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Ver. 25.01
Jan. 2nd, 2024

233.0000 Family Fabaceae Lindl.; Edwards´ Bot. Reg. 22: ad t. 1845 (1836), nom. cons., nom. alt.
728 genera, ca. 22.300 spp. Phylogeny and new subfamily system: Azani et al. (LPWG) (2017)
Species listed in database: 22381; hybrids: 149
= Acaciaceae E.Mey.; Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. [Meyer] 1: 164 (1836)
= Aspalathaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 51 (1820)
= Astragalaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Prír. Rostlin 229 (1820)
= Bauhiniaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 67 (1820)
= Caesalpiniaceae R.Br.; M. Flinders, Voy. Terra Austral. 2: 551 (1814), nom. cons.
= Cassiaceae Vest; Anleit. Stud. Bot. 270, 291 (1818)
= Ciceraceae Steele; Handb. Field Bot.: xx, 63 (1847)
= Coronillaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 162 (1820)
= Cytisaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Prír. Rostlin 229 (1820)
= Dalbergiaceae Mart.; Consp. Regn. Veg. [Martius] 34 (1835)
= Daleaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Prír. Rostlin 230 (1820)
= Detariaceae (DC.) J.Hess; Uebers. Phan. Nat. Pfl.-Fam. 46 (1832)
= Galedupaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 277 (1820)
= Geoffroeaceae Mart.; Consp. Regn. Veg. [Martius] 34 (1835)
= Hedysaraceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Prír. Rostlin 230 (1820)
= Inocarpaceae Zoll.; Syst. Verz. 2: 117 (1854-1855)
= Lathyraceae Burnett; Outlines Bot. 660, 1092, 1138 (1835)
= Leguminosae Juss.; Gen. Pl. 345 (1789), nom. cons.
= Lotaceae Oken; Lehrb. Naturgesch. 2(2.2): xv, 727 (1826)
= Mimosaceae R.Br.; M. Flinders, Voy. Terra Austral. 2: 551 (1814), nom. cons.
= Papilionaceae Giseke; Prael. Ord. Nat. Pl. 415 (1792), nom. cons., nom. alt.
= Phaseolaceae Mart.; Consp. Regn. Veg. [Martius] 34 (1835)
= Robiniaceae Vest; Anleit. Stud. Bot. 270, 291 (1818)
= Sophoraceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Prír. Rostlin 229 (1820)
= Swartziaceae Bartl.; Ord. Nat. Pl. 231, 413 (1830)
= Tamarindaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 622 (1820)
= Trifoliaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Prír. Rostlin 230 (1820)
= Viciaceae Oken; Lehrb. Naturgesch. 2(2.2): xv (1826)
233.8121 Genus Canavalia DC.; Mém. Légum. 9: 375 (1825), et Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 2: 403 (1825)
Distribution: pantropics, esp. tropical America; a few species extending to subtropics (S-Africa, 2)
Species listed in database: 73
= Clementea Cav.; Anal. Cienc. Nat. 7: 63 (1804)
= Cryptophaseolus Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 176 (1891)
= Malocchia Savi; Nuov. Giorn. Pisa 8: 113 (1824)
= Wenderothia Schltdl.; Linnaea 12: 330 (1838)
species :
Canavalia acuminata Rose; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 1: 322 (1895)
Distribution: Mexico (Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Sinaloa, Veracruz)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Wenderothia acuminata (Rose) Piper; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20: 578 (1925)
species :
Canavalia africana Dunn; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1922: 135 (1922)
Distribution: Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Cameroon; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Chad; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Soqotra; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Yemen (Tihama, W-Yemen); India (widespread); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Nicobar Isl.; Myanmar (widespread); Thailand; Laos
22 BEN BKN GHA GNB GUI IVO SIE TOG 23 CMN RWA ZAI 24 CHA ETH SOC SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 NAM SAF SWZ 35 YEM 40 BAN IND SRL 41 LAO MYA NCB THA
Synonyms: hidden
= Canavalia ferruginea Piper; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1922: 141 (1922)
species :
Canavalia altipendula (Piper) Standl.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 11: 160 (1936)
Name: Wild overlook bean (Jamaica)
Distribution: Jamaica
81 JAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Wenderothia altipendula Piper; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20: 581 (1925)
species :
Canavalia atroferruginea J.Linares, G.Andrade & Cruz Durán; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 18(1): 112 (2024)
Distribution: Mexico (Morelos, Sinaloa, Michoacán, México Distrito Federal, México State, Guerrero, Puebla, Oaxaca, Chiapas)
79 MEX
species :
Canavalia aurita J.D.Sauer; Brittonia 16: 156 (1964)
Distribution: Lesser Sunda Isl.
