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Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Mucuna
Genus recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Catalogue of Life in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Mucuna
Genus recognized by Eswatini Species List, wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia CZ, wikipedia CA, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, Angola Species List, Bangladesh Species List, Barbados Species List, Australia Species List, Belize Species List, Benin Species List, Bolivia Species List, Brazil Species List, Burkina Faso Species List, Burundi Species List, Cambodia Species List, Cameroon Species List, Central African Republic Species List, China Species List, Christmas Island Species List, Colombia Species List, Comoros Species List, Costa Rica Species List, Democratic Republic of the Congo Species List, Dominican Republic Species List, Ecuador Species List, El Salvador Species List, Equatorial Guinea Species List, Ethiopia Species List, Federated States of Micronesia Species List, French Guiana Species List, French Polynesia Species List, Gabon Species List, Ghana Species List, Guatemala Species List, Guinea Bissau Species List, Guinea Species List, Guyana Species List, Haiti Species List, Hong Kong Species List, India Species List, Ivory Coast Species List, Jamaica Species List, Kenya Species List, Laos Species List, Liberia Species List, Madagascar Species List, Malawi Species List, Malaysia Species List, Mali Species List, Mariana Islands Species List, Mayotte Species List, Myanmar Species List, Nepal Species List, New Caledonia Species List, Nicaragua Species List, Nigeria Species List, Panama Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Peru Species List, Paraguay Species List, Philippines Species List, Puerto Rico Species List, Republic of the Congo Species List, Reunion Species List, Samoa Species List, Sierra Leone Species List, South Sudan Species List, South Africa Species List, Suriname Species List, Taiwan Species List, Tanzania Species List, Thailand Species List, The Bahamas Species List, Timor Leste Species List, Togo Species List, Tonga Species List, Uganda Species List, Venezuela Species List, Vietnam Species List, Zambia Species List, Zimbabwe Species List, wikipedia ID, Argentina Species List, Indonesia Species List, Mexico Species List, Caribbean Sea Species List, Gulf of Guinea Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, wikipedia AST, wikipedia MS, NCBI, wikipedia emerging languages, EOL authors, United States Species List, wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, Paleobiology Database, wikipedia DE, wikipedia ES, wikipedia IT, wikipedia PT, wikipedia FR, wikipedia 한국어 위키백과, USDA PLANTS images, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, iNaturalist data coverage, Wikipedia (inferred records), GGBN data coverage, and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Mucuna
Recognized by Toxicity, Flora of Zimbabwe, and Furui 2020

