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Mucuna

The genus Mucuna is in the family Leguminosae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Mucuna

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Mucuna acuminata Baker Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna amblyodon Harms Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna argyrophylla Standl. Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna atropurpurea (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna aurea C.B.Rob. Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna bennettii F.Muell. Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna biplicata Kurz Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna birdwoodiana Tutcher Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna bracteata DC. Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna calophylla W.W.Sm. Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna canaliculata Verdc. Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna championii Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna coriacea Baker Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna curranii Elmer Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna cyclocarpa F.P.Metcalf Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna diabolica Keuchenius Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna diplax Wilmot-Dear Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna discolor Merr. & L.M.Perry Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna elliptica (Ruiz & Pav.) DC. Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna fawcettii Urb. Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna ferox Verdc. Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna flagellipes Hook.f. Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna gigantea (Willd.) DC. Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna glabrialata (Hauman) Verdc. Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna gracilipes Craib Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna hainanensis Hayata Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna holtonii (Kuntze) Moldenke Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna hooglandii Verdc. Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna huberi Ducke Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna humblotii Drake Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna imbricata Baker Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna interrupta Gagnep. Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna killipiana Hern.Cam. & C.Barbosa Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna lamellata Wilmot-Dear Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna lamii Verdc. Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna lane-poolei Summerh. Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna longipedunculata Merr. Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna macmillanii Elmer Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna macrobotrys Hance Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna macrocarpa Wall. Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna macroceratides (Raddi) DC. Accepted L ILDIS
Mucuna macrophylla Miq. Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna macropoda Baker f. Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna manongarivensis Du Puy & Labat Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna mapirensis (Rusby) J.F.Macbr. Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna melanocarpa A.Rich. Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna membranacea Hayata Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna mindorensis Merr. Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna mitis (Ruiz & Pav.) DC. Accepted L ILDIS
Mucuna mollis (Kunth) DC. Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna mollissima Kurz Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna monosperma Wight Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna mutisiana (Kunth) DC. Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna nigricans (Lour.) Steud. Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna novo-guineensis Scheff. Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna oligoplax Wilmot-Dear Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna pachycarpa Wiriad. Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna pacifica Hosok. Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna pallida Cordem. Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna paniculata Baker Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna platyphylla A.Gray Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna platyplekta Quisumb. & Merr. Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna pluricostata Barb.Rodr. Accepted L ILDIS
Mucuna poggei Taub. Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna psittacina Miers Accepted L ILDIS
Mucuna reptans Verdc. Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna reticulata Burck Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna revoluta Wilmot-Dear Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna rostrata Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna samarensis Merr. Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna schlechteri Harms Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna sempervirens Hemsl. Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna sloanei Fawc. & Rendle Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna stanleyi C.T.White Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna stans Baker Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna stenoplax Wilmot-Dear Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna terrens H.Lev. Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna thailandica Niyomdham & Wilmot-Dear Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna tomentosa K.Schum. Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna urens (L.) Medik. Accepted H ILDIS
Mucuna warburgii K.Schum. & Lauterb. Accepted H ILDIS

Statistics

The Plant List includes 235 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Mucuna. Of these 82 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 26 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Mucuna. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 235 species names for the genus Mucuna recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 82 34.9%
Synonym 110 46.8%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 43 18.3%

All names

The status of the 261 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Mucuna recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 92 35.2%
Synonym 125 47.9%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 44 16.9%

Of these names,

A further 14 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 235 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Mucuna, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 78 92 0 0 170 72.3%
Medium confidence 0 15 0 0 15 6.4%
Low confidence 4 3 0 43 50 21.3%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Mucuna, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
ILDIS 82 93 0 1 14 190 80.9%
Tropicos 0 17 0 5 0 22 9.4%
WCSP (in review) 0 0 0 37 0 37 15.7%