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Fabaceae

Canavalia

Canavalia galeata (Gaudich.) Vogel

First published in Linnaea 10: 584 (1836)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is Hawaiian Islands (Oahu). It is a climbing shrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

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Native to:

Hawaii

Homotypic Synonyms

Dolichos galeatus Gaudich. in Voy. Uranie: 486 (1830)

Heterotypic Synonyms

Canavalia gaudichaudiana Lem. in Hort. Universel 4: 129 (1843)
Canavalia gaudichaudii Endl. in Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. 1: 186 (1836), pro syn.

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

International Legume Database and Information Service
- International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0