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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Cajanus

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Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Cajanus acutifolius (F.Muell.) Maesen	Accepted		ILDIS
Cajanus albicans (Wight & Arn.) Maesen	Accepted		ILDIS
Cajanus aromaticus Maesen	Accepted		ILDIS
Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.	Accepted		ILDIS
Cajanus cajanifolius (Haines) Maesen	Accepted		ILDIS
Cajanus cinereus (F.Muell.) F.Muell.	Accepted		ILDIS
Cajanus confertiflorus F.Muell.	Accepted		ILDIS
Cajanus crassicaulis Maesen	Accepted		ILDIS
Cajanus crassus (King) Maesen	Accepted		ILDIS
Cajanus elongatus (Benth.) Maesen	Accepted		ILDIS
Cajanus goensis Dalzell	Accepted		ILDIS
Cajanus grandiflorus (Baker) Maesen	Accepted		ILDIS
Cajanus heynei (Wight & Arn.) Maesen	Accepted		ILDIS
Cajanus kerstingii Harms	Accepted		ILDIS
Cajanus lanceolatus (W.Fitzg.) Maesen	Accepted		ILDIS
Cajanus lanuginosus (S.T.Reynolds & Pedley) Maesen	Accepted		ILDIS
Cajanus latisepalus Maesen	Accepted		ILDIS
Cajanus lineatus (Wight & Arn.) Maesen	Accepted		ILDIS
Cajanus mareebensis (S.T.Reynolds & Pedley) Maesen	Accepted		ILDIS
Cajanus marmoratus (Benth.) F.Muell.	Accepted		ILDIS
Cajanus mollis (Benth.) Maesen	Accepted		ILDIS
Cajanus niveus (Benth.) Maesen	Accepted		ILDIS
Cajanus platycarpus (Benth.) Maesen	Accepted		ILDIS
Cajanus pubescens (Ewart & Morrison) Maesen	Accepted		ILDIS
Cajanus reticulatus (Dryand.) F.Muell.	Accepted		ILDIS
Cajanus rugosus (Wight & Arn.) Maesen	Accepted		ILDIS
Cajanus scarabaeoides (L.) Thouars	Accepted		ILDIS
Cajanus sericeus (Baker) Maesen	Accepted		ILDIS
Cajanus trinervius (DC.) Maesen	Accepted		ILDIS
Cajanus villosus (Baker) Maesen	Accepted		ILDIS
Cajanus viscidus Maesen	Accepted		ILDIS
Cajanus volubilis (Blanco) Blanco	Accepted		ILDIS

Statistics

The Plant List includes 65 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Cajanus. Of these 32 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 12 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Cajanus. 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 65 species names for the genus Cajanus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	32	49.2%
◕	Synonym	21	32.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	12	18.5%

All names

The status of the 77 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Cajanus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	38	49.4%
◕	Synonym	27	35.1%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	12	15.6%

Of these names,

• 1 are recorded as a spelling variant

The confidence with which the status of the 65 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Cajanus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	32	15	0	0	47	72.3%
	Medium confidence	0	4	0	0	4	6.2%
	Low confidence	0	2	0	12	14	21.5%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Cajanus, are as follows: