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  1. Family: Fabaceae Lindl.
    1. Genus: Glycine Willd.

      1. Glycine max (L.) Merr.

        This species is accepted, and its native range is China to Temp. E. Asia.

    [ILDIS]

    International Legume Database and Information Service

    Conservation
    Cultigen not known in the wild
    Ecology
    Africa: Cultivated
    Habit
    Annual, Climbing/Not climbing, Herb
    Vernacular
    Bhat, Bhatwar, Bhetmas, Boo-mae, Ekme Soya, Fejao-soja, Gauruotoji Soja, Glicine, Glitzine Krupneishaya, Glitzine Shchetinistaya, GM Soya, Karvane Sojauba, Kitaiskie Boby, Ram Kurthi, Ramkurthi, Rgya-sran, Sarmataina Soja, Soe Mare, Soijapapu, Soja, Sojab
    [CPLC]

    Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

    Distribution
    Cultivada en Colombia; Alt. 500 - 1100 m.; Amazonia, Valle del Cauca, Valle del Magdalena.
    Habit
    Hierba, arbusto
    [ILDIS]
    Use
    Chemical products, Domestic, Environmental, Fibre, Food and Drink, Forage, Medicine

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    Distribution

    Native to:

    China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Ecuador, Galápagos, Hainan, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Laos, Manchuria, Qinghai, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, Xinjiang

    Introduced into:

    Alabama, Amur, Assam, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Benin, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cayman Is., Central European Rus, Chad, Congo, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Guinea, Honduras, Illinois, India, Iraq, Jawa, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Pakistan, Philippines, Primorye, Puerto Rico, Queensland, South European Russi, Sri Lanka, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vermont, West Himalaya

    Accepted Infraspecifics

    Synonyms

    Other Data

    Glycine max (L.) Merr. appears in other Kew resources:

    Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
    Oct 1, 2000 Etuge, M. [1539], Cameroon K000051303
    Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5529], Nepal Soja hispida K001121174
    Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5529], Myanmar Soja hispida K001121175
    s.coll. [Cat. no. 5529] Soja hispida K001121172
    s.coll. [Cat. no. 5529] Soja hispida K001121173
    s.coll. [Cat. no. 5529] Soja hispida K001121176
    s.coll. [Cat. no. 5529] Soja hispida K001121177
    s.coll. [Cat. no. 5529] Soja hispida K001121178
    s.coll. [Cat. no. 5606], India Phaseolus max K001121434
    s.coll. [Cat. no. 5606], India Phaseolus max K001121435
    s.coll. [Cat. no. 5606], India Phaseolus max K001121436

    Bibliography

    First published in Interpr. Herb. Amboin.: 274 (1917)

    Accepted by

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    • Mostaph, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
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    Kew Backbone Distributions

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    • Choudhary, R.K., Srivastava, R.C., Das, A.K. & Lee, J. (2012). Floristic diversity assessment and vegetation analysis of Upper Siang district of eastern Himalaya in North East India Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy 42: 222-246.
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    • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
    • Kral, R., Diamond, A.R., Ginzbarg, S.L., Hansen, C.J., Haynes, R.R., Keener, B.R., Lelong, M.G., Spaulding, D.D. & Woods, M. (2011). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Alabama: 1-112. Botanical reseach institute of Texas.
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