Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. AND Cajanus cajan (L.) Huth

Dinesh Valke

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Dec 22, 2021, 1:03:52 PM12/22/21

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Dear friends,

I was about to compile names of the species Cajanus cajan, when I stumbled across pages for each of these taxons - Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. AND Cajanus cajan (L.) Huth at POWO and GBIF, and perhaps they are listed similarly in other taxonomical sites. At Wikipedia, there is Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. ... at eFI, we have Cajanus cajan (L.) Huth ... at FoI, we have Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.

There may be some reason why both taxa are listed as accepted names; but I think they both are pointing to the same popular plant that is cultivated world-over. Please help me know which one is to be considered as heading for compiling its names in Indian languages. In my notes, I have been using Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.

Regards.

Dinesh

Saroj Kasaju

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Dec 22, 2021, 1:50:57 PM12/22/21

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https://www.ipni.org/n/1006709-2

If we follow CoL, Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. should be the accepted name !

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

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J.M. Garg

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Dec 22, 2021, 7:40:36 PM12/22/21

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It is better to follow IPNI when in doubt.

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Dinesh Valke

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Dec 22, 2021, 10:32:06 PM12/22/21

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Thank you very very much, Saroj ji and Garg ji.

I will go with Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. as per IPNI.

Regards.

Dinesh

Saroj Kasaju

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Dec 23, 2021, 12:18:06 AM12/23/21

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OK Dinesh Ji !

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

Dinesh Valke

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Dec 23, 2021, 1:03:01 AM12/23/21

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On going through the following pages, I found:

GBIF: Cajanus cajan (L.) Huth as "ACCEPTED" and Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. as "DOUBTFUL"

POWO: Cajanus cajan (L.) Huth

IPNI: Cajanus cajan (L.) Huth ... here, Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. and Cajanus cajan (L.) Druce are mentioned as isonyms.

Thus, I am taking Cajanus cajan (L.) Huth as heading for compilation of vernacular names.

Thanks once again, Saroj ji and Garg ji.

Regards.

Dinesh

Gurcharan Singh

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Dec 28, 2021, 8:32:52 AM12/28/21

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Dinesh ji, when dealing with accepted names we have to follow nomenclature rules

Earliest name for the plant is Cytisus cajan Linn., 1753

Since this species was later transferred to genus Cajanus, we have to follow earliest valid combination

We have these

Cajanus cajan (L.) Huth, Helios 11: 133 (1893).

Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp., Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 2(1): 53 (1900).
Cajanus cajan (L.) Druce, Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 4(Suppl. 2): 611 (1917).