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As classified in WFO snapshot

June 2025

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Cajanus Adans.

This genus name was first published in Fam. Pl. 2: 326, 529 (1763)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus 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-4000005927.

Statistics

Synonyms of Cajanus

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Atylosia Wight & Arn. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 257 (1834) wfo-4000003624
Cajan Adans. Fam. Pl. 2: 326 (1763) wfo-4000005925
Cajanum Raf. Sylva Tellur. : 25 (1838) wfo-4000005926
Cantharospermum Wight & Arn. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 255 (1834) wfo-4000006561
Endomallus Gagnep. Notul. Syst. (Paris) 3: 184 (1915) wfo-4000013407

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These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Cajanus:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link