42 LSI
species :
Canavalia beniensis Aymard & Cuello; BioLlania 8: 87 (1991)
Distribution: Bolivia (La Paz)
83 BOL
species :
Canavalia bicarinata Standl.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 18: 106 (1916)
Distribution: Guatemala; Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Atlántico, Magdalena); Venezuela (Carabobo, Guarico, Nueva Esparta); Ecuador; Peru
80 COS GUA PAN 82 CLM VEN 83 ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Wenderothia bicarinata (Standl.) Piper; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20: 578 (1925)
= Canavalia puberula Piper; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20: 564 (1925)
variant :
var. unicostata Aymard & Cuello; Rec. Trop. Alimant. Anim. 1(4): 53 (1990)
Distribution: Venezuela (Barinas, Portuguesa)
82 VEN
species :
Canavalia boliviana Piper; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20: 573 (1925)
Distribution: Peru; Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz)
83 BOL PER
species :
Canavalia bonariensis Lindl.; Bot. Reg., t. 1199 (1828)
Name: Bejuco, habilla
Distribution: South Africa [I] (KwaZulu-Natal [I], E-Cape Prov. [I]); Madagascar [I]; La Réunion [I]; Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Potosí, Santa Cruz); SE-Brazil (São Paulo); S-Brazil (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay (Itapua); Uruguay (Artigas, Canelones, Cerro Largo, Colonia, Montevideo, Rio Negro, San Jose, Tacuarembo); Argentina (Buenos Aires, Chaco, Entre Rios, Jujuy, Misiones)
27 saf 29 mdg reu 83 BOL 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR URU
Synonyms: hidden
= Canavalia cryptodon Meisn.; London J. Bot. 2: 96 (1843)
= Canavalia monodon E.Mey.; Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. [Meyer] 149 (1836)
= Canavalia paranensis Hook. & Arn.; Bot. Misc. 3: 200 (1833)
= Canavalia tortilis Frapp. ex Cordem.; Fl. Réunion [E.J. de Cordemoy] 396 (1895)
species :
Canavalia brasiliensis Mart. ex Benth.; Comm. Legum. Gen. 71 (1837), et Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. 2: 135 (1838)
Name: Brazilian jackbean; Garde place, Pois maldioc (Haiti), Barbicou bean, Bwa agoul (Lesser Antilles)
Distribution: USA [I] (Florida [I]); Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Cuba; Hispaniola; St. Barthélémy; Antigua; Martinique; St. Lucia; St. Vincent; Barbados; Tobago; Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Chocó, Cundinamarca, La Guajira, Magdalena, Santander, Sucre, Valle); Isla Margarita; Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Bolívar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Miranda, Monagas, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira, Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Beni, Chuquisaca, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil (Pará, Acre); NE-Brazil (Piauí, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Bahia); WC-Brazil (Goiás); SE-Brazil (Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Paraná); Paraguay (Amambay, Central, Concepcion); Argentina (Corrientes, Formosa, Misiones)
78 usa 79 MEX 80 BLZ COS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 ABA BBD CUB HIS MAR SBA STL STV TRT VEN 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR
Synonyms: hidden
= Canavalia anomala Piper; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20: 575 (1925)
= Canavalia campylocarpa Piper; Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 30: 175 (1917)
= Canavalia caribaea Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 7: 232 (1912)
= Canavalia fendleri Piper; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20: 570 (1925)
= Canavalia leptophylla Piper; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20: 560, 571 (1925)
= Canavalia mexicana Piper; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20: 569 (1925)
= Canavalia panamensis Piper; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20: 569 (1925)
= Canavalia paraguayensis Piper; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20: 570 (1925)
= Canavalia prolifica Piper ex Ricker; Castanea 11: [55] (1946)
species :
Canavalia campylodonta J.Linares, G.Andrade & Cruz Durán; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 18(1): 114 (2024)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas); Guatemala; Honduras; El Salvador
79 MEX 80 ELS GUA HON
species :
Canavalia cassidea G.P.Lewis; Kew Bull. 47(2): 305 (1992)
Distribution: NE-Brazil (Bahia)
84 BRA
species :
Canavalia cathartica Thouars; J. Bot. [Desvaux] 1: 81 (1813)
Distribution: Kenya; Tanzania; Seychelles; Chagos Arch. (Diego Garcia); China (Guangdong, Hainan); Ryukyu Isl.; Taiwan; India (Gujarat, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal); Lakshadweep Isl. [Laccadives]; Maldives; Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Andaman Isl. (North Andamans, Middle Andamans, South Andamans, Little Andaman Isl.); Nicobar Isl. (Car Nicobar Isl., North Nicobars, Central Nicobars, Great Nicobar Isl., Little Nicobar Isl.); Myanmar (Ayeyarwady, Sagaing, Taninthayi, Yangon); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (all coasts); Singapore; Sumatra; South China Sea Isl.; Borneo; Sulawesi; Philippines (widespread); Java; East Timor; Lesser Sunda Isl.; Moluccas; North Keeling Isl.; Christmas Isl. [Austr.]; New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea, Mapia Atoll); Bismarck Arch.; Solomon Isl.; Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland); New Caledonia; Vanuatu; Rotuma Isl.; Tonga (Tongatapu, ´Eua); Fiji; American Samoa (Aunu´u, Ofu, Ta´u, Tutuila); [Western] Samoa (Aleipata Islands, ´Upolu, Savai´i); Tuvalu (Nui Atoll); Gilbert Isl. (Tarawa); Nauru; N-Line Isl. (Teraina); Society Isl. (Tahiti, Huahine, Raiatea, Tahaa, Bora Bora, Maupiti); Palau (Kayangel, Babeldaob, Koror, Ngarakabesang, Urukthapel, Ngeanges, Peleliu, Sonsorol, Tobi); Northern Marianas (Rota); Guam; Fed. States of Micronesia (Yap, Ulithi, Eauripik, Woleai, Faraulep, Ifalik, Satawal, Namonuito, Murilo, Nomwin, Truk, Dublon, Fefan, Piis, Namoluk, Lukunor, Satawan, Nukuoro, Kapingamarangi, Ant, Pohnpei, Pingelap, Kosrae); Marshall Isl. (Enewetok, Rongelap, Ujelang, Ujae, Wotho, Lae, Kwajalein, Jemo, Likiep, Ailinglapalap, Arno, Jaluit); Hawaii [I] (Kauai [I], Oahu [I], Molokai [I], Maui [I], Hawaii Isl. [I]); Guadeloupe [I] (La Désirade [I])
25 KEN TAN 29 CGS SEY 36 CHI 38 NNS TAI 40 BAN IND LDV MDV SRL 41 AND CBD LAO MYA NCB THA VIE 42 BOR CKI JAW LSI MLY MOL NWG PHI SCS SNG SUL SUM XMS 43 BIS SOL 50 AUS 60 ASA FIJ GIL NRU NWC ROT SAM TON TUV VAN 61 LIN SCI 62 GUM MIC MRN MRS PLU 63 haw 81 gdl
Synonyms: hidden
= Canavalia bouquetii Montrouz.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Lyon, Sect. Sci., Sér. 2, 10: 197 (1860)
= Canavalia ensiformis var. turgida (Graham ex A.Gray) Baker; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 2(4): 196 (1876)
= Canavalia ensiformis var. virosa (Roxb.) Baker; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 2: 196 (1876)
= Canavalia microcarpa (DC.) Piper; Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 30(43): 176 (1917)
= Canavalia obtusifolia Prain; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 66: 68 (1897)
= Canavalia obtusifolia var. insularis Ridl.; J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 45: 137 (1906)
= Canavalia polystachya (Forssk.) Schweinf.; Reliq. Kotschy. 25 (1868)
= Canavalia turgida Graham ex A.Gray; U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. 15(1): 440 (1854)
= Canavalia turgida Graham ex Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 215 (1858)
= Canavalia virosa (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.; Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. [Wight & Arnott] 1: 253, p. p. (1834)
= Canavalia virosa Náves ex Fern.-Vill.; Fl. Filip., ed. 3 [Blanco], Nov. App. 4(13A): 64 (1880), nom. illeg.
