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Fabaceae

Mucuna

Mucuna sericophylla Perkins

First published in Fragm. Pl. Filip.: 6 (1851)

This species is accepted

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

Taxonomy

Distribution
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Other data

Native to:

Philippines

Homotypic Synonyms

Mucuna pruriens var. sericophylla (Perkins) Wilmot-Dear in Kew Bull. 46: 247 (1991)

Heterotypic Synonyms

Mucuna luzoniensis Merr. in Philipp. J. Sci. 1(Suppl.): 196 (1906)
Stizolobium sericophyllum Piper in Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 30: 52 (1917)

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Wiriadinata, H., Ohashi, H. & Adema, F. (2016). Notes on Malesian Fabaceae (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae) 16. The genus Mucuna. Blumea 61: 90-124.

Kew Backbone Distributions

Wiriadinata, H., Ohashi, H. & Adema, F. (2016). Notes on Malesian Fabaceae (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae) 16. The genus Mucuna. Blumea 61: 90-124.

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

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