Cajanus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Phaseoleae
Subtribus: Cajaninae
Genus: Cajanus
Sectiones: C. sect. Atylia – C. sect. Cajanus – C. sect. Cantharospermum – C. sect. Fruticosa – C. sect. Rhynchosioides – C. sect. Volubilis

Overview of species

C. acutifolius – C. albicans – C. aromaticus – C. cajan – C. cajanifolius – C. cinereus – C. confertiflorus – C. crassicaulis – C. crassus – C. elongatus – C. goensis – C. grandiflorus – C. heynei – C. kerstingii – C. lanceolatus – C. lanuginosus – C. latisepalus – C. lineatus – C. mareebensis – C. marmoratus – C. mollis – C. niveus – C. platycarpus – C. pubescens – C. reticulatus – C. rugosus – C. scarabaeoides – C. sericeus – C. trinervius – C. villosus – C. viscidus – C. volubilis

Name

Cajanus DC. (1813), nom. cons. et orth. cons.

Type species: C. cajan (L.) Huth

Synonyms

Cajan Adans., Fam. 2: 326 (1763)
Atylosia Wight & Arn., Prod. 257 (1834)
Cantharospermum Wight & Arn., Prod. 255 (1834)
Endomallus Gagnep., Lecomte, Not. Syst. 3: 184 (1915)
Cajanum Raf., Sylva Tell. 25. 1838, nom. illeg.

Notes

Conservation is stated unnecessary as Adanson's names are invalid under ICBN Art. 20 as he consistently used a mononomial form of nomenclature (Parkinson 1987).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropical & Subtropical Old World to N. Australia.
- - Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, East Himalaya, Ghana, Guinea, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Mali, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Senegal, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia
- Introduced into:
  - Afghanistan, Angola, Bahamas, Bermuda, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chad, Colombia, Congo, Cook Is., Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Leeward Is., Liberia, Malawi, Mauritius, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Namibia, New Caledonia, New South Wales, Niger, Northern Provinces, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Somalia, Southwest Caribbean, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

de Candolle, A.P. 1813. Catalogus plantarum Horti Botanici Monspeliensis. Monspelii: J. Martel. Parisiis et Argentorati: A. Koenig. Bibliotheca Digital Reference page. : 85.

Additional references

Maesen, L.J.G. van der 1986. Cajanus DC. and Atylosia W. & A. (Leguminosae). Agricultural University Wageningen Papers 85(4): 1–225 [1].
Parkinson, P.G. 1987. Taxon 36. 81–82.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Cajanus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 08. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Cajanus. Published online. Accessed: May 08 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Cajanus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 May 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Cajanus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 08. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Cajanus. Accessed: 08 May 2021.

Vernacular names

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