Canavalia rosea (Sw.) DC.

Details

Name scientific

Canavalia rosea (Sw.) DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 2, 404 (1825)

Preferred name

Canavalia rosea (Sw.) DC.

Taxonomy reference

Green, P.S. 1994: Oceanic Islands, 1. Flora of Australia. Vol. 49. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra. ABRS/CSIRO, Canberra and Melbourne.

Linked name

Canavalia rosea (Sw.) DC. 1825

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Indigenous, non-endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Combination authors

DC.

Original authors

Sw.

Authors

(Sw.) DC.

Publication place

de Candolle, A.P. 1825: Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis. Vol. 2. Treuttel et Würtz, Paris.

Year published

1825

Publication page

404

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Dolichos roseus Sw.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Canavalia rosea

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Leguminosae

Genus

Canavalia

Species

rosea

Synonyms

Descriptions

Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Canavalia obtusifolia (Lam.) DC.

Description

Stems up to 1 m. or more long, trailing, pubescent when young. Lflts 5-10 cm. long, broad-obovate to orbicular. Racemes few-fld on stout peduncles up to 25 cm. long. Fls pink, standard orbicular, c. 2 cm. diam.; pods 10 cm. or more long, c. 2.5 cm. diam., wings narrow.

Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.