Pueraria

Taxobox
name = Pueraria

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = Kudzu flowers
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Fabales
familia = Fabaceae
subfamilia = Faboideae
tribus = Phaseoleae
genus = "Pueraria"
genus_authority = DC.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = About 15–20; see text

Pueraria is a genus of 15–20cite web | url = http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=127620 | title = Pueraria DC.| work = Flora of Pakistan] species of plants native to Asia.

The genus is polyphyletic, with different species being related to species in "Glycine" (which includes soybean), "Amphicarpaea", "Nogra", "Teyleria", "Neonotonia", "Pseudovigna", "Pseudeminia", "Pachyrhizus" (which includes "Jícama"), and other genera of the tribe Phaseoleae.cite journal | url = http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/full/88/11/2064 | journal = American Journal of Botany | year = 2001 | volume = 88 | pages = 2064–2073 | title = A molecular phylogenetic study of the subtribe Glycininae (Leguminosae) derived from the chloroplast DNA rps16 intron sequences | author = Jeongran Lee and Theodore Hymowitz ]

Plants that belong to this genus include:

* "P. edulis" Pamp.cite web | url = http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=3&taxon_id=127620 | title = Pueraria | work = Chinese Plant Names ]
* "P. lobata" (Willd.) Ohwi (Kudzu) (by some treated as "P. montana" var. "lobata" [cite web | url = http://itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=529930 | title = Pueraria montana var. lobata | work = Integrated Taxonomic Information System ]
*"P. mirifica"
* "P. montana" (Lour.) Merr.
* "P. omeiensis" Wang et Tang
* "P. peduncularis" Grah.
* "P. phaseoloides" (Roxb.) Benth. [cite web | url = http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=101&taxon_id=127620 | work = Taiwan Plant Names | title = Pueraria DC.]
* "P. thomsonii" Benth.
* "P. tuberosa" (Roxb.ex Willd.) DC.
* "P. wallichii" (probably does not belong in "Pueraria")

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