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Description
Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
Mostly trees or shrubs . Leaves mostly pinnate, sometimes bipinnate, rarely apparently simple . Corolla usually showy, zygomorphic, the petals imbricate, posterior (upper or banner ) petal innermost in bud. Stamens 10 or fewer, distinct , usually not showy, some commonly reduced to staminodes. Pollen released in monads . Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) usually lacking. [Carr]
Genus Cassia
Trees
, shrubs
, herbs. Leaf paripinnate
or rarely reduced to phyllode; stipules of various shapes
, petiolar
glands
often present. Inflorescence axillary
or terminal
raceme
, terminal panicle or flowers subsolitary axillary; bracts and bracteoles variable. Calyx 5, imbricate, tube
short. Petals 5, imbricate, subequal
or lowermost larger. Stamens 10, all perfect
or subequal or the upper ones smaller or imperfect or only 5 stamens; anthers
uniform
or upper ones smaller, dehiscing by an apical pore
or short slit. Ovary sessile or stipitate
, ovules numerous
, style with terminal stigma. Fruit variable, terete
or compressed
, membranous or woody, often 2 valved
, sometimes indehiscent, rarely winged
lengthwise. Seeds mostly compressed, endospermous.
About 600 species; mostly distributed in tropics and subtropics.[1]
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [2].
Ecology: Lowland forest .[2].
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Class:
Spermatopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Rosanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Fabales
()
- Bromhead, 1838
- Family:
Leguminosae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
()
- Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
(
- Family:
Leguminosae
(
- Order:
Fabales
(
- Superorder:
Rosanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Cassia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 27 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
C. afrofistula (Kenyan Shower) · C. agnes (Pink Shower) · C. bakeriana (Dwarf Apple Blossom Tree) · C. bicapsularis (Yellow Candle Wood) · C. bicapsularis 'Worley's Butter Cream' (Cassia) · C. brewsteri (Cigar Cassia) · C. fastuosa (Cordao De San Francisco) · C. fistula (Amaltas) · C. fistula x javanica (Rainbow Cassia) · C. grandis (Capote) · C. javanica (Apple Blossom) · C. javanica javanica (Pink and White Shower) · C. javanica nodosa (Pink Cassia) · C. javanica subsp. nodosa (White Shower) · C. leptophylla (Gold Medallion Tree) · C. leucocephala (Cassie) · C. nealiae (Rainbow Shower) · C. nemophila (Desert Cassia) · C. phyllodinea (Silver Leaf Cassia) · C. queenslandica (Queensland Cassia) · C. renigera (Burmese Pink Cassia) · C. roxburghii (Ceylon Senna) · C. sieberiana (African Laburnum) · C. splendida 'Golden' (Golden Wonder Senna) · C. sturtii (Sturt's Cassia) · C. tora (Casse Puante Petite Espece) · C. x nealiae (Rainbow Shower Tree)
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Further Reading
- 1997 IUCN red list of threatened plants Cambridge: IUCN, World Conservation Union, 1998 url p. 351.
- The World List of Threatened Trees WCMC, IUCN url p. 111.
Notes
Contributors
- Assi, A. 1998. Cassia fikifiki. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 7142463
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15560207
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:484501-1
- IUCN ID: 198224
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1004847
Footnotes
- "Cassia". in Flora of Pakistan . Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
- Assi, A. 1998. Cassia fikifiki. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]
