Cassia aldabrensis

__NOTOC__Taxobox
status = VU
status_system = iucn2.3
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
subclassis = Rosidae
unranked_ordo = Eurosids I
ordo = Fabales
familia = Fabaceae
subfamilia = Caesalpinioideae
tribus = Cassieae
genus = "Cassia"
species = "C. aldabrensis"
binomial = "Cassia aldabrensis"
binomial_authority = Hemsl.
synonyms = "Cassia mimosoides" "sensu" Baker
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"Cassia aldabrensis" is a species of legume in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae endemic to Assumption and Aldabra near the Seychelles. It is threatened by habitat destruction. [WCMC (1998)]

Taxonomy

"Cassia mimosoides" was established by Linné for a Cassieae taxon nowadays called "Chamaecrista mimosoides". The taxon applied by many subsequent authors to related plants, either as a formally-described junior synonym or as an informal error. John Gilbert Baker erroneously thought Linné's taxon applied to the present species, and sources that refer back to Baker can be expected to do likewise. Other "Cassia mimosoides" are: [ILDIS (2005)]
* "Cassia mimosoides" "sensu" Brenan is erroneous for "Chamaecrista pratensis"
* "Cassia mimosoides" "sensu" Cordem. is erroneous for "Chamaecrista nictitans" ssp. "patellaria"
* "Cassia mimosoides" "sensu" Shimabuku is a synonym of "Chamaecrista garambiensis"
* "Cassia mimosoides" "sensu" Walker is a synonym of "Chamaecrista nomame"

Footnotes

References

* (2005): [http://www.ildis.org/ Genus "Cassia"] . Version 10.01, November 2005. Retrieved 2007-DEC-20.
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