Fabaceae
Cassia

Cassia spruceana Benth.

First published in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 15(2): 92 (1870)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Tropical America. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Molino, J.-F., Sabatier, D., Grenand, P., Engel, J., Frame, D., Delprete, P.G., Fleury, M., Odonne, G., Davy, D., Lucas, E.J. & Martin, C.A. (2022). An annotated checklist of the tree species of French Guiana, including vernacular nomenclature. Adansonia, sér. 3, 44: 345-903.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • Plants for malaria, plants for fever: Medicinal species in Latin America, a bibliographic survey: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 1, 1995 Sothers, C.A.; Silva, C.F. [154] Brazil K000841305 Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Ferreira, C.A.C. [8204] Brazil K000841297 Yes
Jun 10, 1986 Ferreira, C.A.C. [7312] Brazil K000841306 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Mori, S.; Rabelo, B.; Belo, H.; Cardoso, J.; Daly, D.; Nonato, R.; Santos, M.R. [15774] Brazil K000841301 Yes
Dec 1, 1983 Zarucchi, J.L.; Ferreira, C.A.C.; Hill, S.R.; Todzia, C.A.; Santos, J.L.; Oliveira, J.G.; Nelson, B.W. [2957] Brazil K000841298 Yes
Jan 1, 1962 Pires, J.M.; Rodrigues, W.m.; Irvine, G.C. [50782] Brazil K000841296 Yes
Spruce [s.n.] Brazil K000841294 Yes
Sagot, P. [802] French Guiana K000504595 Unknown Type Material Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [8802] Brazil K000841533 Yes
Spruce, R. [2558] Brazil K000504593 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ducke, A. [23307] Brazil K000504591 Unknown Type Material Yes
Spruce [s.n.] Brazil K000841295 Yes
Nascimento, J.R.; Pereira, E.C.; Silva, C.F. [591] Brazil K000841303 Yes
Spruce, R. [2558] Brazil K000504592 Type Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [8852] Brazil K000841532 Yes
Nascimento, J.R.; Pereira, E.C.; Silva, C.F. [591] Brazil K000841300 Yes
Nascimento, J.R.; Pereira, E.C.; Silva, C.F. [591] Brazil K000841299 Yes
Sagot, P. [802] French Guiana K000504594 Type Yes
Martins, L.H.P.; Souza, M.A.D.; Assunção, P.A.C.L. [36] Brazil K000841302 Yes
Sagot, P. [802] French Guiana K000504596 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sothers, C.A.; Pereira, E.C.; Silva, C.F.; Assunção, P.A.C.L. [143] Brazil K000841304 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0