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The genus Canavalia is in the family Leguminosae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Canavalia

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Canavalia acuminata Rose	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia africana Dunn	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia altipendula (Piper) Standl.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia aurita J.D.Sauer	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia beniensis Aymard & Cuello	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Canavalia bicarinata Standl.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia boliviana Piper	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia bonariensis Lindl.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia bouquetii Montrouz.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Canavalia brasiliensis Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia campylocarpa Piper	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia cassidea G.P. Lewis	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Canavalia cathartica Thouars	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia centralis St.John	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia concinna J.D.Sauer	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia dictyota Piper	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia dolichothyrsa G.P.Lewis	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia dura J.D.Sauer	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia ensiformis (L.) DC.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia eurycarpa Piper	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia favieri I.C.Nielsen	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Canavalia finlaysoniana Graham	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Canavalia forbesii St.John	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia galeata Gaudich.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14	2
Canavalia galeata (Gaudich.) Vogel	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Canavalia gaudichaudiana Lem.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Canavalia glabra (M.Martens & Galeotti) J.D.Saue	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia gladiata (Jacq.) DC.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14	1
Canavalia grandiflora Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia haleakalaensis St.John	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia hawaiiensis Degener & al.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia hirsutissima J.D.Sauer	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia iaoensis St.John	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia kauaiensis J.D.Sauer	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia kauensis St.John	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia lineata (Thunb.) DC.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia macrobotrys Merr.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia macropleura Piper	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia madagascariensis J.D.Sauer	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia makahaensis St.John	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia mandibulata Sauer	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Canavalia mattogrossensis (Barb.Rodr.) Malme	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia matudae J.D.Sauer	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia mauiensis H. St. John	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Canavalia megalantha Merr.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Canavalia microsperma Urb.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia mollis Wight & Arn.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia molokaiensis Degener & al.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia munroi (Degener & Degener) St.John	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia munroi (O. Deg. & I. Deg.) H. St. John	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Canavalia napaliensis St.John	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia nitida (Cav.) Piper	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia nualoloensis St.John	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia obidensis Ducke	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia oxyphylla Standl. & L.O.Williams	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia palmeri (Piper) Standl.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia papuana Merr. & L.M.Perry	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia parviflora Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia peninsularis St.John	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia picta Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia piperi Killip & J.F.Macbr.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia plagiosperma Piper	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia pruriens DC.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Canavalia pubescens Hook. & Arn.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia raiateensis J.W.Moore	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia ramosii J.D.Sauer	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia regalis Piper & Dunn	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia regalis Dunn	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Canavalia rockii St.John	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia rosea (Sw.) DC.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia rutilans DC.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia sanguinea St.John	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia saueri Fantz	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia septentrionalis J.D.Sauer	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia sericea A.Gray	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia sericophylla Ducke	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia stenophylla St.John	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia taiwaniana S.S.Ying	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Canavalia veillonii I.C.Nielsen	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Canavalia villosa Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Canavalia vitiensis Sauer	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Canavalia wurdackii G.A. Aymard & Cuello	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18

Statistics

The Plant List includes 196 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Canavalia. Of these 70 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 42 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Canavalia. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 196 species names for the genus Canavalia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	70	35.7%
◕	Synonym	114	58.2%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	12	6.1%

All names

The status of the 238 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Canavalia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	73	30.7%
◕	Synonym	153	64.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	12	5.0%

A further 10 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 196 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Canavalia, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	63	103	0	0	166	84.7%
	Medium confidence	5	10	0	0	15	7.7%
	Low confidence	2	1	0	12	15	7.7%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Canavalia is as follows: