Genus Pueraria DC.


Summary
Genus number:
10140
Last updated:
4 May 2000
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Phaseoleae
Subtribe:
Glycininae
Common name(s):

kudzu
Accession count:

134 (15  active, 10  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:


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References:
  1. Lee, J. & T. Hymowitz. 2001. A molecular phylogenetic study of the subtribe Glycininae (Leguminosae) derived from the chloroplast DNA rps16 intron sequences. Amer. J. Bot. 88:2064-2073. Note: not monophyletic, should be divided into at least four genera
  2. Lewis, G. et al., eds. 2005. Legumes of the world 418.
  3. Maesen, L. J. G. van der. 1985. Revision of the genus Pueraria DC. with some notes on Teyleria Backer (Leguminosae). Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. 85-1:1-132.
  4. Maesen, L. J. G. van der. 1994. Pueraria, the kudzu and its relatives: an update of the taxonomy 55-86. Note: in M. Sørensen, Proc. 1st Int. Symp. Tuberous Legumes
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=10140. Accessed 15 April 2026.