Cassiaceae

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Proper noun

Cassiaceae

1. Synonym of Caesalpinioideae.
   • 1923, Ecology, volume 4 (in English), page 37:

     This night position is one of two: in the one case the leaflets fold upwards and forwards, while in the other they droop or hang straight down. Members of the Mimosaceae and Cassiaceae are examples of the first class and [...]

   • 196x, Transactions of the Royal Canadian Institute, volume 34 (in English), Royal Canadian Institute, page 40:

     Also, the family CASSIACEAE, being no longer generally maintained as a distinct family but merely as a subfamily of the LEGUMINOSAE, yields the three extant genera in Ontario, namely, Gleditsia, Gymnocladus, and Cassia, which [...]

   • 1997, V. B. Rastogi, Modern Biology (in English), page 109:

     Modern taxonomists recognise these subfamilies as separate families and named them as Mimosaceae, Cassiaceae and Papilionaceae (=Fabaceae).