Mucuna urens

Mucuna urens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Photokaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Phaseoleae
Subtribe: Unassigned genera
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
  • Hornera urens (L.) Neck. in Elem. Bot. 3: 44 (1790), opus utique oppr.
  • 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
  • Cacuvallum altissimus Medik., Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. 2: 400 (1787)
  • Canavalia altissima (Jacq.) Macfad., Fl. Jamaica 1: 292 (1837)
  • Clitoria zoophthalmum L., Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1172 (1759)
  • Dolichos altissimus Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl.: 27 (1760), nom. utique rej.
  • Hornera altissima (Jacq.) Neck., Elem. Bot. 3: 44 (1790), opus utique oppr.
  • Mucuna altissima (Jacq.) DC., Prodr. 2: 405 (1825)
  • Mucuna altissima var. pilosula Benth. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 15(1): 170 (1862)
  • Mucuna umbellata Salzm. ex Benth. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 15(1): 169 (1859)
  • Negretia sericea Willd. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 164 (1841), not validly publ.
  • Phaseolus pruriens Noronha,Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 23 (1790), nom. nud.
  • Stizolobium altissimum (Jacq.) Pers., Syn. Pl. 2: 299 (1807)

References

Primary references

• Medikus, F.K. 1787. Vorlesungen der Churpfälzischen physicalisch-ökonomischen Gesellschaft 2: 399.
• Verdcourt, B. 1997. Taxon 46: 469.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Mucuna urens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 April 28. Reference page. 
• 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. Reference page. 

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