Canavalia sericea

Canavalia sericea

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: Canavalia sericea

Name

Canavalia sericea A.Gray, 1854

Synonyms

• Canavalia sericea var. cuspidata O.Deg. & I.Deg.
• Canavalia sericea f. grandifoliolata O.Deg. & I.Deg.
• Canavalia sericea var. yunckeri O.Deg. & I.Deg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Pacific Caroline Is., Cook Is., Fiji, Marianas, Marshall Is., New Caledonia, Niue, Samoa, Society Is., Tonga, Tubuai Is., Wallis-Futuna Is. Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia Queensland Introduced into: Hawaii References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Gray, A. 1854. United States Exploring Expedition, Vol. XV: Botany, Phanerogamia, Part I. 777 pp. C.Sherman, Philadelphia. BHL Reference page. : 375

Additional references

• Meyer, J.-Y. (2017). Guide des plantes de Wallis et Futuna: 1-486. Au vent des iles, editions, Tahiti.
• Lepschi, B. & Monro, A. (Project Coordinators) (2014). Australian Plant Census (APC) Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria. http://www.anbg.gov.au/chah/apc/index.html.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Canavalia sericea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 14. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Canavalia sericea. Published online. Accessed: May 14 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Canavalia sericea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 May 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Canavalia sericea. 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 14. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Canavalia sericea. Accessed: 14 May 2021.

Vernacular names

English: Dralawa, Feseka Sea, Silky Jackbean

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