= Dolichos polystachios Forssk.; Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 13 (1775) (non L. (1753))
= Dolichos virosus Roxb.; Hort. Bengal. 55 (1814), nomen
= Lablab microcarpus DC.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 2: 402 (1825)
= Phaseolus virosus (Roxb.) Bojer; Hortus Maurit. 106 (1837)
species :
Canavalia concinna J.D.Sauer; Brittonia 16: 127 (1964)
Distribution: WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso)
84 BRA
species :
Canavalia cuchillae J.Linares, G.Andrade & Cruz Durán; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 18(1): 117 (2024)
Distribution: Mexico (Oaxaca, Chiapas); Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras
79 MEX 80 ELS GUA HON
species :
Canavalia dictyota Piper; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20: 574 (1925)
Distribution: Panama; Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Lara, Nueva Esparta, Sucre, - Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; N-Brazil (Pará, Amazonas); NE-Brazil (Ceara, Bahia); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul)
80 PAN 82 FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Canavalia amazonica Piper; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20: 573 (1925)
variant :
var. ferruginea Aymard & Cuello; BioLlania 8: 89 (1991)
Distribution: Surinam
82 SUR
species :
Canavalia dolichothyrsa G.P.Lewis; Kew Bull. 37(1): 123 (1982)
Distribution: NE-Brazil (Bahia)
84 BRA
species :
Canavalia dura J.D.Sauer; Brittonia 16: 129 (1964)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Guerrero)
79 MEX
species :
Canavalia ensiformis (L.) DC.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 2: 404 (1825)
Name: Horse bean, Sword bean
Distribution: Senegal [I]; Guinea-Bissau [I]; Guinea [I]; Sierra Leone [I]; Mali [I]; Burkina Faso [I]; Ivory Coast [I]; Ghana [I]; Togo [I]; Benin [I]; Niger [I]; Nigeria [I]; Cameroon [I]; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo] [I]; São Tomé [I]; Equatorial Guinea [I]; Central African Republic [I]; D.R.Congo [Zaire] [I]; Burundi [I]; Chad [c]; Sudan [I]; South Sudan [I]; Ethiopia [I]; Kenya [I]; Tanzania [I]; Angola [I]; Zimbabwe [I]; Mozambique [I]; South Africa [I] (widespread); Mauritius [I]; La Réunion [I]; Seychelles [I]; Chagos Arch. [I]; China [I] (Guangdong [I], Hainan [I]); South Korea [I]; Taiwan [I]; India [I] (widespread); Maldives [I]; Sri Lanka [I]; Bangladesh [I]; Andaman Isl. [I]; Nicobar Isl. [I]; Myanmar [I]; Laos [I]; Cambodia [I]; Vietnam [I]; peninsular Malaysia [I]; Sumatra [I]; Borneo [I]; Sulawesi [I]; Philippines [I]; Java [I]; Java [I]; Lesser Sunda Isl. [I]; Moluccas [I]; Australia [I] (Western Australia [I], Queensland [I]); New Caledonia [I]; Vanuatu [I]; Tonga [I] (Vava´u [I]); Fiji [I]; Society Isl. [I] (Tahiti [I], Raiatea [I]); USA [I] (Alabama [I], Arkansas [I], Arizona [I], District of Columbia [I], Florida [I], Georgia [I], Illinois [I], Kansas [I], Missouri [I], Mississippi [I], Oklahoma [I], Texas [I]); Mexico; Guatemala [I]; Belize [I]; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Dominican Republic; Haiti; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl.; Guadeloupe; Dominica; Martinique; St. Lucia; Grenada; Barbados; Trinidad & Tobago; Colombia; Isla Margarita; Venezuela [I]; Guyana [I]; Surinam [I]; French Guiana [I]; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia; Brazil; Paraguay; Argentina
22 ben bkn gha gnb gui ivo mli nga ngr sen sie tog 23 bio bur caf cmn eqg sao zai 24 cha eth ssu sud 25 ken tan 26 ang moz zim 27 saf 29 cgs mau reu sey 36 chi 38 kor tai 40 ban ind mdv srl 41 and cbd lao mya ncb vie 42 bor jaw lsi mly mol phi sul sum 50 aus 60 fij nwc ton van 61 sci 74 usa 75 usa 76 usa 77 usa 78 usa 79 MEX 80 blz ELS gua HON NIC PAN 81 BBD CUB DOM GDL GRE HIS JAM MAR PUE STL TRT VEN VIR 82 CLM frg guy sur ven 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR
Synonyms: hidden
= Canavalia ensiformis var. albida DC.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 2: 404 (1825)
= Canavalia ensiformis var. coriacea Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 224 (1926)
= Canavalia ensiformis var. truncata Ricker; Castanea 11: 56 (1946)
= Canavalia gladiata f. leucocarpa Taub.; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 3: 140 (1906), opus utique oppr.
