Pueraria DC.
Distribution
Native to:
Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Manchuria, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Philippines, Primorye, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vanuatu, Vietnam, West Himalaya
Introduced into:
Alabama, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Arkansas, Azores, Bermuda, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Hawaii, Honduras, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Krym, Liberia, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Mozambique, New Jersey, New South Wales, New York, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Nova Scotia, Oklahoma, Panamá, Pennsylvania, Queensland, Samoa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Society Is., South Carolina, Sudan, Tadzhikistan, Tennessee, Texas, Tonga, Transcaucasus, Ukraine, Virginia, Wallis-Futuna Is., Yugoslavia, Zaïre
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Bujacia E.Mey. in Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr.: 127 (1836)
- Glycine L. in Sp. Pl.: 753 (1753), nom. rej.
- Zeydora Lour. ex Gomes Mach. in Mem. Acad. Real Sci. Lisboa, 2 Cl. Sci. Moraes, n.s., 4(1): 27 (1868)
Accepted Species
- Pueraria alopecuroides Craib
- Pueraria bella Prain
- Pueraria bouffordii H.Ohashi
- Pueraria calycina Franch.
- Pueraria candollei Wall. ex Benth.
- Pueraria edulis Pamp.
- Pueraria garhwalensis L.R.Dangwal & D.S.Rawat
- Pueraria grandiflora B.Pan bis & Bing Liu
- Pueraria imbricata Maesen
- Pueraria lacei Craib
- Pueraria maesenii Niyomdham
- Pueraria mirifica Airy Shaw & Suvat.
- Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr.
- Pueraria neocaledonica Harms
- Pueraria pulcherrima Merr. ex Koord.-Schum.
- Pueraria sikkimensis Prain
- Pueraria tuberosa (Roxb. ex Willd.) DC.
- Pueraria xyzhui H.Ohashi & Iokawa
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- in Ann. Sci. Nat., ser. 1, 4: 97 (1825).
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- in Ann. Sci. Nat. 4: 97 (1825)
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Legumes of the World Online
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