Neonotonia wightii
Neonotonia wightii | |
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Climbing on vegetation, Maui | |
Flowers and leaves | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Genus: | Neonotonia |
Species: | N. wightii
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Neonotonia wightii | |
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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[]
- ^ a b c "Neonotonia wightii (Wight & Arn.) J.A.Lackey". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "Perennial soybean (Neonotonia wightii)". Feedipedia – Animal Feed Resources Information System. Feedipedia, a programme by INRAE, CIRAD, AFZ and FAO. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ 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.
Categories:
- Phaseoleae
- Forages
- Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Flora of West-Central Tropical Africa
- Flora of Northeast Tropical Africa
- Flora of East Tropical Africa
- Flora of South Tropical Africa
- Flora of Southern Africa
- Flora of Yemen
- Flora of India (region)
- Flora of Sri Lanka
- Plants described in 1977
- Phaseoleae stubs