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Vigna

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Vigna is a genus of plants in the legume family, Fabaceae, with a pantropical distribution. It includes some well-known cultivated species, including many types of beans. Some members of the genus were previously classified in Phaseolus. According to Hortus Third, Vigna differs from Phaseolus in biochemistry and pollen structure, and in details of the style and stipules.

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Vigna is a genus of plants within the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the order Fabales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta in the kingdom Plantae. The taxon is accepted under the authority of Savi and has the common name ササゲ属.

The genus has a substantial presence in scientific literature and biological records. There are 6,264 related entries in PubMed and 243,550 occurrence records in GBIF. Additionally, iDigBio holds 2,304 records and 804 media files associated with the genus, primarily from institutions in Mexico such as CICY, ECOSUR, DERN-IMECBIO-CUCSUR-UDG, and WIS.

Synthesized by Vinony from 31 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, PubMed, Gbif Occ, Plants of the World, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

ササゲ属

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderFabales
  5. FamilyFabaceae
Native toAlabama, Aldabra, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago
Observations recorded243,550

General: have been added. Vigna has traditionally been thought

via GBIF · Kew POWO

Museum specimens

Specimen records
2,304
With media
804
Family
Fabaceae
Collections
CICY, ECOSUR, DERN-IMECBIO-CUCSUR-UDG, WIS
Recorded in
Mexico

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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections
Contents
  • Uses
  • Selected species
  • Subgenus ''Ceratotropis''
  • Subgenus ''Haydonia''
  • Subgenus ''Lasiospron''
  • Subgenus ''Vigna''
  • [[Incertae sedis]]
  • References
  • External links

Vigna is a genus of plants in the legume family, Fabaceae, with a pantropical distribution. It includes some well-known cultivated species, including many types of beans. Some members of the genus were previously classified in Phaseolus. According to Hortus Third, Vigna differs from Phaseolus in biochemistry and pollen structure, and in details of the style and stipules.

Vigna is also commonly confused with the genus Dolichos, but the two differ in stigma structure.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vigna” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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