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Apios
Sign in to saveApios is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It contains seven species of perennial climbing herbs or scandent shrubs. Several members of this genus are known to have edible, tuberous roots.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFabales
- FamilyFabaceae
土圞儿属（学名：Apios）是蝶形花科下的一个属，为缠绕草本植物。该属共有10种，分布于北美和东亚。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 193
- With media
- 130
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Collections
- UCMP, US, A, GH
- Recorded in
- United States, China
Wikidata facts
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- Parent taxon
- Erythrininae
- Image
- Apios americana.jpg
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- Category:Apios
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- 土圞儿属
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Apios is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It contains seven species of perennial climbing herbs or scandent shrubs. Several members of this genus are known to have edible, tuberous roots.
Apios species are native to eastern North America, from eastern Canada through the eastern and Central United States, and to eastern and southeastern Asia, from the Himalayas through Indochina, China, Korea, and Japan, from approximately 50° to 20° north latitude.
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