= Canavalia gladiata var. leucosperma Voigt; Hort. Suburb. Calcutt. 234 (1845)
= Canavalia stocksii Dalzell & A.Gibson; Bombay Fl. 69 (1861)
= Dolichos acinaciformis Jacq.; Collectanea [Jacquin] 1: 114 (1787)
= Dolichos cienkowskii Schweinf. & Asch.; Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. [Schweinfurth] 256 (1867)
= Dolichos cultratus Wight ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 523 (1840), nomen
= Dolichos ensiformis L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 725-726 (1753)
= Dolichos mutabilis Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 334 (1796)
= Dolichos pugioniformis Raeusch.; Nomencl. Bot. [Raeuschel], ed. 3: 209 (1797)
= Malocchia ensiformis (L.) Savi; Nuov. Giorn. Pisa 8: 113 (1824)
= Phaseolus virosus Bojer; Hortus Maurit. 106 (1837), nomen
= Psophocarpus cienkowskii Schweinf. & Asch. ex Baker f.; Legum. Trop. Africa 384 (1929)
species :
Canavalia eurycarpa Piper; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 4: 94 (1925)
Distribution: Colombia (Amazonas, Putumayo); Peru; Bolivia (Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Potosí, Santa Cruz)
82 CLM 83 BOL PER
species :
Canavalia favieri I.C.Nielsen; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, Ser. 4, 14(3-4): 347 (1992 publ. 1993)
Distribution: New Caledonia
60 NWC
species :
Canavalia galeata (Gaudich.) Vogel; Linnaea 10: 584 (1836)
Distribution: Hawaii (Oahu)
63 HAW
Synonyms: hidden
= Canavalia gaudichaudiana Lem.; Hort. Universel 4: 129 (1843)
= Canavalia gaudichaudii Endl.; Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. 1: 186 (1836), pro syn.
= Dolichos galeatus Gaudich.; Voy. Uranie [Freycinet] 486 (1830)
species :
Canavalia gibbosa J.Linares, G.Andrade & Cruz Durán; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 18(1): 119 (2024)
Distribution: Mexico (Nayarit, Guerrero)
79 MEX
species :
Canavalia glabra (M.Martens & Galeotti) J.D.Sauer; Brittonia 16: 130 (1964)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Hidalgo, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Tabasco, Veracruz); Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama; Colombia (Putumayo, Sucre); Peru; Bolivia (La Paz)
79 MEX 80 GUA HON NIC PAN 82 CLM VEN 83 BOL PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Canavalia munda Standl. & Steyerm.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 23: 10 (1943)
= Canavalia villosa var. glabra (M.Martens & Galeotti) Standl.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 11: 160 (1936)
= Wenderothia glabra M.Martens & Galeotti; Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 10(2): 193 (1843)
species :
Canavalia gladiata (Jacq.) DC.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 2: 404 (1825)
Name: Sword jackbean
Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire] [I]; Burundi [I]; Tanzania [I]; Zambia [I]; Zimbabwe [I]; Mozambique [I]; South Africa [I] (North-West Prov. [I], Mpulamanga [I]); Madagascar [I]; S-China (widely cultivated [I]); South Korea [I]; Bhutan; India (widespread); Sri Lanka [I]; Bangladesh; Myanmar (widespread); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia; Singapore [I]; Borneo; Philippines [I]; Java [I]; Lesser Sunda Isl. [I] (Bali I]); Australia (Queensland); Fed. States of Micronesia [I] (Pohnpei [I]); USA [I] (Louisiana [I], Mississippi [I], Missouri [I], South Carolina [I], Texas [I]); Panama [I]; Cuba [I]; Jamaica [I]; Hispaniola [I]; Virgin Isl. [I]; Guadeloupe [I]; Trinidad & Tobago [I]; Venezuela [I]; Surinam [I]; Brazil [I]
23 bur zai 25 tan 26 moz zam zim 27 saf 29 mdg 36 CHI 38 kor 40 BAN BHU IND srl 41 CBD LAO MYA THA VIE 42 BOR jaw lsi MLY phi sng 50 AUS 62 mic 75 usa 77 usa 78 usa 80 pan 81 cub gdl his jam trt vir 82 sur ven 84 bra
Synonyms: hidden
= Canavalia ensiformis var. alba Makino; Y. Iinuma, Somoku-Dzusetsu, ed. 3, 3: 952 (1912)
= Canavalia ensiformis var. gladiata (Jacq.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 55 (1898)
= Canavalia gladiata f. alba (Makino) H.Ohashi; J. Jap. Bot. 57(1): 30 (1982)
= Canavalia gladiata f. erythrocarpa Taub.; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 3: 140 (1906), opus utique oppr.
= Canavalia gladiata var. alba (Makino) Hisauti; J. Jap. Bot. 13: 392 (1937)
= Canavalia gladiata var. erythrosperma Voigt; Hort. Suburb. Calcutt. 234 (1845)
= Canavalia gladiata var. machaeroides DC.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 2: 404 (1825)
= Canavalia incurva (Thunb.) DC.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 2: 404 (1825)
= Canavalia incurva Thouars; J. Bot. Agric. 1: 80 (1813)
= Canavalia loureiroi G.Don; Gen. Hist. 2: 363 (1832)
= Canavalia lunareti Carrière; Rev. Hort. (Paris) 53: 236 (1881)
= Canavalia machaeroides (DC.) Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 273 (1840)
= Canavalia maxima Thouars; J. Bot. [Desvaux] 1: 80 (1813)
= Cryptophaseolus anamensis Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 177 (1891)
= Dolichos faba-indica Forssk.; Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 133 (1775), nomen
= Dolichos gladiatus Jacq.; Collectanea [Jacquin] 2: 276 (1788)
= Dolichos incurvus Thunb.; Fl. Jap. [Thunberg] 280 (1784), et Syst. Veg., ed. 14: 658 (1784)
= Malocchia gladiata (Jacq.) Savi; Nuov. Giorn. Pisa 8: 116 (1824)
species :
Canavalia gladiolata J.D.Sauer; Brittonia 16: 148 (1964)
Distribution: India (Assam, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, West Bengal); Bangladesh
40 BAN IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Canavalia gladiata var. spodosperma Voigt; Hort. Suburb. Calcutt. 235 (1845)
species :
Canavalia grandiflora Benth.; Comm. Legum. Gen. (Ann. wien. Mus. 2: 135 (1839)) 71 (1837), et Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. 2: 135 (1838)
Distribution: Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar); Guyana; Peru; Bolivia (Beni, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil (Pará, Amazonas, Acre); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais)
82 GUY VEN 83 BOL PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Canavalia albiflora Ducke; Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 3: 173 (1922)
= Canavalia cuspidigera Hoehne; Comiss. Linhas Telegr. Estratég. Mato Grosso Amazonas, Annexo 5, Bot. 8: 94, t. 156 (1919)
= Canavalia ensiformis var. versicolor Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 55 (1898)
= Canavalia variicolor Piper; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20: 559, 564 (1925)
= Wenderothia grandiflora (Benth.) Piper; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20: 581 (1925)
species :
Canavalia hawaiiensis O.Deg., I.Deg. & J.D.Sauer; Fl. Hawaiiensis [Degener] Fam. 169c (1962)
Distribution: Hawaii (Lanai, Maui, Hawaii Isl.)
