Canavalia

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: Diocleeae
Genus: Canavalia
Species: C. acuminata – C. africana – C. altipendula – C. aurita – C. beniensis – C. bicarinata – C. boliviana – C. bonariensis – C. brasiliensis – C. cassidea – C. cathartica – C. concinna – C. dolichothyrsa – C. dura – C. ensiformis – C. eurycarpa – C. favieri – C. galeata – C. glabra – C. gladiata – C. gladiolata – C. grandiflora – C. hawaiiensis – C. hirsutissima – C. kauaiensis – C. lineata – C. macrobotrys – C. macropleura – C. madagascariensis – C. mandibulata – C. mattogrossensis – C. matudae – C. mauiensis – C. megalantha – C. microsperma – C. mollis – C. molokaiensis – C. napaliensis – C. nitida – C. obidensis – C. oxyphylla – C. palmeri – C. papuana – C. parviflora – C. picta – C. piperi – C. plagiosperma – C. pubescens – C. raiateensis – C. ramosii – C. reflexiflora – C. regalis – C. rosea – C. saueri – C. septentrionalis – C. sericea – C. sericophylla – C. veillonii – C. villosa – C. vitiensis – C. wurdackii

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Canavalia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 13. Reference page.

Unresolved species names: C. campylocarpa

Name

Canavalia DC., 1826

Synonyms

Canavali Adans.
Clementea Cav., Anal. Cienc. Nat. 7: (1804) 63
Cryptophaseolus Kuntze
Malocchia Savi, Nuov. Giorn. Pisa, 8: 113 (1824)
Wenderothia Schltdl., Linnaea, 12: 330 (1838)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropics & Subtropics
- - Alabama, Aldabra, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Aruba, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Central American Pac, Chad, Chagos Archipelago, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Kenya, Kermadec Is., Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Line Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Marianas, Marshall Is., Marshall Is., Mauritius, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel I, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Oklahoma, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Socotra, Solomon Is., Somalia, South China Sea, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tubuai Is., Turks-Caicos Is., Tuvalu, Uganda, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Introduced into:
  - Burundi, Gilbert Is., Illinois, Niger

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

References

Primary references

De Candolle, A.P. 1825–1827. Mémoires sur la famille des Légumineuses. 525 pp. 70 pl. A. Belin, Paris. BHL Reference page. : 375

Additional references

Moteetee, A.N. 2016. Canavalia (Phaseoleae, Fabaceae) species in South Africa: naturalised and indigenous. South African Journal of Botany 103: 6-16.
Govaerts, R. 1999. World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b). 1532 pp.. MIM, Deurne. ISBN 90-5720-098-8 (issue 1), ISBN 90-5720-099-6 (issue 2b). Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Canavalia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 13. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Canavalia. Published online. Accessed: May 13 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Canavalia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 May 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Canavalia. 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 13. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Canavalia. Accessed: 13 May 2021.

Vernacular names

English: jackbean
日本語: ナタマメ属
한국어: 해녀콩속
русский: Канавалия
ไทย: ถั่วพร้า
Tiếng Việt: Chi Đậu dao
中文: 刀豆屬