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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Canavalia

baybean
jackbean
maunaloa
puakauhi
wonderbean

Hierarchical position of the Genus Canavalia

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Rosopsida Batsch
pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.
  
   Subclassis  Rosidae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 264. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   SuperOrdo  Fabanae R. Dahlgren ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 74: 179. 25 Mar 1993.
  
   Ordo  Fabales Bromhead
pub. Edinburgh New Philos. J. 25: 126. Jul 1838.
common name: legumes
  
   Familia  Fabaceae Lindl.
pub. Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 148. Jul 1836.
common name: Leguminosae
  
   Familia  Leguminosae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 345. 4 Aug 1789, nom. cons.
  
   Genus  Canavalia DC.
common name: jackbean

Named members of the Genus Canavalia

1
   Species  brasiliensis Mart. ex Benth.
common name: Brazilian jackbean
2
   Species  cathartica Thouars
common name: maunaloa
3
   Species  centralis St. John
syn. Canavalia kauaiensis
4
   Species  ensiformis (L.) DC.
common name: wonderbean
5
   Species  forbesii St. John
syn. Canavalia pubescens
6
   Species  galeata (Gaud.) Vogel
common name: 'awikiwiki  (Hawaii)
7
   Species  gladiata (Jacq.) DC.
common name: sword jackbean
8
   Species  haleakalaensis St. John
syn. Canavalia pubescens
9
   Species  hawaiiensis O.& I. Deg. & Sauer
common name: puakauhi
10
   Species  iaoensis St. John
syn. Canavalia hawaiiensis
11
   Species  kauaiensis Sauer
common name: Kauai jackbean
12
   Species  kauensis St. John
syn. Canavalia hawaiiensis
13
   Species  lanaiensis (Rock) O.& I. Deg.
syn. Canavalia pubescens
14
   Species  lineata auct. non (Thunb.) DC.
syn. Canavalia rosea
15
   Species  makahaensis St. John
syn. Canavalia napaliensis
16
   Species  maritima Thouars
syn. Canavalia rosea
17
   Species  molokaiensis O.& I. Deg. & Sauer
common name: Molokai jackbean
18
   Species  munroi (O.& I. Deg.) St. John
syn. Canavalia pubescens
19
   Species  napaliensis St. John
common name: Makaha Valley jackbean
20
   Species  nitida (Cav.) Piper
common name: Bahama baybean
21
   Species  nualoloensis St. John
syn. Canavalia napaliensis
22
   Species  peninsularis St. John
syn. Canavalia molokaiensis
23
   Species  plagiosperma Piper
common name: obliqueseeded jackbean
24
   Species  pubescens Hook. & Arn.
common name: lavafield jackbean
25
   Species  rockii St. John
syn. Canavalia hawaiiensis
26
   Species  rosea (Sw.) DC.
common name: baybean
27
   Species  rusiosperma Urban
syn. Canavalia nitida
28
   Species  sanguinea St. John
syn. Canavalia hawaiiensis
29
   Species  sericea Gray
common name: silky jackbean
30
   Species  stenophylla St. John
syn. Canavalia molokaiensis
31
   Species  virosa (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.
common name: jackbean

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

 

Last reviewed October 31, 2004   

 

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