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Mucuna
pruriens
(L.) DC.
Published In:
Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 2: 405. 1825. (
Prodr.
)
Synonymy
Carpopogon niveus Roxb.
Carpopogon pruriens (L.) Roxb.
Dolichos pruriens L.
Hornera pruriens (L.) Neck.
Labradia pruriens (L.) Swed.
Mucuna aterrima (Piper & Tracy) Holland
Mucuna aterrima (Piper & Tracy) Merr.
Mucuna pluricostata Barb. Rodr.
Mucuna pruriens var. pruriens
Mucuna pruriens var. utilis (Wall. ex Wight) Baker ex Burck
Mucuna psittacina Miers
Mucuna utilis Wall. ex Wight
Negretia pruriens (L.) Oken
Stizolobium aterrimum Piper & Tracy
Stizolobium niveum (Roxb.) Kuntze
Stizolobium pruriens (L.) Medik.
Project Name Data
(Last Modified On 4/22/2019)
Acceptance :
Accepted
Checklist 2018 onwards
(Last Modified On 3/14/2024)
Updates by:
Jørgensen, Peter Møller
Reason(s) for update(s):
New report for VPA region(s), Added VPA Geography, Changed or added synonymy, Added Reference(s)
Geography:
Mexico, Central America, West Indies, Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela, Guianas, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil
Countries (within Regions):
Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico
Habit:
Vine
Reference(s):
Ståhl, B. & et al. 2016. 82–84. Leguminoseae-Phaseoleae, Part 1. Fl. Ecuador 93: 1–89, f. 1–21; pl. 1–5.
Moura, T. M., V. F. Mansano, B. M. Torke, G. P. Lewis & A.M.G. Azevedo Tozzi. 2013. A taxonomic revision of Mucuna (Fabaceae: Papilionoideae: Phaseoleae) in Brazil. Syst. Bot. 38(3): 631–637, f. 1–2.
Brazil Flora Group. (eds.) 2023 onward. Flora e funga do Brasil.
Moura, T. M., G. P. Lewis, V. F. Mansano & A.M.G. Azevedo Tozzi. 2018. A revision of the neotropical Mucuna species (Leguminosae-Pepilionoideae). Phytotaxa 337(1): 1–65.
Notes:
Pantropical, but possibly an early introduction
Lower Taxa
!
Mucuna
pruriens
var.
pruriens
=
Mucuna
pruriens
(L.) DC.
!
Mucuna
pruriens
var.
utilis
(Wall. ex Wight) Baker ex Burck
=
Mucuna
pruriens
(L.) DC.