63 HAW
Synonyms: hidden
= Canavalia galeata var. hawaiiensis (O.Deg., I.Deg. & J.D.Sauer) Fosberg; Occas. Pap. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Mus. 23: 132 (1966)
= Canavalia iaoensis H.St.John; Israel J. Bot. 19: 204 (1970)
= Canavalia kauensis H.St.John; Pacific Sci. 26(4): 409 (1972)
= Canavalia mauiensis H.St.John; Phytologia 64(3): 178 (1988)
= Canavalia rockii H.St.John; Israel J. Bot. 19: 198 (1970)
= Canavalia sanguinea H.St.John; Israel J. Bot. 19: 203 (1970)
species :
Canavalia hirsutissima J.D.Sauer; Brittonia 16: 136 (1964)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Sinaloa, Veracruz); Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras
79 MEX 80 ELS GUA HON
species :
Canavalia kauaiensis J.D.Sauer; Brittonia 16: 176 (1964)
Distribution: Hawaii (Kauai)
63 HAW
Synonyms: hidden
= Canavalia centralis H.St.John; Israel J. Bot. 19: 171 (1970)
= Canavalia galeata var. kauaiensis (J.D.Sauer) Fosberg
species :
Canavalia lineata (Thunb.) DC.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 2: 404 (1825)
Distribution: China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Zhejiang); South Korea; Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu); Ryukyu Isl.; Bonin Isl. (Keetaajima, Nakohdojima, Chichijima, Minamijima, Anijima, Hahajima); Volcano Isl. (Kita-Iwojima, Iwojima, Minami-Iwojima); Taiwan; India (Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal); Maldives [I]; Bangladesh; Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; Sumatra; Philippines (Batanes, Babuyanes, Luzon); Java
36 CHI 38 JAP KOR KZN NNS OGA TAI 40 BAN IND mdv 41 CBD LAO THA VIE 42 JAW PHI SUM
Synonyms: hidden
= Dolichos lineatus Thunb.; Fl. Jap. [Thunberg] 280 (1784), et Syst. Veg., ed. 14: 658 (1784)
species :
Canavalia llanorum Snak, Aymard & L.P.Queiroz; Brittonia 70(2): 235 (2018)
Distribution: Colombia; Venezuela; Brazil (Paraná)
82 CLM VEN 84 BRA
species :
Canavalia macrantha J.Linares, G.Andrade & Cruz Durán; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 18(1): 122 (2024)
Distribution: Mexico (México State, Oaxaca, Chiapas); Guatemala
79 MEX 80 GUA
species :
Canavalia macrobotrys Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 10: 13 (1915)
Distribution: Sulawesi; Philippines (Luzon, Mindoro, Samar, Mindanao); Lesser Sunda Isl.; Nauru; Northern Marianas (Saipan); Guam; Fed. States of Micronesia (Yap, Truk, Udot); Marshall Isl. (Jaluit)
42 LSI PHI SUL 60 NRU 62 GUM MIC MRN MRS
Synonyms: hidden
= Canavalia luzonica Piper; Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 30: 177 (1917)
species :
Canavalia macropleura Piper; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20: 563 (1925)
Distribution: Venezuela (Aragua, Carabobo, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Lara)
82 VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Dioclea magnifolia Pittier; Bol. Tecn. Ministr. Agric. y Cria, Caracas No. 5, 83 (1944), sine descr. lat.
species :
Canavalia madagascariensis J.D.Sauer; Brittonia 16: 154 (1964)
Distribution: W-Madagascar; Comores (Mayotte, etc.)
29 COM MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Canavalia ensiformis var. mucunoides Baill.; Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 384 (1883)
species :
Canavalia mandibulata J.D.Sauer; Brittonia 16: 120 (1964)
Distribution: Colombia (Tolima, Valle)
82 CLM
species :
Canavalia mattogrossensis (Barb.Rodr.) Malme; Ark. Bot. 4(7): 9 (1905)
Distribution: Peru; Bolivia (Beni, La Paz, Santa Cruz); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso); Paraguay (Amambay, Caaguazu, Cordillera, Guaira, Paraguari, San Pedro)
83 BOL PER 84 BRA 85 PAR
Synonyms: hidden
= Canavalia lasiocalyx Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 55 (1898)
= Mucuna mattogrossensis Barb.Rodr.; Pl. Mattogross. 15 (1868)
= Wenderothia lasiocalyx (Kuntze) Piper; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20: 583 (1925)
= Wenderothia mattogrossensis (Barb.Rodr.) Piper; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20: 580 (1925)
species :
Canavalia matudae J.D.Sauer; Brittonia 16: 137 (1964)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas); Guatemala
79 MEX 80 GUA
species :
Canavalia megalantha Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 9: 93 (1914)
Distribution: Northern Marianas (Saipan, Tinian, Aguijan); Guam
62 GUM MRN
variant :
var. falanruwiae Fosberg; Micronesica 11(1): 78 (1975)
Distribution: Northern Marianas (Pagan, Alamagan, Guguan, Sarigan)
62 MRN
species :
Canavalia microsperma Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 5: 373 (1908)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
Remarks: status doubtful
species :
Canavalia mireyae J.Linares, G.Andrade & Cruz Durán; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 18(1): 125 (2024)
Distribution: Panama
80 PAN
species :
Canavalia mollis Wall. ex Wight & Arn.; Prodr. 1: 253 (1834)
Distribution: S-India (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka; Sumatra; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Bali, etc.); New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
40 IND SRL 42 JAW LSI NWG SUM
Synonyms: hidden
= Canavalia mollis Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 5533 (1832), nomen
= Canavalia ensiformis var. mollis (Wall. ex Wight & Arn.) Baker; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 2: 196 (1876)
= Canavalia virosa var. mollis (Wall. ex Wight & Arn.) Gamble; Fl. Madras 1: 359 (1918)
species :
Canavalia molokaiensis O.Deg., I.Deg. & J.D.Sauer; Fl. Hawaiiensis [Degener] Fam. 169c (1962)
Distribution: Hawaii (east Molokai)
