Thanks for providing a unified key for Cassias ( Cassia complex), which is timely & very very useful. A great effort sir.
On Oct 27, 8:06 pm, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
