Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Fabaceae Lindl.
Mucuna Adans. , nom. cons. , scientific
Adanson, M. (1763) , Familles des Plantes 2
325
[tax. nov.]
nom. cons. (ref. I.C.B.N. (1988) No. 3877). See note on conservation by P.G.Parkinson, Taxon 36 (1987) 83.
Bentham, G. (5 October 1864) , Flora Australiensis 2
254
[secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants
41
[secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants
144
[secondary reference]
Sulman, F. (1913) , A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1
133
[secondary reference]
common name:
Cow-itch
[n/a]
Etymology:
A Brazilian name, referring to the stinging hairs on the pod.
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales
125
[secondary reference]
Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984) , Fabaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1
320-321
[secondary reference]
Wilmot-Dear, C.M. (1984) , A revision of Mucuna (Leguminosae - Phaseoleae) in China and Japan. Kew Bulletin 39(1)
23-65
[secondary reference]
Wilmot-Dear, C.M. (1987) , A revision of Mucuna (Leguminosae - Phaseoleae) in the Indian subcontinent and Burma. Kew Bulletin 42(1)
23-46
[secondary reference]
Gardner, C.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991) , Mucuna. Flora of New South Wales 2
414
[secondary reference]
Brummitt, R.K. (1992) , Vascular Plant Families and Genera
411
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Stizolobium P.Browne nom. rej.
Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992) , Papilionaceae (Fabaceae). Flora of the Kimberley Region
420
[secondary reference]
Du Puy, D.J. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993) , Fabaceae. Flora of Australia 50
218
[secondary reference]
Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994) , Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49
181
[secondary reference]
Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995) , Flora of the Darwin Region 2
92
[secondary reference]
Gardner, C.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002) , Mucuna. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2
584
[secondary reference]
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004) , Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest
213
[secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008) , Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3
561
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011) , Australian Plant Census
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[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Mukuna Adans. orth. var.
orthographic variant:
Macuna Scop. orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Zoophthalmum P.Browne nom. rej.
taxonomic synonym:
Stizolobium P.Browne nom. rej.
taxonomic synonym:
Carpopogon Roxb. legitimate
APC Dist.:
WA, ChI (native and naturalised), NT (native and naturalised), Qld (native and naturalised), NSW, LHI
