Cassia bicapsularis Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 376. 1753.

"Habitat in India." RCN: 2962.

Lectotype (de Wit in Webbia 11: 236. 1956): Herb. Linn. No. 528.10 (LINN) .

Current name: Senna bicapsularis (L.) Roxb. ( Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae).

Note: Fawcett & Rendle (Fl. Jamaica 4: 103. 1920) noted the existence of 528.10 (LINN), but did not refer to it as the type. De Wit’s treatment of this collection as the holotype is accepted as a lectotypification (Art. 9.8).