Pachyrhizus

Pachyrhizus erosus

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: Pachyrhizus
Species: P. ahipa – P. erosus – P. ferrugineus – P. panamensis – P. tuberosus

Name

Pachyrhizus Rich. ex DC. (1825), nom. cons.

• Type species: P. angulatus Rich. ex DC., nom. illeg.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Cacara Thouars, Dict. Sci. Nat. (F.Cuvier) 6: 35. 1806, nom. rej.
    • Type species: C. erosa (L.) Kuntze
  • Pachyrrhizos Spreng.
  • Robynsia Martens & Galeotti, Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 10(2): 193. 1843, nom. illeg. non Drapiez (1841) nom. rej.
    • Type species: non design.
  • Taeniocarpum Desv., Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 9: 420. 1826.
    • Type species: T. articulatum (Lam.) Desv.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: America Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Venezuela Introduced into: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cambodia, Cameroon, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Fiji, Florida, Gabon, Hainan, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Jawa, Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Maldives, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Réunion, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad-Tobago, Vietnam, Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Richard, L.C.M. in De Candolle, A.P., 1826. Mémoires sur la famille des Légumineuses: 379

Additional references

• De Candolle, A.P. 1825. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta. Pars 2: Sistens Calyciflorarum ordines X. 644 pp. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page. : 2: 402.
• Sørensen, M. 1988. A taxonomic revision of the genus Pachyrhizus (Fabaceae-Phaseoleae). Nordic J. Bot. 8(2): 167–192.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Pachyrhizus 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. Pachyrhizus. Published online. Accessed: May 17 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Pachyrhizus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 May 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Pachyrhizus. 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. . Pachyrhizus. Accessed: 17 May 2021.

Vernacular names

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