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Fabaceae

Mucuna

Mucuna mollissima Teijsm. & Binn. ex Kurz

First published in J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 43: 187 (1874)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is Maluku to Papuasia. It is a liana and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution
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Other data

Native to:

Bismarck Archipelago, Maluku, New Guinea, Solomon Is.

Homotypic Synonyms

Stizolobium mollissimum (Teijsm. & Binn. ex Kurz) Piper in Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 30: 53 (1917)

Heterotypic Synonyms

Mucuna amblyodon Harms in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 372 (1920)
Mucuna baileyana Merr. & L.M.Perry in J. Arnold Arbor. 23: 404 (1942)
Mucuna clemensiae Merr. & L.M.Perry in J. Arnold Arbor. 29: 156 (1948)
Mucuna cyanosperma K.Schum. in K.M.Schumann & U.M.Hollrung, Fl. Kais. Wilh. Land: 98 (1889)
Mucuna urens var. papuana F.M.Bailey in Queensland Agric. J. 24: 20 (1910)
Stizolobium cyanospermum (K.Schum.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 208 (1891)

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Lock, J.M. & Ford, C.S. (2004). Legumes of Malesia a Check-List: 1-295. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Wiriadinata, H., Ohashi, H. & Adema, F. (2016). Notes on Malesian Fabaceae (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae) 16. The genus Mucuna. Blumea 61: 90-124.

Kew Backbone Distributions

Lock, J.M. & Ford, C.S. (2004). Legumes of Malesia a Check-List: 1-295. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

International Legume Database and Information Service

Verdcourt, B. (1979). A Manual of New Guinea Legumes. Office of Forests, Lae, PNG

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

International Legume Database and Information Service
- International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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
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