Mucuna gigantea

Mucuna gigantea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Unieurosida Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Phaseoleae
Subtribe: Unassigned genera
Genus: Mucuna
Species: Mucuna gigantea

Name

• Mucuna gigantea (Willd.) DC., Prodr. 2: 405. 1825.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Dolichos giganteus Willd., Sp. Pl. 3: 1041. 1803.

• Homotypic
  • Carpopogon giganteus (Willd.) Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 287. 1832.
  • Dolichos altissimus Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl. 27. 1760, nom. rej. prop.
  • Mucuna altissima (Jacq.) DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 2: 405. 1825 [1].
  • Negretia gigantea (Willd.) Oken, Allg. Naturgesch. 3(3): 1666. 1841.
  • Stizolobium altissimum (Jacq.) Pers., Syn. Pl. 2(2): 299. 1807 [2].
  • Stizolobium altissimum (Jacq.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 208. 1891 [3], comb. inval.
  • Stizolobium giganteum (Willd.) Moon, Cat. Pl. Ceylon. 53. 1824 [4].
  • Stizolobium giganteum (Willd.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. (ed. 16) 4(2, Cur. Post.): 281. 1827, comb. superfl.
  • Stizolobium giganteum (Willd.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 208. 1891, comb. superfl.

• Heterotypic
  • Mucuna gigantea subsp. plurisemina Verdc., Kew Bull. 33(1): 126. 1978.
  • Mucuna gigantea subsp. quadrialata (Baker) Verdc., Kew Bull. 24(2): 287. 1970.
  • Mucuna gigantea subsp. tashiroi (Hayata) H.Ohashi & Tateishi, J. Jap. Bot. 51(6): 166. 1976.
  • Mucuna grevei Drake, Hist. Phys. Madagascar 30: 111–112. 1902.
  • Mucuna longipedicellata Hauman, Bull. Jard. Bot. Etat 25: 98. 1955.
  • Mucuna quadrialata Baker in Oliver & al., Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 186. 1871.
  • Mucuna tashiroi Hayata, Icon. Pl. Formosan. 3: 75. 1913.
  • Stizolobium quadrialatum (Baker) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 208. 1891.

References

• African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). June. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 2015. Reference page. 
• De Candolle, A.P. (1825) Prodr. 2: 405.
• 'eFloras 2008. Mucuna gigantea in Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
• Moura, T.M., Tozzi, A.M.G.A., Gereau, R.E., Mansano, V.F. & Lewis, G.P., (2014) Proposal to reject the name Dolichos altissimus (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae) thus protecting the name Mucuna gigantea. Taxon 63(2): 439 [5].
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Mucuna gigantea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Burny bean, Sea bean
• ไทย: หมามุ่ยช้าง

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