63 HAW
Conservation Status: 1999 Conservation Status: Endangered, USA Status: Endangered
Synonyms: hidden
= Canavalia galeata var. molokaiensis (O.Deg., I.Deg. & J.D.Sauer) Fosberg; Occas. Pap. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Mus. 23: 132 (1966)
= Canavalia peninsularis H.St.John; Israel J. Bot. 19: 186 (1970)
= Canavalia stenophylla H.St.John; Israel J. Bot. 19: 192 (1970)
species :
Canavalia napaliensis H.St.John; Israel J. Bot. 19: 168 (1970)
Distribution: Hawaii (Kauai)
63 HAW
Conservation Status: 1999 Conservation Status: Vulnerable
Synonyms: hidden
= Canavalia makahaensis H.St.John; Israel J. Bot. 19: 172 (1970)
= Canavalia nualoloensis H.St.John; Israel J. Bot. 19: 176 (1970)
species :
Canavalia nitida (Cav.) Piper; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20: 562 (1925)
Name: Bahama bay-bean (Bahamas), Mate colorado (Cuba), Mate colorado (Dominican Republic), Graines ouari, Graines ouary, Ouari (Haiti), Haba de burro de jardin, Mato colorado (Puerto Rico)
Distribution: Bahamas; Cuba; Cayman Isl.; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl. (St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola)
81 BAH CAY CUB HIS PUE VIR
Synonyms: hidden
= Canavalia bahamensis Britton; Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 4: 119 (1906)
= Canavalia cubensis Griseb.; Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s. 8: 178 (1861)
= Canavalia ekmanii Urb.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 15: 317 (1918)
= Canavalia rusiosperma Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 1: 473 (1900)
= Clementea nitida Cav.; Anal. Cienc. Nat. 7: (1804) t. 47
species :
Canavalia obidensis Ducke; Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 3: 173 (1922)
Distribution: N-Brazil (Pará)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Wenderothia obidensis (Ducke) Piper; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20: 579 (1925)
species :
Canavalia oxyphylla Standl. & L.O.Williams; Ceiba 3: 201 (1953)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Puebla, Tabasco, Veracruz); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Casanare, Chocó, Guaviare, Meta, Quindío, Tolima, Valle); Venezuela (Aragua); Ecuador
79 MEX 80 BLZ COS GUA HON NIC PAN 82 CLM VEN 83 ECU
species :
Canavalia palmeri (Piper) Standl.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23: 1666 (1926)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Wenderothia palmeri Piper; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20: 580 (1925)
species :
Canavalia papuana Merr. & L.M.Perry; J. Arnold Arbor. 23: 406 (1942)
Distribution: Lesser Sunda Isl.; New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Bismarck Arch.; Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland)
42 LSI NWG 43 BIS 50 AUS
species :
Canavalia parviflora Benth.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 15(1): 177 (1870)
Distribution: ?Peru; NE-Brazil (Bahia); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Canavalia paranensis Benth.; Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. 2: 135 (1838)
= Canavalia obtusifolia var. versicolor (Barb.Rodr.) Barb.Rodr.; Pl. Jard. Rio de Janeiro 4: 8 (1894)
= Canavalia versicolor Barb.Rodr.; Pl. Nov. 4: 5 (1894)
species :
Canavalia picta Mart. ex Benth.; Comm. Legum. Gen. 71 (1837), et Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. 2: 135 (1838)
Distribution: Bolivia (Santa Cruz); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Paraná)
83 BOL 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Canavalia lenta Benth.; Comm. Legum. Gen. 71 (1837), et Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. 2: 135 (1838)
= Wenderothia lenta (Benth.) Piper; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20: 584 (1925)
= Wenderothia picta (Mart. ex Benth.) Piper; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20: 582 (1925)
variant :
var. elliptica Fantz; Brittonia 28(1): 82 (1976)
Distribution: WC-Brazil (Brasilia Distrito Federal)
84 BRA
species :
Canavalia piperi Killip & J.F.Macbr.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(3): 322 (1943)
Distribution: Peru; Bolivia (Santa Cruz); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso); Argentina (Salta)
83 BOL PER 84 BRA 85 ARG
species :
Canavalia plagiosperma Piper; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1922: 141 (1922)
Distribution: Guinea-Bissau [I]; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Haiti; Guyana; Surinam; +E-Ecuador; Peru
22 gnb 80 COS NIC 81 CUB HIS 82 GUY SUR 83 ECU PER
species :
Canavalia pubescens Hook. & Arn.; Bot. Beechey Voy. 81 (1833)
Distribution: Hawaii (Niihau, Kauai, Lanai, leeward East Maui)
63 HAW
Conservation Status: 1999 Conservation Status: Vulnerable, USA Status: Candidate
Synonyms: hidden
= Canavalia forbesii H.St.John; Israel J. Bot. 19: 209 (1970)
= Canavalia galeata var. pubescens (Hook. & Arn.) A.Gray; U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. 15(1): 411 (1854)
= Canavalia haleakalaensis H.St.John; Israel J. Bot. 19: 206 (1970)
= Canavalia lanaiensis (Rock) O.Deg. & I.Deg.; Fl. Hawaiiensis [Degener] Fam. 169c (1959)
= Canavalia lanaiensis var. munroi O.Deg. & I.Deg.; Fl. Hawaiiensis [Degener] 169c: s.p. (1959)
= Canavalia munroi (O.Deg. & I.Deg.) H.St.John; Israel J. Bot. 19: 197 (1970)
= Canavalia sericea var. lanaiensis Rock; Legum. Pl. Hawaii 209 (1920)
= Canavalia sericea var. munroi O.Deg. & I.Deg.; O. Deg., Fl. Hawaiiensis [Degener] 109c: s.p. (1960)
species :
Canavalia raiateensis J.W.Moore; Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. No. 102, 29 (1933)
