Pueraria

Pueraria montana

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: Glycininae
Genus: Pueraria
Species: P. alopecuroides – P. bella – P. bouffordii – P. calycina – P. candollei – P. edulis – P. garhwalensis – P. grandiflora – P. imbricata – P. lacei – P. maesenii – P. mirifica – P. montana – P. neocaledonica – P. pulcherrima – P. sikkimensis – P. tuberosa – P. xyzhui

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Pueraria in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 17. Reference page.

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Unresolved names: P. peduncularis – P. stricta – P. wallichii

Name

Pueraria DC., 1825

• Type species: Hedysarum tuberosum Roxb. ex Willd. LT designated by Burkart, Las Leguminosas Argentinas 544 (1943)

Synonyms

• Bujacia E.Mey.
• Glycine L.
• Zeydora Lour. ex Gomes Mach.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia to W. Pacific Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, 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, Bermuda, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Hawaii, Honduras, Illinois, Kansas, 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, South Carolina, Sudan, Tadzhikistan, Tennessee, Texas, Tonga, Transcaucasus, Ukraine, Virginia, Wallis-Futuna Is., Yugoslavia, Zaïre References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• De Candolle, A.P., 1825. Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 4: 97

Additional references

• Green, M.L. 1929. Prop. Brit. Bot. 176.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Pueraria in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 17. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Pueraria. Published online. Accessed: May 17 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Pueraria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 May 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Pueraria. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 17. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Pueraria. Accessed: 17 May 2021.
• Pueraria DC. – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Pueraria DC. in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2013-11-17.
• Pueraria – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
• EOL: Pueraria

Vernacular names

suomi: Kudzut
magyar: Fojtóbabok
日本語: クズ属
ქართული: პუერარია
polski: Opornik
svenska: Kudzubönssläktet

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