Fabaceae
Mucuna

Mucuna klitgaardiae T.M.Moura, G.P.Lewis & A.M.G.Azevedo

First published in Kew Bull. 68: 149 (2012)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ecuador to N. Peru. It is a liana and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Ecuador, Peru

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • De Moura, T.M., Lewis, G.P., Mansano, V.F. & Tozzi, A.M.G.A. (2018). A revision of the neotropical Mucuna species (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae). Phytotaxa 337: 1-65.
  • Moura, T.M., Lewis, G.P., Mansano, V.F. & Tozzi, A.M.G.A. (2014). Taxonomic studies in Mucuna Adans. (Leguminosae - Papilionoideae) from Peru. Systematic Botany 39: 884-896.

Kew Bulletin

  • De Candolle, A. C. P. de (1825). ProdromusSystematis Naturalis RegniVegetabilis 2. Treuttel & Würtz, Paris, Strasbourg & London.
  • Ducke, A. (1925). Plantesnouvellesoupeuconnues de la régionamazonienne. In: A. P. Leão, A. Ducke, A. & J. G. Kuhlmann (ed.), Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 4: 1 – 208.
  • Fawcett, W. & Rendle, A. B. (1917). Notes on Jamaica Plants. J. Bot. 55: 35 – 38.
  • Hooker, J. D. & Bentham, G. (1849). Leguminosae. Flora Nigritiana, pp. 291 – 316. Hippolyte Bailliere Publisher, London.
  • IUCN (2001). IUCN Red list Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1. IUCN Species Survival Commision. IUCN, Gland and Cambridge.
  • Lewis, G. P., Hughes, C. E., DazaYomona, A., Sotuyo, J. S. & Simon, M. F. (2010). Three new legumes endemic to the Marañón Valley, Perú. Kew Bull. 65: 209 – 220.
  • Medikus, F. K. (1787). VersucheinerneuenLehrart, die PflanzennachzweyMethodenzugleich, nehmlichnach der künstlichen und natürlichenzuordnen, durcheinBeyspieleinernatürlichenFamilie. Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Öcon. Ges. 2: 327 – 460.
  • Moura, T. M., Zamora, N. A., Torke, B. M., Mansano, V. F. & Tozzi, A. M. G. A. (2012). A new species of Mucuna (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae-Phaseoleae) from Costa Rica and Panama. Phytotaxa 60: 1 – 8.
  • Ruiz, L. K. (2009). Sinopsis de las especiesColombianas de Mucuna (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae: Phaseoleae). In: E. Forero (ed.), EstúdiosenLeguminosasColombianas II, pp. 387 – 417. Universidade Nacional Colombiana, Bogotá.
  • Standley, P. C. (1922). Trees and Shrubs of Mexico 2. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23: 171 – 515.
  • Tozzi, A. M. G. A., Agostini, K. & Sazima, M. (2005). A new species of MucunaAdans. (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae, Phaseoleae) from southeastern Brazil, with a key to Brazilian species. Taxon 54: 451 – 455.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Moura, T.M., Lewis, G.P., Mansano, V.F. & Tozzi, A.M.G.A. (2014). Taxonomic studies in Mucuna Adans. (Leguminosae - Papilionoideae) from Peru. Systematic Botany 39: 884-896.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2012 Klitgaard, B.B. [653], Ecuador K000882350 holotype Yes
Jan 1, 2012 Klitgaard, B.B. [653], Ecuador K000882351 isotype Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 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 Bulletin

    • Kew Bulletin
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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