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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
Canavalia acuminata Rose	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia africana Dunn	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia altipendula (Piper) Standl.	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia aurita J.D.Sauer	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia bicarinata Standl.	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia boliviana Piper	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia bonariensis Lindl.	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia brasiliensis Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia campylocarpa Piper	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia cathartica Thouars	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia centralis St.John	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia concinna J.D.Sauer	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia dictyota Piper	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia dolichothyrsa G.P.Lewis	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia dura J.D.Sauer	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia ensiformis (L.) DC.	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia eurycarpa Piper	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia forbesii St.John	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia galeata Gaudich.	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia glabra (M.Martens & Galeotti) J.D.Saue	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia gladiata (Jacq.) DC.	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia grandiflora Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia haleakalaensis St.John	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia hawaiiensis Degener & al.	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia hirsutissima J.D.Sauer	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia iaoensis St.John	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia kauaiensis J.D.Sauer	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia kauensis St.John	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia lineata (Thunb.) DC.	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia macrobotrys Merr.	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia macropleura Piper	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia madagascariensis J.D.Sauer	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia makahaensis St.John	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia mattogrossensis (Barb.Rodr.) Malme	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia matudae J.D.Sauer	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia microsperma Urb.	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia mollis Wight & Arn.	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia molokaiensis Degener & al.	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia munroi (Degener & Degener) St.John	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia napaliensis St.John	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia nitida (Cav.) Piper	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia nualoloensis St.John	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia obidensis Ducke	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia oxyphylla Standl. & L.O.Williams	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia palmeri (Piper) Standl.	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia papuana Merr. & L.M.Perry	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia parviflora Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia peninsularis St.John	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia picta Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia piperi Killip & J.F.Macbr.	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia plagiosperma Piper	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia pubescens Hook. & Arn.	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia raiateensis J.W.Moore	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia ramosii J.D.Sauer	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia regalis Piper & Dunn	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia rockii St.John	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia rosea (Sw.) DC.	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia rutilans DC.	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia sanguinea St.John	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia saueri Fantz	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia septentrionalis J.D.Sauer	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia sericea A.Gray	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia sericophylla Ducke	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia stenophylla St.John	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia villosa Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS
Canavalia wurdackii Aymard & Cuello	Accepted		TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 157 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Canavalia. Of these 66 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 38 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 157 species names for the genus Canavalia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	66	42.0%
◕	Synonym	76	48.4%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	15	9.6%

All names

The status of the 195 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Canavalia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	70	35.9%
◕	Synonym	110	56.4%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	15	7.7%

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

The confidence with which the status of the 157 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	67	0	0	130	82.8%
	Medium confidence	1	8	0	0	9	5.7%
	Low confidence	2	1	0	15	18	11.5%

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