Fire Bean (species: Canavalia rosea) in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Canavalia rosea
Fire Bean


©Anne Hoggett: Canavalia rosea flowers at Lizard Island

©Anne Hoggett: Canavalia rosea trifoliate leaves, Lizard Island

©Anne Hoggett: Seed pod about 8 cm long of Canavalia rosea on granite rocks, Lizard Island lagoon.

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Kingdom Plantae
Division Tracheophyta
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Fabales
Family Fabaceae
Genus Canavalia
Species Canavalia rosea

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References

  • Buckley, R. (1988). Plant succession under repeated disturbance: establishment and growth of strandline forbs and creepers on unstable beaches in the wet tropics, Proceedings of the Ecological Society of Australia, 15: 307-311. LIRS catalog number 678.
  • Byrnes, N.B., S.L. Everist, S.T. Reynolds, A. Specht and R.L. Specht (1977). The vegetation of Lizard Island, North Queensland, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 88: 1-15. LIRS catalog number 3.
  • De Sloover, J.R. (2003). Terrestrial vegetation patterns and plant communitites on Pacific coral cays, Scripta Bot. Belg., 24: 155-167. LIRS catalog number 830.
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