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Canavalia sericea A.Gray

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Canavalia DC.

Canavalia sericea A.Gray [Preferred name]
    Canavalia sericea var. cuspidata Degener & Degener {Synonym}
    Canavalia sericea var. yunckeri Degener & Degener {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Dralawa [2264]; Feseka Sea [2266]; Silky Jackbean [1949]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Australasia
Australia (N) [1949, 2968]; New Caledonia (N) [342, 1949, 2968]
  Pacific Ocean
Cook Is (U) [342]; Fiji (N) [1949, 2968]; Hawaii (I) [342, 2968]; Kiribati Line Is (U) [342]; Marshall Is (U) [342, 2235]; Micronesia Federated States (N) [1949]; Niue (U) [342, 2266]; Northern Marianas (U) [342]; Society Is (N) [1949, 2968]; Tonga (U) [342]; Tubai Is (N) [342, 1949, 2968]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [342, 1949] ; Distribution Map [1949]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Shrub ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 1999-05 Heald J

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

342.

  Sauer, J., 1964
    Brittonia 16(2):106-181 Revision of Canavalia

1431.

  List Based Record, 1986
    U.S. Soil Conservation Service

1949.

  Wagner, W.L. et al, 1990
    Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaii, Vol.1.

2235.

  Fosberg, F.R. et al., 1979
    A Geographical Checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae

2264.

  Parham, J.W., 1972
    Plants of the Fiji Islands

2266.

  Sykes, W., 1979
    Flora of Niue

2968.

  Welsh, S.L., 1998
    Flora Societensis
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