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Type: Article
Published: 2015-07-01
Page range: 147–155
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Pueraria stracheyi, a new synonym to Apios carnea (Fabaceae)

US National Herbarium (US), Department of Botany, Smithsonian Institution-NMNH, MRC 166, 10th and Constitution Ave, Washington DC, 20560, USA
Centre for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Mengla, Yunnan 666303, China
Leguminosae taxonomy India Sir Richard Strachey Shuteria Eudicots

Abstract

Pueraria stracheyi has long been recognized as erroneously placed in the genus Pueraria. Here we examined the history behind this collection, past hypotheses concerning its taxonomic affinities, and morphological and ecological comparisons with Shuteria and Apios carnea, wherein we conclude that Pueraria stracheyi represents a synonym of the latter.