Canavalia brasiliensis Mart. ex Benth. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Canavalia brasiliensis Mart. ex Benth.

Summary

Genus:

Canavalia

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Phaseoleae

Subtribe:

Diocleinae

Nomen number:

104836

Place of publication:

Comm. legum. gen. 71. 1837 (Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. 2:135. 1839)

Verified:

12/22/2005 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

1 (1 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Canavalia prolifica Piper ex Ricker

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Reference(s)

Chada, S. de S. & H. De Polli. 1988. Nodulation of promising tropical legumes for green manuring in a phosphorus deficient soil. Pesq. Agropecu. Brasil. 23(11):1197-1202.
Croat, T. B. Flora of Barro Colorado Island. 1978
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
Howard, R. Flora of the lesser Antilles. 1974-1989
Lewis, G. P. Legumes of Bahia. 1987
Liogier, A. H. Flora of Hispaniola: Part 1; La Flora de la Española. Part II-. 1981-
McVaugh, R. Flora Novo-Galiciana. 1983-
Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
Sauer, J. 1964. Revision of Canavalia. Brittonia 16:144.
Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. 1995-
Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. Flora of Panama. 1943-1980

Common names

English
Barbicou-bean –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sinaloa
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Tamaulipas
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Florida
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Campeche
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guerrero
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Michoacan
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Nayarit
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Oaxaca
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Quintana Roo
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Veracruz
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Yucatan
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Antigua and Barbuda
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Barbados
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Cuba
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Haiti
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Martinique
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	St. Vincent and Grenadines	St. Vincent
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Trinidad and Tobago
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Virgin Islands (U.S.)
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Belize
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Costa Rica
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	El Salvador
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Guatemala
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Honduras
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Nicaragua
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Panama
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Paraguay
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador

Native
Northern America

NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Sinaloa, Tamaulipas]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Campeche, Chiapas, Guerrero, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Veracruz, Yucatan]

Southern America

BRAZIL: Brazil
CARIBBEAN: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Cuba, Haiti, Martinique, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Vincent and Grenadines [St. Vincent], Virgin Islands (U.S.)
MESOAMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Paraguay
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia, Ecuador

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=104836. Accessed 9 January 2025.