Cassia grandis

Molino, Jean-François, Sabatier, Daniel, Grenand, Pierre, Engel, Julien, Frame, Dawn, Delprete, Piero G., Fleury, Marie, Odonne, Guillaume, Davy, Damien, Lucas, Eve J. & Martin, Claire A., 2022, An annotated checklist of the tree species of French Guiana, including vernacular nomenclature, Adansonia (3) 44 (26), pp. 345-903 : 508

[760] Cassia grandis L.f.

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Suppl. Pl.: 230 [“1781” publ. Apr. 1782] (Linnaeus 1782). — Cassia brasiliana Lam., Encycl. [J. Lamarck et al.] 1 (2): 649 [1 Aug. 1785] (Lamarck 1785), nom. illeg. superfl. (based on Cassia grandis ). — Cathartocarpus grandis (L.f.) Pers., Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 1: 459 [1 Apr.-15 June 1805] (Persoon 1805). — Bactyrilobium grande (L.f.) Hornem., Suppl. Hort. Bot. Hafn. 1: 135 (Hornemann 1819).

Cassia brasiliensis Buc’hoz, Hist. Univ. Règne Vég., Planches, Cent. 10, Decad. 4: pl. 2 (Buc’hoz 1775).

Cassia mollis Vahl, Symb. Bot. [Vahl] 3: 57 (Vahl 1794).

Cathartocarpus brasilianus Jacq., Fragm. Bot. 58 (Jacquin 1806).

Bactyrilobium molle Schrad., Gött. Gel. Anz. 2: 713 [5 May 1821] (Schrader 1821).

Cassia brasiliana var. tomentosa Miq. , Linnaea 18: 578 [“1844” publ. prob. Aug. 1845] (Miquel 1845).

Cathartocarpus erubescens Ham., Pharm. J. Trans. 5: 119 (Hamilton 1845).

Cassia regia Standl., Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 18 (3): 103 [11 Feb. 1916] (Standley 1916).

Cassia pachycarpa de Wit , Webbia 11: 259 (de Wit 1955).

VERNACULAR NAMES. — Br: chuva-de-ouro.

HERBARIUM DATA (FG). — 6 collections at CAY. Sel. exs.: M.-F. Prévost & D. Sabatier 4766, dbh 40 cm.

Figures

FIG. 30. — Leguminosae: A, Calliandra hymenaeodes (Rich.) Benth. (M.-F. Prévost et al. 4695); B, Cassia grandis L.f. (M.-F. Prévost & D. Sabatier 4766); C, Dimorphandra ignea Ducke (D. Sabatier & S. Gonzalez 5891); D, Erythrina poeppigiana (Walp.) O.F.Cook; E, Inga pilosula (Rich.) J.F.Macbr. (D. Sabatier & M.-F. Prévost 4868); F, Inga retinocarpa Poncy (J.-F. Molino 3328). A-E, © D. Sabatier/IRD; F, © J.-F. Molino/IRD.