Alternative Names

Caesalpinia mindorensis (Merr.) Hattink
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Caesalpinia L.)
Carpopogon anguineum Roxb.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Carpopogon anguineum Roxb. ex Baker
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Carpopogon atropurpureum Roxb.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Carpopogon volubilis Roxb.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Carpopogon volubilis Roxb. ex Steud.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Dolichos urens Jacq.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Dolichos urens L. 1759
Proparte synonym according to GBIF classification and GBIF classification
Mucuna acuminata Grah. ex Prain
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Mucuna acuminata Baker)
Mucuna acuminata Merr.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Mucuna acuminata Baker)
Mucuna altissima (Jacq.) DC.
Misapplied according to GBIF classification
Mucuna altissima Boj.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Mucuna altissima Boj. ex Benth.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Mucuna altissima Hook. & Arn.)
Mucuna altissima Hook. & Arn.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mucuna anguinea Sweet
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mucuna aterrima Merr.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mucuna atropurpurea (Roxb.) DC.
Misapplied according to GBIF classification
Mucuna atropurpurea Baker
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Mucuna balfouriana A. Murr.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mucuna blumei Burck
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mucuna bracteata DC. ex Kurz
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Mucuna bracteata DC.)
Mucuna capitata Sweet
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mucuna ceramensis Burck
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mucuna ckienkweiensis G. Z. Li
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mucuna coriocarpa Hand.-Mazz.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mucuna corymbosa Graham
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mucuna cristata Buch.-Ham.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Mucuna cristata Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mucuna cuatrecasasii Hern. Cam. & C. Barbosa
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Mucuna cuatrecasasii Hern. Cam. & C. Barbosa ex L. K. Ruíz
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mucuna cylindrosperma Welw.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Mucuna deeringiana Holland
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mucuna deeringiana Small
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Mucuna deeringiana Holland)
Mucuna diabolica B. Heyne
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mucuna diabolica Backer
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Mucuna diabolica Keuchenius
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Mucuna diabolica B.Heyne)
Mucuna dichroa Hoffmanns.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mucuna elegans Merr. & L. M. Perry
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mucuna elmeri Merr.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mucuna eriocarpa Barb. Rodr.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mucuna flagellipes Vog.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Mucuna flagellipes Vog. ex Benth.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Mucuna flagellipes Hook.f.)
Mucuna forbesii (Piper) Backer
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as doubtful taxon within Mucuna Adans.)
Mucuna forbesii Baker fil.
Misapplied according to GBIF classification
Mucuna glabra (Reinecke) Wilmot-Dear
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mucuna homblei De Wild.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mucuna iriomotensis Ohwi
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mucuna junghuhnianum Backer ex Koord.-Schum.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mucuna kawakabutii Wiriad.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mucuna keyensis Burck.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mucuna kostermansii Wiriad.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mucuna lignosa Scop.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mucuna lindro Piper
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mucuna mapirensis Rusby
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as doubtful taxon within Mucuna Adans.)
Mucuna melanocarpa Hochst.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Mucuna mollissima Teijsm. & Binn.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Mucuna mollissima Kurz)
Mucuna monosperma Wall.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Mucuna monosperma Wight)
Mucuna myriaptera Baker
Misapplied according to GBIF classification
Mucuna neocaledonica Baker fil.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mucuna nigra Buch.-Ham.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mucuna nova-guineensis Scheff.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mucuna ovalis Baker fil.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mucuna parvifolia Burck
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mucuna pauciflora Blume
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Mucuna pauciflora Blume ex Burck
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mucuna prurita Hook.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Mucuna purpurea DC.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Mucuna purpurea DC. ex Pammel
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mucuna recta Buch.-Ham.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mucuna rutilans DC.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mucuna schmutzii Wiriad.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mucuna stans Welw.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Mucuna subferruginea Hayata
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mucuna subumbellata Wilmot-Dear
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mucuna sumbawaensis Wiriad.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mucuna taborensis Schweinf.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Mucuna taborensis Schweinf. ex Piper
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mucuna tjerolang Blume
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Mucuna tjerolang Blume ex Burck
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mucuna toppingii Merr.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mucuna umbellata Salzm.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Mucuna urens (Jacq.) DC.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Mucuna urentissima Blume
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Mucuna urentissima Blume ex Burck
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mucuna venenosa A. Murr.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mucuna volubilis Steud.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mucuna wertheimii Burck
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Stizolobium atropurpureum (Roxb.) Kuntze
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Stizolobium bennettii Kuntze
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Stizolobium cyanospermum Kuntze
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Stizolobium cylindrospermum Kuntze
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Stizolobium flagellipes Kuntze
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Stizolobium forbesii Piper
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Stizolobium junghuhnian Kuntze
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Stizolobium kraetkei Kuntze
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Stizolobium macrocarpum Kuntze
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Stizolobium macroceras Spreng.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Stizolobium macrophyllum Kuntze
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Stizolobium maculatum
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Stizolobium melanocarpum Kuntze
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Stizolobium meyeri Spreng.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Stizolobium molle Kuntze
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Stizolobium mutisianum Kuntze
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Stizolobium nigricans Pers.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Stizolobium novoguineense Kuntze
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Stizolobium officinale
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Stizolobium platyphyllum Kuntze
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Stizolobium pseudostizolobium Kuntze
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Stizolobium rhynchosoides Piper
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Stizolobium spurium Kuntze
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Cacuvallum Medik.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Carpopogon Roxb. ex Spreng.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Citta Lour.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Hornera Neck. ex A. Juss.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Labradia Swediaur
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Macranthus Lour.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Macroceratides Raddi
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Mucuna Adans.
Authority according to NCBI
Negretia Ruiz & Pav.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Pillera Endl.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Stizolobium P. Browne
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Zoophthalmum P. Browne
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
mucuna
Harvest ancestor according to Global Biotic Interactions

Common Names

English

Buffalo beans
Recognized by Flora of Zimbabwe
mucuna preferred

Arabic

ميقونة preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bulgarian

мукуна preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

油麻藤属 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
黧豆属
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Czech

mukuna preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

トビカズラ属 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020 and Wikidata Common Names

Korean

우단콩속 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

ماکانا preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Polish

Świerzbiec preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Russian

Мукуна preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Shona

Muhohozhwa preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Telugu

ముకునా preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Thai

สกุลหมามุ่ย preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Tongan

Vālai preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

ميقونه preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

黎豆属 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hans

黧豆属 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hant

黎豆屬 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hk

黎豆屬 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

黧豆属 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Mucuna

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Superrosids
Rosids
Fabales
Fabaceae
Mucuna (this page)
640 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Fabales Bromhead
Fabaceae
Mucuna Adans. (this page)
677 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Mucuna (this page)
640 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Superrosids
Rosids
Fabales
Fabaceae
Mucuna (this page)
638 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Mucuna (this page)
640 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

GBIF classification

Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Fabales
Fabaceae
Mucuna Adans. (this page)
775 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Plantae
Viridiplantae
Streptophyta
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytina
Magnoliopsida
Rosanae
Fabales
Fabaceae
157 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Viridiplantae
Streptophyta
Streptophytina
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Euphyllophyta
Spermatophyta
Magnoliopsida
Mesangiospermae
eudicotyledons
Gunneridae
Pentapetalae
rosids
fabids
Fabales
Fabaceae
Papilionoideae
50 kb inversion clade
NPAAA clade
indigoferoidmillettioid clade
Phaseoleae

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Plantae
Viridiplantae
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytina
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliidae
Rosanae
Fabales
Fabaceae
Mucuna (this page)
531 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.