Cassia ferruginea

Cassia ferruginea
	Flowers and flower buds
	In São Paulo (by RicardoSAPO)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Caesalpinioideae
Genus:	Cassia
Species:	C. ferruginea
Binomial name
	Cassia ferruginea; (Schrad.) DC.
Synonyms
	List Bactyrilobium ferrugineum Schrad.; Cassia brasiliana Saldanha; Cassia brasiliana var. ferruginea (Schrad.) Vogel; Cassia javanica Vell.; Cassia staminea Vogel; Cathartocarpus ferrugineus (Schrad.) G.Don; ;

Cassia ferruginea is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to Brazil.^[1] It is used as a street tree in a number of Brazilian cities.^[2]

Subtaxa[edit]

The following varieties are accepted:^[1]

Cassia ferruginea var. ferruginea – Brazil
Cassia ferruginea var. vellozoana H.S.Irwin & Barneby – southern Brazil

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Cassia ferruginea (Schrad.) DC". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
^ Ossola, Alessandro; Hoeppner, Malin J.; Burley, Hugh M.; Gallagher, Rachael V.; Beaumont, Linda J.; Leishman, Michelle R. (2020). "The Global Urban Tree Inventory: A database of the diverse tree flora that inhabits the world's cities". Global Ecology and Biogeography. 29 (11): 1907–1914. doi:10.1111/geb.13169. S2CID 225429443.

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[POWO_484499-1-1] "Cassia ferruginea (Schrad.) DC". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 3 December 2022.

[GUTI-2] Ossola, Alessandro; Hoeppner, Malin J.; Burley, Hugh M.; Gallagher, Rachael V.; Beaumont, Linda J.; Leishman, Michelle R. (2020). "The Global Urban Tree Inventory: A database of the diverse tree flora that inhabits the world's cities". Global Ecology and Biogeography. 29 (11): 1907–1914. doi:10.1111/geb.13169. S2CID 225429443.

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