Fabaceae

Cajanus Adans.

First published in Fam. Pl. 2: 326, 529 (1763), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical Old World to N. Australia.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, East Himalaya, Ghana, Guinea, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Mali, Marianas, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Senegal, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia

Introduced into:

Afghanistan, Angola, Bahamas, Bermuda, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chad, Colombia, Congo, Cook Is., Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Leeward Is., Liberia, Malawi, Marquesas, Maryland, Mauritius, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, New Caledonia, New South Wales, Niger, Northern Provinces, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Somalia, Southwest Caribbean, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

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

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 2: 215.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Cat. Hort. Monsp.: 85 (1813) nom. conserv.*
  • van der Maesen in Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. 85–4: 1–225 (1986).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
  • Van der Maesen in Agric. Univ. Wageningen Papers 85-4 (1986).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Cat. Hort. Monsp.: 85 (1813), nom. conserv .

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1997 Coradin, L.; Silva, G.P.; Penteado, M.I.O.; Costa, N.M.S.; Miotto, S.T.S. [7720] Brazil K000206969 Yes
Jan 1, 1997 Coradin, L.; Silva, G.P.; Costa, N.M.S.; Schultze-Kraft, R. [270887] Brazil K000930927 Yes
Oct 1, 1995 Alcântara, M.; Araújo, C. [s.n.] Brazil K000206971 Yes
Oct 1, 1995 Rodal, M.J.N.; Figueiredo, L.; Laurênio, A. [500] Brazil K000206970 Yes
Jul 1, 1990 Agra, M.F. [1176] Brazil K000206973 Yes
Jul 1, 1990 Agra, M.F. [1176] Brazil K000206972 Yes
Jan 1, 1989 Balée, W.L. [2634] Brazil K000930914 Yes
Jan 1, 1987 Barros, M.A.G.; Nascimento, E.A. [110] Brazil K000930925 Yes
Jan 1, 1987 Barros, M.A.G.; Nascimento, E.A. [110] Brazil K000930924 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Staviski, M.N.R.; Pinheiro, A.I.L. [757] Brazil K000930922 Yes
Mar 1, 1983 Lewis, G.P.; Carvalho, A.M. [701] Brazil K000206977 Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Hage, J.L.; Brito, H.S. [1019] Brazil K000206976 Yes
Jan 6, 1982 Coradin, L. [5120] Brazil K000930915 Yes
Jan 1, 1981 Hage, J.L. [239] Brazil K000206975 Yes
May 1, 1978 F.K.W. [6429] Bhutan K000782017 No
Nov 1, 1974 Satabie, B. [70] Cameroon K000087447 Yes
Jan 1, 1974 Mbenkum, T. [TFM 403] Cameroon K000087448 Yes
Lei, C.I. [522] China K000782008 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Mayo, S.J.; Storr, R.M.; Santos, T.S.; Pinheiro, R.S. [19449] Brazil K000206978 Yes
Sellow, F. [383] Brazil K000930926 Yes
Chung, H.H. [1125] China K000782001 Yes
Mexia, Y.E.J. [5318] Brazil K000930916 Yes
Royle, J.F. [s.n.] India K000900575 Holotype Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5582] K001121352 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bullock, A.A. [862] India K000782011 No
Remanandan, P. [4728] India K000782015 No
Wight, R. [7621] India K000900548 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000930921 Yes
Ridley; Lea; Ramage [27] Brazil K000206974 Yes
Panda, B. [1750] India K000782009 No
Rudd, V.E.; Balakrishnan, N. [3323] Sri Lanka K000782016 No
Tso, C.L. [23005] China K000782006 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5581] Burma K001121350 Unknown Type Material Yes
Semir, J.; Gibbs, P.; Kinoshita-Gouvêa, L.S. [1928] Brazil K000930918 Yes
Lei, C.I. [361] China K000782007 Yes
s.coll. [5581] Burma K000900554 Paratype Yes
Horsfield, T. [126] Indonesia K000900604 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5581] Burma K001121351 Type Yes
Burchell [2961] Brazil K000931466 Yes
Shiu Ying Hu [9367] China K000782004 Yes
s.coll. [763] India K000900552 Type Yes
Dusén, P. [10103] Brazil K000930920 Yes
Horsfield, T. [1296] Indonesia K000900605 Unknown Type Material Yes
Thomson, G. [s.n.] India K000782029 No
Wight, R. [762] India K000900550 Type Yes
Wallich [s.n.] India K000900551 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hoehne, W. [s.n.] Brazil K000930919 Yes
Gardner [s.n.] India K000900549 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5578] K001121338 Type Yes
Burchell [10108-6] Brazil K000930913 Yes
Wight, R. [771] India K000900553 Unknown Type Material Yes
Eiten, G.; Eiten, L.T.; Mimura, I. [5721] Brazil K000930917 Yes
Irwin, H.S.; Souza, R.; Grear, J.W., Jr.; Santos, R.R. [17368] Brazil K000930912 Yes
s.coll. [5581] Burma K000900556 Isolectotype Yes
Squires, R.W. [852] Vietnam K003823271 Yes
Chung, H.H. [1225] China K000782002 Yes
Preston, T.A. [s.n.] Brazil K000930923 Yes
Chow, K.S. [78494] China K000782003 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5582] K001121353 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Furuse, M. [4102] Japan Atylosia K000628260 Yes
Jan 1, 1990 s.coll. [s.n.] Bhutan Atylosia K000628259 Yes
May 1, 1977 Rudd, V.E.; Balakrishnan, N. [3245] Sri Lanka Atylosia K000782047 Yes
Jun 2, 1976 Alston, A.H.G. [1739] Sri Lanka Atylosia K000782094 Yes
Jun 1, 1976 Hohenacker, R.F. [516] India Atylosia K000782038 No
Rao, C.K. [70] India Atylosia K000782040 No
Rao, C.K. [11] India Atylosia K000782042 No
Rao, C.K. [59] India Atylosia K000782041 No
Rao, C.K. [17] India Atylosia K000782043 No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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

  • Legumes of the World Online

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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