Contains 1 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Cajanus DC.
CAJANUS
Classification
FABALES
Cajanus
Citation
CAJANUS de Candolle, Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp. 85. 1813, nom. cons. vs. Cajan Adanson 1763.
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TYPE: Cajanus cajan (Linnaeus) Millspaugh (Cytisus cajan Linnaeus)
Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Cajanus cajan PIGEONPEA Not Native
[Family identification key]

No identification key is available for this family.

Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Atylosia Atylosia Wight & Arnott, Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 257. 1834. TYPE: Atylosia candollei Wight & Arnott 1834, nom. illegit. (Collaea trinervia de Candolle 1825; Atylosia trinervia (de Candolle) Gamble 1918.) Lectotypified by Hutchinson, Gen. Fl. Pl. 1: 421. 1964.
Cajan Cajan Adanson, Fam. Pl. 2: 326, 529. 1763, nom. rej. vs. Cajanus de Candolle 1825. TYPE: = Cajanus de Candolle 1813.
Cajanum Cajanum Rafinesque, Sylva Tellur. 25. 1838. TYPE: = Cajanus de Candolle 1813.
Cantharospermum Cantharospermum Wight & Arnott, Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 255. 1834. TYPE: Cantharospermum pauciflorum Wight & Arnott 1834, nom. illegit. (Dolichos scarabaeoides Linnaeus 1753; Cantharospermum scarabaeoides (Linnaeus) Baillon 1883.) Lectotypified by Pfeiffer, Nomencl. Bot. 1: 580. 1872.
Endomallus Endomallus Gagnepain, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 3: 184. 1915. TYPE: Endomallus pellitus Gagnepain 1915. Lectotypified by Hutchinson, Gen. Fl. Pl. 1: 443. 1964.