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Canavalia (jack-beans)

Angiospermae - Fabales - Fabaceae

Taxonomy
Canavalia was named by Adanson (1763). It is extant.

It was assigned to Caesalpiniaceae by Knowlton (1919); and to Fabaceae by Prasad (2008).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1763Canavalia Adanson
1919Canavalia Knowlton
2008Canavalia Prasad

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Rosids
Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
Fabid
orderFabalesBromhead 1838
familyFabaceaeLindley 1836
genusCanavaliaAdanson 1763

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Canavalia Adanson 1763 [jack-beans]
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Canavalia acuminata Berry 1916
Canavalia eocenica Berry 1916
Canavalia siwalica Dwivedi et al. 2006
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range: base of the Lostcabinian to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lostcabinian56.0 - 51.1USA (Wyoming) Canavalia diuturna (11319 11344 11347 11455 11461 11465 11468)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333USA (Montana) Canavalia eocenica (23972)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Nepal Canavalia siwalica (222898)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Trinidad and Tobago Canavalia miocenica (34148)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Zambia Canavalia virosa (21854)