Distribution: Society Isl. (Raiatea)
61 SCI
species :
Canavalia ramosii J.D.Sauer; Brittonia 16: 156 (1964)
Distribution: Philippines (Panay, Bohol)
42 PHI
species :
Canavalia reflexiflora Snak, G.P.Lewis & L.P.Queiroz; Phytotaxa 207(1): 116 (2015)
Distribution: Brazil (Minas Gerais)
84 BRA
species :
Canavalia regalis Dunn; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1922: 134 (1922)
Distribution: Senegal; Ghana; Nigeria; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Sudan; Angola [I]
22 GHA NGA SEN 23 ZAI 24 SUD 26 ang
Synonyms: hidden
= Canavalia obtusifolia f. macrophylla De Wild. & T.Durand; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 1: 17 (1900)
species :
Canavalia rosea (Sw.) DC.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 2: 404 (1825)
Name: Bay bean, Seaside bean
Distribution: Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; São Tomé; Annobon Isl.; Equatorial Guinea; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Burundi; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Mozambique; South Africa (Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Madagascar; Comores (Mayotte, etc.); Mozambique Channel Isl. [Iles Éparses] (Juan de Nova Isl.); La Réunion; Rodrigues; Iles Glorieuses [I]; Aldabra (Asuncio Isl.); Seychelles; China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hongkong, Zhejiang); Ryukyu Isl.; Volcano Isl. (Iwojima); Taiwan; India (Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Yanan); Maldives; Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Andaman Isl. (South Andamans); Nicobar Isl. (Central Nicobars, Great Nicobar Isl., Little Nicobar Isl.); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (all coasts); Singapore; ?Sumatra; South China Sea Isl.; Borneo; Brunei; Sulawesi; Palawan; Philippines (Luzon, Mindoro, Panay, Leyte, Mindanao); Java; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Bali, etc.); Moluccas; New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Bismarck Arch.; Solomon Isl.; Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales); Lord Howe Isl.; Norfolk Isl.; New Zealand; New Caledonia; Santa Cruz Isl.; Vanuatu; Rotuma Isl.; Wallis & Futuna (Alofi Isl., Futuna Isl., ´Uvea Isl. and islets [Wallis]); Niue; Fiji; American Samoa (Tutuila, Ofu, Ta´u); [Western] Samoa (Aleipata Islands, Savai´i, ´Upolu); Marquesas Isl. (Nuku Hiva, Hiva Oa, Ua Huka, Ua Pou, Tahuata, Mohotani); Society Isl. (Tahiti); Austral Isl. (Raivavae, Rurutu, Tubuai); Henderson Isl.; Palau (Koror); Guam; Fed. States of Micronesia (Yap, Ulithi, Namonuito, Truk, Moen, Dublon, Pohnpei); Marshall Isl. (Majuro); USA (Florida, Louisiana, Texas); Bermuda; Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan); Revillagigedos Isl. (Isla Socorro, Isla Clarion); Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Isla del Coco; Panama; Clipperton Isl.; Bahamas; Turks & Caicos Isl.; Cuba; Cayman Isl.; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl. (Anegada, Guana, Jost van Dyke, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda); Anguilla; St. Martin/St. Maarten; St. Barthélémy; Saba; St. Eustatius; Antigua; Barbuda; Guadeloupe; Marie-Galante; Dominica; Martinique; St. Lucia; St. Vincent; Grenada; Barbados; Tobago; Trinidad; Aruba; Bonaire; Curacao; Colombia (Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Cauca, Chocó, La Guajira, Magdalena, Nariño, San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina); Isla Margarita; Venezuela (Anzoategui, Aragua, Bolívar, Carabobo, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Nueva Esparta, Sucre, Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Galapagos; Peru; N-Brazil (Pará); NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Bahia, Alagoas, Sergipe); SE-Brazil (Espirito Santo, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Paraná)
22 BEN GAM GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR NGA SEN SIE TOG 23 ANN BUR CMN EQG SAO ZAI 25 KEN TAN 26 ANG MOZ 27 SAF 29 ALD COM igl MCI MDG REU ROD SEY 36 CHI 38 KZN NNS TAI 40 BAN IND MDV SRL 41 AND CBD LAO NCB THA VIE 42 BOR BRN JAW LSI MLY MOL NWG PHI PLW SCS SNG SUL 43 BIS SOL 50 AUS LHI NFK 51 NZL 60 ASA FIJ NUE NWC ROT SAM SCZ VAN WAL 61 AUI HEN MRQ SCI 62 GUM MIC MRS PLU 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX RGI 80 BLZ CLI COC COS HON NIC PAN 81 ABA AGU ARU BAH BBD BER BON CAY CUB CUR DOM GDL GRE HIS JAM MAR PUE SAB SBA STE STL STM STV TCI TRT VEN VIR 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR SWC VEN 83 ECU GAL PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Canavalia apiculata Piper; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20: 566 (1925)
= Canavalia arenicola Piper; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20: 568 (1925)
= Canavalia baueriana Endl.; Prom. Golfe Gascogne 91 (1833)
= Canavalia emarginata (Jacq.) G.Don; Gen. Hist. 2: 362 (1832)
= Canavalia maritima (Aubl.) Thouars; J. Bot. Agric. 1: 80 (1813)
= Canavalia miniata (Kunth) DC.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 2: 404 (1825)
= Canavalia moneta Welw.; Apont. 588. n. 62 (1859)
= Canavalia obcordata (Roxb.) Voigt; Hort. Suburb. Calcutt. 235 (1845)
= Canavalia obtusifolia (Lam.) DC.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 2: 404 (1825)
= Canavalia obtusifolia var. emarginatus (Jacq.) DC.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 2: 404 (1825)
= Canavalia podocarpa Dunn; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1922: 137 (1922)
= Canavalia rutilans DC.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 2: 404 (1825)
