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Cajanus

The genus Cajanus is in the family Leguminosae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Cajanus

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Cajanus acutifolius (F.Muell.) Maesen Accepted H ILDIS
Cajanus albicans (Wight & Arn.) Maesen Accepted H ILDIS
Cajanus aromaticus Maesen Accepted H ILDIS
Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. Accepted H ILDIS
Cajanus cajanifolius (Haines) Maesen Accepted H ILDIS
Cajanus cinereus (F.Muell.) F.Muell. Accepted H ILDIS
Cajanus confertiflorus F.Muell. Accepted H ILDIS
Cajanus crassicaulis Maesen Accepted H ILDIS
Cajanus crassus (King) Maesen Accepted H ILDIS
Cajanus elongatus (Benth.) Maesen Accepted H ILDIS
Cajanus goensis Dalzell Accepted H ILDIS
Cajanus grandiflorus (Baker) Maesen Accepted H ILDIS
Cajanus heynei (Wight & Arn.) Maesen Accepted H ILDIS
Cajanus kerstingii Harms Accepted H ILDIS
Cajanus lanceolatus (W.Fitzg.) Maesen Accepted H ILDIS
Cajanus lanuginosus (S.T.Reynolds & Pedley) Maesen Accepted H ILDIS
Cajanus latisepalus Maesen Accepted H ILDIS
Cajanus lineatus (Wight & Arn.) Maesen Accepted H ILDIS
Cajanus mareebensis (S.T.Reynolds & Pedley) Maesen Accepted H ILDIS
Cajanus marmoratus (Benth.) F.Muell. Accepted H ILDIS
Cajanus mollis (Benth.) Maesen Accepted H ILDIS
Cajanus niveus (Benth.) Maesen Accepted H ILDIS
Cajanus platycarpus (Benth.) Maesen Accepted H ILDIS
Cajanus pubescens (Ewart & Morrison) Maesen Accepted H ILDIS
Cajanus reticulatus (Dryand.) F.Muell. Accepted H ILDIS
Cajanus rugosus (Wight & Arn.) Maesen Accepted H ILDIS
Cajanus scarabaeoides (L.) Thouars Accepted H ILDIS
Cajanus sericeus (Baker) Maesen Accepted H ILDIS
Cajanus trinervius (DC.) Maesen Accepted H ILDIS
Cajanus villosus (Baker) Maesen Accepted H ILDIS
Cajanus viscidus Maesen Accepted H ILDIS
Cajanus volubilis (Blanco) Blanco Accepted H ILDIS

Statistics

The Plant List includes 65 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Cajanus. Of these 32 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 12 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Cajanus. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 65 species names for the genus Cajanus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 32 49.2%
Synonym 21 32.3%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 12 18.5%

All names

The status of the 77 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Cajanus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 38 49.4%
Synonym 27 35.1%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 12 15.6%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 65 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Cajanus, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 32 15 0 0 47 72.3%
Medium confidence 0 4 0 0 4 6.2%
Low confidence 0 2 0 12 14 21.5%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Cajanus, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
ILDIS 32 15 0 0 0 47 72.3%
Tropicos 0 6 0 3 0 9 13.8%
WCSP (in review) 0 0 0 9 0 9 13.8%