Canavalia Adanson 1763 (jack-beans)

Angiospermae - Fabales - Fabaceae

Parent taxon: Fabaceae according to M. Prasad 2008

See also Knowlton 1919

Sister taxa: Acacia, Aeschynomenoxylon, Afzelia, Albizinium, Archidendron, Baphioxylon, Baphioxylon, Barnebydendron, Bauhinia, Bauhinioxylon, Berlinia, Butea, Caesalpinia, Callerya, Cassia, Cassinium, Ceratonia, Cercidoideae, Copaifera, Crotalaria, Cynometra, Dalbergia, Derris, Dewevrea, Dialium, Dialiumoxylon, Dussia, Ebenopsis, Entada, Erichsenia, Erythrina, Euacacioxylon, Faboideae, Hedysareae, Hoffmannseggia, Hopeoxylon, Humboldtia, Indigofera, Ingoxylon, Isoberlinioxylon, Kingiodendron, Koompassia, Koompassioxylon, Leguminocarpon, Leguminophyllum, Listia, Macrolobium, Margocolporites, Mezcala, Millettia, Millettioxylon, Mimosoideae, Mora, Mucuna, Myrtacidites, Neoapaloxylon, Neonotonia, Ohashia, Ohwia, Ormosia, Ormosioxylon, Ougenioxylon, Oxylobium, Pahudioxylon, Paracacioxylon, Parapiptadenia, Peltophoroxylon, Pericopsoxylon, Phaeoceros, Phaseolus, Philenoptera, Pongamia, Praedapollis, Pterocarpus, Pueraria, Rothia, Samanea, Sesbania, Sindora, Spathionema, Spirosyncolpites, Tadehagi, Tephrosia, Vatairea, Wagatea, Whitfordiodendron, Dalbergioxylon, Colutea, Martyia, Dalbergiophyllum, Astragalus, Leguminosites, Strongylodon, Amorpha, Leguminocarpum, Faboidea, Vouapa, Wisteria, Vicia, Aeschynomene, Robinoxylon, Caesalpinioxylon, Andiroxylon, Adelocercis, Falcicutis, Ervites, Cassioxylon, Lespedeza, Brachystegioxylon, Mimosoxylon, Leguminoxylon, Ingophyllum, Tamarindoxylon, Polyadopollenites, Dichrostachyoxylon, Campylotropis, Adenantheroxylon, Diphyllites, Leucaena, Cladrastis, Pycnolobium, Albizzioxylon, Palaeolobium, Diplophyllum, Bauhinioxylon, Pterogynoxylon, Caesalpinioideae, Desmodophyllum, Phaca, Fichtelites, Acacioxylon, Pterocarpoxylon, Ungerites, Gymnocladus, Albizia, Diphysa, Berlinioxylon, Inga, Fontainea, Cytisus, Enantiophyllites, Zittelia, Desmodium, Micropodium, Erythrophleum, Podalyriophyllum, Gleditschites, Felixia, Gleditsioxylon, Papilionaceophyllum, Erythrophloeoxylon, Pisum, Mimosaceoxylon, Tetrapleuroxylon, Caesalpinaceae, Taenioxylon, Thermopsis, Cynometrophyllum, Schmidites, Cottaites, Bauhinites

Subtaxa: Canavalia acuminata Canavalia eocenica Canavalia siwalica

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Zambia (1 collection)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Trinidad and Tobago (1)

• Miocene of Nepal (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Montana)

• Eocene of United States (7: Wyoming)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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