= Clitoria rotundifolia Sessé & Moc.; Fl. Mexic., ed. 2: 172 (1894)
= Dolichos emarginatus Jacq.; Hort. Schoenb. 2: 50 (1797)
= Dolichos littoralis Vell.; Fl. Flumin. 321
= Dolichos maritimus Aubl.; Hist. Pl. Guiane 765 (1775)
= Dolichos miniatus Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 6: 441 (1824)
= Dolichos obcordatus Roxb.; Fl. Ind. [Roxburgh] 3: 303 (1832)
= Dolichos obovatus Schumach. & Thonn.; Schumach., Beskr. Guin. Pl. 341 (1827)
= Dolichos obtusifolius Lam.; Encycl. [J. Lamarck et al.] 2(1): 295 (1786)
= Dolichos ovalifolius Schumach. & Thonn.; Schumach., Beskr. Guin. Pl. 341 (1827)
= Dolichos roseus Sw.; Prodr. 105 (1788)
= Dolichos rotundifolius Vahl; Symb. Bot. [Vahl] 2: 81 (1791)
= Glycine rosea G.Forst.; Fl. Ins. Austr. 50 (1786)
= Mucuna rutilans Moc. & Sessé ex DC.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 2: 404 (1825)
= Rhynchosia rosea (Sw.) DC.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 2: 387 (1825)
species :
Canavalia rotundata J.Linares, G.Andrade & Cruz Durán; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 18(1): 127 (2024)
Distribution: Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas); Guatemala
79 MEX 80 GUA
species :
Canavalia rugosa J.Linares, G.Andrade & Cruz Durán; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 18(1): 129 (2024)
Distribution: Mexico (Puebla, Oaxaca, Chiapas); Belize; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua
79 MEX 80 BLZ GUA HON NIC
species :
Canavalia saueri Fantz; Brittonia 28(1): 81 (1976)
Distribution: WC-Brazil (Goiás)
84 BRA
species :
Canavalia septentrionalis J.D.Sauer; Brittonia 16: 128 (1964)
Distribution: Mexico (Coahuila, Colima, Durango, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Veracruz)
79 MEX
species :
Canavalia sericea A.Gray; U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. 15(1): 440 (1854)
Distribution: Australia (Queensland); New Caledonia; New Caledonia; Vanuatu; Rotuma Isl.; Wallis & Futuna (Alofi Isl., Futuna Isl.); Tonga (Late Isl., Tongatapu, ´Eua, Nomuka, Lifuka); Niue; Fiji; Fiji; American Samoa (Olosega); Cook Isl. (Rarotonga); Society Isl. (Tahiti, Huahine, Raiatea); Austral Isl. (Rapa Iti, Rimatara, Rurutu, Tubuai); Fed. States of Micronesia; Hawaii [I] (Kauai [I], Oahu [I], Maui [I], Hawaii Isl. [I])
50 AUS 60 ASA FIJ NUE NWC ROT TON VAN WAL 61 AUI COO SCI 62 MIC 63 haw
Synonyms: hidden
= Canavalia sericea f. grandifoliolata O.Deg. & I.Deg.; O. Deg., Fl. Hawaiiensis [Degener] 169c: s.p. (1960)
= Canavalia sericea var. yunckeri O.Deg. & I.Deg.; O. Deg., Fl. Hawaiiensis [Degener] 169c: s.p. (1960)
variant :
var. cuspidata O.Deg. & I.Deg.; O. Deg., Fl. Hawaiiensis [Degener] 169c: s.p. (1960)
Distribution: Fed. States of Micronesia (Ulithi, Puluwat); Marshall Isl. (Wotje, Ailinglapalap, Majuro, Arno)
62 MIC MRS
species :
Canavalia sericophylla Ducke; Arq. Inst. Biol. Veg. 4: 23 (1938)
Distribution: Venezuela (Amazonas); Peru; N-Brazil (Acre)
82 VEN 83 PER 84 BRA
species :
Canavalia sousae J.Linares, G.Andrade & Cruz Durán; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 18(1): 133 (2024)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas); Guatemala
79 MEX 80 GUA
species :
Canavalia straminea J.Linares, G.Andrade & Cruz Durán; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 18(1): 135 (2024)
Distribution: Mexico (Nayarit, Sinaloa, Jalisco, Colima, Michoacán)
79 MEX
species :
Canavalia variegata J.Linares, G.Andrade & Cruz Durán; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 18(1): 137 (2024)
Distribution: Mexico (Tabasco, Nayarit, México State, Puebla, Oaxaca, Jalisco, Guerrero, Chiapas); Guatemala
79 MEX 80 GUA
species :
Canavalia veillonii I.C.Nielsen; Adansonia, Sér. 3, 26(2): 150 (2004)
Distribution: New Caledonia
60 NWC
species :
Canavalia villosa Benth.; Comm. Legum. Gen. 71 (1837), et Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. 2: 135 (1838)
Distribution: Mexico (Aguascalientes, Campeche, Chiapas, Coahuila, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas); Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Ecuador; Bolivia (La Paz)
79 MEX 80 BLZ COS HON NIC PAN 83 BOL ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Canavalia hirsuta (M.Martens & Galeotti) Standl.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23: 495 (1922)
= Canavalia multiflora (Hook. & Arn.) Hook. & Arn.; Bot. Beechey Voy. 416 (1833)
= Canavalia pilosa (M.Martens & Galeotti) Donn.Sm.; Enum. Pl. Guatem. 1: 8 (1889)
= Canavalia rostrata Benth.; Comm. Legum. Gen. 71 (1837), et Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. 2: 135 (1838)
= Canavalia rupicola Standl. & L.O.Williams; Ceiba 3: 203 (1953)
= Glycine ensiformis Sessé & Moc.; Naturaleza (Mexico City), Ser. 2, 1(App.): 124 (1890)
= Neurocarpum multiflorum Hook. & Arn.; Bot. Beechey Voy. 286 (1838)
= Neurocarpum villosum Hook. & Arn.; Bot. Beechey Voy. 286 (1838), nom. illeg.
= Phaseolus barrancae M.E.Jones; Contr. W. Bot., No. 18, 46 (1933-5)
= Wenderothia discolor Schltdl.; Linnaea 12: 331 (1838)
= Wenderothia hirsuta M.Martens & Galeotti; Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 10(2): 192 (1843)
= Wenderothia pilosa M.Martens & Galeotti; Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 10(2): 191 (1843)
= Wenderothia villosa (Benth.) Piper; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20: 584 (1925)
species :
Canavalia vitiensis J.D.Sauer; Brittonia 16: 172 (1964)
Distribution: Fiji
60 FIJ
species :
Canavalia wurdackii Aymard & Cuello; BioLlania 8: 88 (1991)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
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