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March 2019

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genus

Mucuna Adans.

This genus name was first published in Fam. Pl. 2: 325 (1763)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000024941.

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Mucuna:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna anguinea Sweet Hort. Brit. 482 1826 wfo-0000377398
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna balfouriana A.Murray bis Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 6: 289 1860 wfo-0000377399
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna blumei Burck Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg 11: 185 1893 wfo-0000377407
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna brachycarpa Rech. Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 89: 562 1913 publ. 1914 wfo-0000377408
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna ceramensis Burck Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg 11: 184 1893 wfo-0000377410
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna ckienkweiensis G.Z.Li J. Wuhan Bot. Res. 8: 144 1990 wfo-0000377411
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna coriocarpa Hand.-Mazz. Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 62: 224 1925 wfo-0000377404
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna corymbosa Graham Numer. List 5622 1831 wfo-0000377405
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna cristata Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Numer. List 5623 1831 wfo-0000377402
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna cuatrecasasii Hern.Cam. & C.Barbosa ex L.K.Ruíz Estud. Legum. Colomb. 2: 393 2009 wfo-0000744273
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna diabolica B.Heyne wfo-0000207070
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna dichroa Hoffmanns. Preiss-Verz. Pfl. 10: 80 1842 wfo-0000377765
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna elegans Merr. & L.M.Perry J. Arnold Arbor. 23: 406 1942 wfo-0000377770
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna elmeri Merr. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 15: 108 1929 wfo-0000377764
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna eriocarpa Barb.Rodr. Pl. Jard. Rio de Janeiro 6: 11 1898 wfo-0000377768
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna flagellipes Vogel ex Benth. Niger Fl. 307 307 1849 wfo-0001055399
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna glabra (Reinecke) Wilmot-Dear Kew Bull. 45: 21 1990 wfo-0000377762
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna hirtipetala Wilmot-Dear & R.Sha in Fl. China 10: 215 2010 wfo-0000746760
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna homblei De Wild. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 541 1913 wfo-0000377778
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna incurvata Wilmot-Dear & R.Sha in Fl. China 10: 218 2010 wfo-0000746759
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna japira A.M.G.Azevedo, K.Agostini & Sazima Taxon 54: 452 2005 wfo-0000377781
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna junghuhnianum Backer ex Koord.-Schum. Syst. Verz. 1(128): 65 1911 wfo-0000377779
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna kawakabutii Wiriad. J. Jap. Bot. 65: 97 1990 wfo-0000377771
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna keyensis Burck Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg 11: 189 1893 wfo-0000377772
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna kostermansii Wiriad. J. Jap. Bot. 65: 99 1990 wfo-0000377773
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna lignosa Scop. Intr. Hist. Nat. 309 1777 wfo-0000377775
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna lindro Piper Rhodesia Agric. J. 19: 386 1922 wfo-0000377776
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna martini H.Lév. & Vaniot Bull. Soc. Bot. France 55: 409 1908 wfo-0000377754
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna neocaledonica Baker f. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 45: 295 1921 wfo-0000377750
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna nigra Buch.-Ham. Numer. List 5617 1831 wfo-0000377751
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna ovalis Baker f. J. Bot. 62(Suppl.): 32 1924 wfo-0000377756
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna pachylobia Rock Legum. Pl. Hawaii 199 1920 wfo-0000377757
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna parvifolia Burck Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg 11: 188 1893 wfo-0000377761
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna pauciflora Blume ex Burck Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg 11: 188 1893 wfo-0000377759
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna pruriens var. utilis (Wall. ex Wight) Baker ex Burck Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg 11: 187 187 1893 wfo-0001060755
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna purpurea DC. ex Pammel Man. Poison. Pl. 832 832 1911 wfo-0001056347
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna rutilans DC. Prodr. 2: 404 1825 wfo-0000377807
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna schmutzii Wiriad. J. Jap. Bot. 65: 102 1990 wfo-0000377810
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna subumbellata Wilmot-Dear Kew Bull. 45: 8 1990 wfo-0000377808
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna sumbawaensis Wiriad. J. Jap. Bot. 65: 104 1990 wfo-0000377798
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna taborensis Schweinf. ex Piper Rhodesia Agric. J. 19: 386 1922 wfo-0000377799
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna terrens H. Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13(363–367): 264 264 1914 wfo-0001056346
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna tjerolang Blume ex Burck Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg 11: 190 1893 wfo-0000377801
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna toppingii Merr. J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 76: 85 1917 wfo-0000377802
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna umbellata Salzm. ex Benth. Fl. Bras. 15(1): 169 1859 wfo-0000377803
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna urentissima Blume ex Burck Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg 11: 185 1893 wfo-0000377804
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna venenosa A.Murray bis Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 6: 289 1860 wfo-0000377826
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna volubilis Steud. Nomencl. Bot. ed. 2, 2: 164 1841 wfo-0000377822
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna wertheimii Burck Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg 11: 188 1893 wfo-0000377824