Biology:Neonotonia wightii

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Short description: Species of plant

Neonotonia wightii
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Climbing on vegetation, Maui
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Flowers and leaves
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Neonotonia
Species:
N. wightii
Binomial name
Neonotonia wightii
(Wight & Arn.) J.A.Lackey
Synonyms[1]

Neonotonia wightii, the perennial soybean, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to sub‑Saharan Africa, Yemen, India, and Sri Lanka, and widely introduced as a forage in Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, northern Argentina, the Mascarene Islands, Peninsular Malaysia, Java, New Guinea, Queensland and New South Wales in Australia, and Fiji.[1][2] It is shade tolerant.[3]

Subtaxa

The following subtaxa are accepted:[1]

  • Neonotonia wightii var. longicauda (Schweinf.) J.A.Lackey
  • Neonotonia wightii var. mearnsii (De Wild.) J.A.Lackey
  • Neonotonia wightii subsp. petitiana (A.Rich.) J.A.Lackey
  • Neonotonia wightii subsp. pseudojavanica (Taub.) J.A.Lackey
  • Neonotonia wightii subsp. wightii

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Neonotonia wightii (Wight & Arn.) J.A.Lackey". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:509547-1. 
  2. "Perennial soybean (Neonotonia wightii)". Feedipedia, a programme by INRAE, CIRAD, AFZ and FAO. https://www.feedipedia.org/node/293. 
  3. Lista, Fábio Nunes; Deminicis, Bruno Borges; Almeida, João Carlos de Carvalho; Araujo, Saulo Alberto do Carmo; Zanella, Pablo Giliard (2019). "Forage production and quality of tropical forage legumes submitted to shading". Ciência Rural 49 (7). doi:10.1590/0103-8478cr20170726. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5796969 entry