Mucuna urens

Mucuna urens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Phaseoleae
Subtribus: Erythrininae
Genus: Mucuna
Species: Mucuna urens

Name

• Mucuna urens (L.) Medik., Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Öcon. Ges. 2: 399. 1787.
  • Lectotype: "Phaseolus Americanus frutescens, foliis glabris, lobis pluribus, villosis, pungentibus, fructu orbiculari, plano, hilo nigro, tanquam annulo, totum fere ambiente" Plukenet, Phytogr. t. 213, fig. 2. 1692. BM (HERB. SLOANE 97, FIG. 86) (Herb. Sloane 97: 86). Vide Verdc. (1997).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Dolichos urens L., Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1162. 1759.

• Homotypic
  • Labradia urens (L.) Swed., Arzneymittellehre 1: 164. 1801, comb. inval.
  • Negretia urens (L.) Blanco, Fl. Filip. 586. 1837 [1].
  • Stizolobium urens (L.) Pers., Syn. Pl. 2(2): 299. 1807 [2].

• Heterotypic
  • Clitoria zoophthalmum L., Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 2: 1172. 1759.

References

• Medikus, F.K. (1787) Vorlesungen der Churpfälzischen physicalisch-ökonomischen Gesellschaft 2: 399.
• Verdcourt, B. (1997) Taxon 46: 469.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Mucuna urens in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

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