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Canavalia kauensis is a low growing vine of the sweet pea family (Papillionaceae) and endemic to Kauai, Hawai'i. It was discovered in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park when an area was fenced off to exclude feral goats. It is believed that the seeds lay dormant for over two hundred years.[1][2]
| Canavalia kauaiensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Canavalia |
| Species: | C. kauaiensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Canavalia kauaiensis J.D.Sauer
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References
edit- ^ Loope, Lloyd L.; Hamann, Ole; Stone, Charles P. (April 1988). "Comparative Conservation Biology of Oceanic Archipelagoes: Hawaii and the Galápagos". BioScience. 38 (4): 275. doi:10.2307/1310851.
- ^ St. John, Harold (1972). "Canavalia kauensis (Leguminosae), a new species from the Island of Hawaii Hawaiian plant studies 39". Pacific Science. 26 (4): 409–414. Retrieved 14 November 2024.