Published December 31, 2007 | Version v1
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Canavalia ensiformis

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Department of Botany, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK

Description

Dolichos ensiformis Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 725. 1753.

"Habitat in Jamaica." RCN: 5350.

Lectotype (Sauer in Brittonia 16: 142. 1964): [icon] " Phaseolus maximus, siliqua ensiformi nervis insignita, et semine albo membranula incluso" in Sloane, Voy. Jamaica 1: 177, t. 114, f. 1, 2, 3. 1707. - Typotype: Herb. Sloane 3: 67 (BM-SL).

Current name: Canavalia ensiformis (L.) DC. (Fabaceae: Faboideae).

Note: Fawcett & Rendle (Fl. Jamaica 4: 61. 1920) stated "Type in Herb. Mus. Brit, and specimen from Jacquin’s Herb." but this cannot be accepted as a formal typification.

Notes

Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part D), pp. 474-489 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on page 484, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
BM-SL
Material sample ID
67
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Canavalia
Species
ensiformis
Taxon rank
species
Type status
typotype
Taxonomic concept label
Canavalia ensiformis (Linnaeus, 1753) sec. Jarvis, 2007