Taxon:  Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr. var. montana



Summary
Genus:
Pueraria
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Phaseoleae
Subtribe:
Glycininae
Nomen number:
314965
Verified:
04/21/1999 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr. (0 active accession[s])
Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr. var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S. M. Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep (0 active accession[s])
Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr. var. thomsonii (Benth.) M. R. Almeida (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Dolichos montanus Lour.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi var. montana (Lour.) Maesen

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Glycine javanica L.
Glycine javanica L. subsp. javanica
Glycine javanica L. var. javanica
Pueraria omeiensis F. T. Wang & Tang, nom. nud.
Pueraria tonkinensis Gagnep.

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Reference(s)
  1. Maesen, L. J. G. van der & S. M. Almeida. 1988. Two corrections to the nomenclature in revision of Pueraria DC. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 85:233.
  2. Maesen, L. J. G. van der. 1985. Revision of the genus Pueraria DC. with some notes on Teyleria Backer (Leguminosae). Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. 85-1:53-58.
  3. Maesen, L. J. G. van der. 1994. Pueraria, the kudzu and its relatives: an update of the taxonomy 66. Note: in M. Sørensen, Proc. 1st Int. Symp. Tuberous Legumes
  4. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English Taiwan kudzu 1 Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
English wild kudzu 1 Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Transcribed Chinese shan ge teng 2 Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanRyukyu Islands 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaHong Kong  
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChina e. & s.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaLaos  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: Hong Kong, China (e. & s.)
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan [Ryukyu Islands], Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDO-CHINA: Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Philippines
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Medicinesfolkloreas Pueraria omeiensisBensky, D., A. Gamble, & T. J. Kaptchuk. 1993. Chinese herbal medicine: Materia medica, rev. ed. Note: Eastland Press, Seattle
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grinczech.vurv.cz/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=314965. Accessed 21 May 2024.