Genus Hedysarum L.


Summary
Genus number:
5458
Last updated:
1 August 2025
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Hedysareae
Accession count:

228 (129  active, 69  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
conserved (nom. cons.) with a conserved type (Madrid ICN Art. 14.9 & App. III)


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References:
  1. Brummitt, R. K. 2000. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 49. Taxon 49:277. Note: conservation proposal recommended
  2. Choi, B. H. & H. Ohashi. 1998. (1377) Proposal to conserve the name Hedysarum (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae) with a conserved type. Taxon 47:877.
  3. Choi, B. H. & H. Ohashi. 2003. Generic criteria and an infrageneric system for Hedysarum and related genera (Papilionoideae-Leguminosae). Taxon 52:567-576.
  4. Lewis, G. et al., eds. 2005. Legumes of the world 493.
  5. Liu, P.-L. et al. 2017. Hedysarum L. (Fabaceae: Hedysareae) is not monophyletic - Evidence from phylogenetic analyses based on five nuclear and five plastid sequences. PLoS One 12(1): e0170596. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0170596.
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=5458. Accessed 17 April 2026.