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Canavalia galeata

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Overview

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Threatened

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

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Description

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Physical Description

Habit: Shrub • Climbing: Climbing

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae () - Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
  - Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae () - Cavalier-Smith, 1981
    - Phylum: Tracheophyta () - Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
      - Subphylum: Euphyllophytina ()
        Class: Spermatopsida () - Brongniart, 1843
        Subclass: Rosidae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Superorder: Rosanae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Order: Fabales () - Bromhead, 1838
        Family: Leguminosae () - A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
        Subfamily: Papilionoideae ()
        Tribe: Phaseoleae ()
        Genus: Canavalia () - A.P. de Candolle, 1825, nom. cons.
        Specific epithet: galeata - Gaudich.
        Botanical name: - Canavalia galeata Gaudich.

Synonyms

Canavalia gaudichaudii Endl. • Dolichos galeatus Gaudich.

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Climbing : Climbing, Conservation Status: Not Threatened, Habit: Shrub , Lifespan: Perennial

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Canavalia

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 22 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

C. africana (Wild Sword Bean) · C. brasiliensis (Brazil Jackbean) · C. campylocarpa (Jeweled Jackbean) · C. cathartica (Liane Caiman) · C. ensiformis (Jack Bean) · C. galeata ('awikiwiki) · C. gladiata (Sword Bean) · C. gladiata var. gladiata (Sword-Bean) · C. gladiata 'Akanata Mame' (Sword Bean) · C. gladiata 'Shironata Mame' (Sword Bean) · C. hawaiiensis (Hawaiian Jackbean) · C. kauaiensis (Kauai Jackbean) · C. madagascariensis (Taikilozaha) · C. molokaiensis (Molokai Jack-Bean) · C. napaliensis (A Jack-Bean) · C. nitida (Bahama Baybean) · C. plagiosperma (Oblique Seed Jackbean) · C. pubescens (Jack Bean) · C. rosea (Bay Bean) · C. sericea (Dralawa) · C. villosa (Ojo De Venado) · C. mollis (Jackbean)

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Further Reading

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A preliminary catalogue of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop museum of Polynesian ethnology and natural history. .. Honolulu, 1892-93. url p. 47, p. 91.
Botanical bulletin / Honolulu: Division of Forestry, 1911-1919. url p. 14, p. 33, p. 9.
Flora of the Hawaiian islands: a description of their phanerogams and vascular cryptogams /by William Hillebrand; annotated and published after the author's death by W.F. Hillebrand. 1888 London: New York: Williams & Norgate; B. Westermann, 1888. url p. 103.
Journal of botany, British and foreign. 7 1869 London: Robert Hardwicke, 1863-1942. url p. 174, p. 181.
Minnesota botanical studies. Minneapolis, Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota. url p. 832.
Nomenclature of plants; a text for the application by the case method of the International code of botanical nomenclature. New York, Ronald Press Co.[1958] url p. 110, p. 135, p. 28.
Observations of a naturalist in the Pacific between 1896 and 1899 / by H.B. Guppy. London: Macmillan and Co., 1903-1906. url p. 145, p. 146, p. 147, p. 199, p. 20, p. 201, p. 610.
Occasional papers of Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Honolulu, Bishop Museum Press, 1898-1984. url p. 104, p. 112, p. 22.
Pamphlets on forestry in Hawaii. [1900?- url p. 5.
Phytologia. Bronx Park, New York, H.A. Gleason and H.N. Moldenke, url p. 283, p. 443.
Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society. Honolulu: Hawaiian Entomological Society url p. 15, p. 15.
Report on the agricultural resources and capabilities of Hawaii. Washington, Govt. Print. off., 1901. url p. 78.
Reports of the Survey. Botanical series. Minneapolis [etc.]1892- url p. 832.
The Bradley bibliography; a guide to the literature of the woody plants of the world published before the beginning of the twentieth century; Cambridge, Riverside Press, 1911-18. url p. 341.
The Gardener's monthly and horticulturist. Philadelphia, Pa.: Charles H. Marot, 1876-1888. url p. 84.
The indigenous trees of the Hawaiian Islands / by Joseph F. Rock. Honolulu: J.F. Rock; 1913. url p. 50.

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 28, 2008:

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3876345
Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-11786
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13638223
Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:483643-1
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 501180
Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDFAB0Q070
U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: CAGA
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 27695

Last Revised: 7/15/2012