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Cajanus cajan (L.) Huth

This species name was first published in Helios 11: 133 (1893)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000203743.

Synonyms of Cajanus cajan (L.) Huth

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Cajanus flavus DC. Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp. : 85 (1813) wfo-0000183687
Cajanus indicus Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 3: 248 (1826) wfo-0000183688
Cajanus bicolor DC. Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp. : 85 (1813) wfo-0000183689
Cajanus luteus Bello Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 10: 260 (1881) wfo-0000183691
Cajanus striatus Bojer Hortus Maurit. : 109 (1837) wfo-0000193305
Cajanus cajan var. bicolor (DC.) Purseglove Trop. Crops, Dicot. 1: 237 (1968) wfo-0000203745
Cajanus cajan var. flavus (DC.) Purseglove Trop. Crops, Dicot. 1: 237 (1968) wfo-0000203747
Cajanus indicus var. bicolor (DC.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 167 (1891) wfo-0000203748
Cajanus indicus var. flavus Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 167 (1891) wfo-0000203749
Cajanus indicus var. maculatus Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 167 (1891) wfo-0000203750
Cajanus inodorus Medik. Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. 2: 363 (1787) wfo-0000203751
Cajanus pseudocajan (Jacq.) Schinz & Guillaumin Nova Caledonia, Bot. 1: 159 (1920) wfo-0000203753
Cytisus pseudocajan Jacq. Hort. Bot. Vindob. 2: 54 (1773) wfo-0000206950
Cajanum thora Raf. Sylva Tellur. : 25 (1838) wfo-0000578640
Cytisus mollis Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 330 (1796) wfo-0000636503
Cytisus cajan L. Sp. Pl. : 739 (1753) wfo-0001052572
Cytisus guineensis Schumach. & Thonn. Beskr. Guin. Pl. : 349 (1827) wfo-0001054699
Cajanus obcordifolia D.N.Singh Indian J. Agric. Sci. 12: 783 (1942) wfo-0001056980
Cajanus cajan f. bicolor (DC.) Baker f. Legum. Trop. Africa : 460 (1929) wfo-0001061253