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Mucuna Adans.

This genus name was first published in Fam. Pl. 2: 325 (1763)   Link to external nomenclature reference

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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Synonyms of Mucuna

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Cacuvallum Medik. Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Ökon. Ges.2: 399 (1787) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000005892
Carpopogon Roxb. ex Spreng. Syst. Veg. ed. 16, 4(2): 272 (1827) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000006809
Citta – Fl. Cochinch.: 456 (1790) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000008412
Hornera – G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2.21: 431 (1821) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000018293
Labradia Swediaur Arzneymitt.1: 164 (1801) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000020334
Macroceratides – Mem. Mat. Fis. Soc. Ital. Sci. Modena, Pt. Mem. Fis.18: 392 (1820) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000022684
Marcanthus Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 460 (1790) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000023111
Negretia Ruiz & Pav. Fl. Peruv. Prodr.: 98 (1794) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000025495
Pillera Endl. Prodr. Fl. Norfolk.: 91 (1833) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000029683
Stizolobium P.Browne Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica: 290 (1756) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000036752
Zoophthalmum P.Browne Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica: 295 (1756) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000044224

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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. [Sweet] 482. 1826 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000377398
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna balfouriana A.Murray bis Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh6: 289 (1860) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000377399
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna biplicata Teijsm. & Binn. ex Kurz J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 43: 186. 1874 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200024383
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna dichroa Hoffmanns. Preiss-Verzeichn. Pflanzen.10: 80 (1842) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000377765
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna eriocarpa Barb.Rodr. Pl. Jard. Rio de Janeiro6: 11 (1898) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000377768
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna junghuhnianum Backer ex Koord.-Schum. Syst. Verz. i. Fam. 128, 65 (1911). Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000377779
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna lindro Piper Rhodesia Agric. J.19: 386 (1922) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000377776
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna macroceratides DC. Prodr.2: 406 (1825) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000174440
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna nivea (Roxb.) DC. ex Wight – — wfo-0000182556
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna parvifolia Burck Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg11: 188 (1893) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000377761
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna purpurea DC. ex Pammel Man. Poisonous Pl. 832 (1911), nomen. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001056347
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna taborensis Schweinf. ex Piper Rhodesia Agric. J.19: 386 (1922) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000377799
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna venenosa A.Murray bis Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh6: 289 (1860) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000377826
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna volubilis (Roxb. ex Spreng.) Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 300 (1840) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000377822