* *aldabrensis* Hemsl.<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-40090> (Cassia mimosoides sensu Baker) 16. Cassia mimosoides L.* ...................................................................** Chamaecrista* *mimosoides* (L.) Greene<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-33513> ................needs confirmation 17. Cassia mimosoides var. wallichiana DC.* ................................................**Chamaecrista* *wallichiana * (DC.) V.Singh <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-49766> 18. Cassia mimosides var. auricoma Baker* .................................................**Chamaecrista* *auricoma* (Benth.) V.Singh <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-49748> 19. Cassia montana Buch.-Ham.; Roth* .......................................................**Senna* *montana* (Roth) V.Singh <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-49779> 20. *Cassia* *javanica* subsp. *nodosa* (Roxb.) K.Larsen & S.S.Larsen<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-1056> (Cassia nodosa Buch.-Ham.) 21. Cassia obtusifolia L.* .......................................................................** Senna* *obtusifolia* (L.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-1083> 22. Cassia occidentalis L.* .....................................................................**Senna * *occidentalis* (L.) Link <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-1086> 23. Cassia pumila Lam.* ........................................................................** Chamaecrista* *pumila* (Lam.) K.Larsen<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-33395> 24. Cassia purpurea Roxb. ex Lindl. (Cassia sophera var. purpurea (Roxb. ex Lindl.) Baker*....**Senna* *sophera* var. *purpurea* (Lindl.) V.Singh<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-49794> 25. Cassia renigera Benth. 26. Cassia roxburghii DC. 27. Cassia siamea Buch.-Ham.* .............................................................**Senna* * siamea* (Lam.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-1117> 28. Cassia sophera L.* ...........................................................................* *Senna* *sophera* (L.) Roxb.<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-1128> 29. Cassia surattensis Burm.f. (Cassia glauca Buch.-Ham)* ......................**Senna* *surattensis* (Burm.f.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-24593> (Cassia surattensis var. suffruticosa; C. glauca var. suffruticosa; C. suffruticosa Koen.) 30. Cassia tomoriensis DC.* .........................................................................** Senna* *timoriensis* (DC.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-1139> 31. Cassia tora L.* .................................................................................. **Senna* *tora* (L.) Roxb. <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-1143> 32. Cassia tomentosa L.f.* ............................................................................ **Senna* *multiglandulosa* (Jacq.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-1140> 33. Cassia uniflora Mill.* ................................................................................ **Senna* *uniflora* (Mill.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-21536> 34. Cassia wallichiana (C. dimidiata; C. mimosoides var. dimidiata Roxb.)* ...**Chamaecrista* *leschenaultiana* (DC.) Degener<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-41437> ---- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. 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