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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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Synonyms of Mucuna

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Cacuvallum Medik. Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. 2: 399 (1787) wfo-4000005892
Carpopogon Roxb. ex Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 4(2): 272 (1827) wfo-4000006809
Citta Lour. Fl. Cochinch. : 456 (1790) wfo-4000008412
Hornera Neck. ex A.Juss. Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 21: 431 (1821) wfo-4000018293
Labradia Swediaur Arzneymitt. 1: 164 (1801) wfo-4000020334
Macroceratides Raddi Mem. Mat. Fis. Soc. Ital. Sci. Modena, Pt. Mem. Fis. 18: 392 (1820) wfo-4000022684
Marcanthus Lour. Fl. Cochinch. : 460 (1790) wfo-4000023111
Negretia Ruiz & Pav. Fl. Peruv. Prodr. : 98 (1794) wfo-4000025495
Pillera Endl. Prodr. Fl. Norfolk. : 91 (1833) wfo-4000029683
Stizolobium P.Browne Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica : 290 (1756) wfo-4000036752
Zoophthalmum P.Browne Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica : 295 (1756) 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 acuminata Graham Numer. List [Wallich] n. 5621. [1831-1832] wfo-0000207059
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna anguinea Sweet Hort. Brit. [Sweet] 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 biplicata Kurz J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist.43: 186 (1874) — wfo-0000207065
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna biplicata Teijsm. & Binn. Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. (Teijsmann & Binnendijk) 261, nomen. 1866 — wfo-0000207067
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna diabolica B.Heyne – — wfo-0000207070
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna diabolica Keuchenius – wfo-0000187938
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna dichroa Hoffmanns. Preiss-Verzeichn. Pflanzen. 10(Nachtr.): 80 (1842) wfo-0000377765
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 Hook.f. – — wfo-0000182428
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna imbricata DC. ex Baker Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 2(pt. 4): 185. 1876 [May 1876] wfo-0000203930
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna junghuhnianum Backer ex Koord.-Schum. Syst. Verz. i. Fam. 128, 65 (1911). wfo-0000377779
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 macroceratides DC. Prodr. 2: 406 (1825) 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 pachycarpa Wiriad. – — wfo-0000207102
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 purpurea DC. ex Pammel Man. Poisonous Pl. 832 (1911), nomen. wfo-0001056347
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mucuna urens (Jacq.) DC. – — wfo-0000166080
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 (Roxb. ex Spreng.) Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 1: 300 (1840) wfo-0000377822