''Caragana'' is a genus of about 80–100 species of

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s in the family

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, native to

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and eastern

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. They are

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s or small

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s growing tall. They have even-pinnate

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with small leaflets, and solitary or clustered mostly yellow (rarely white or pink) flowers and bearing seeds in a linear pod. ''Caragana'' species are used as food plants by the

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e of some

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species including

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Sections and species

Section ''Bracteolatae''

*'' Caragana ambigua'' Stocks *''

Caragana bicolor ''Caragana bicolor'' is a species of flowering plants within the family Fabaceae. It is an endemic species in found in China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most popu ...

'' Kom. *'' Caragana brevispina'' Royle ex Benth. *''

Caragana conferta ''Caragana'' is a genus of about 80–100 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to Asia and eastern Europe. They are shrubs or small trees growing tall. They have even-pinnate leaves with small leaflets, and solitary or clu ...

'' Benth. ex Baker *'' Caragana franchetiana'' Kom. *''

Caragana gerardiana ''Caragana'' is a genus of about 80–100 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to Asia and eastern Europe. They are shrubs or small trees growing tall. They have even-pinnate leaves with small leaflets, and solitary or clu ...

'' Royle ex Benth. *'' Caragana jubata'' (Pall.) Poir. *''

Caragana sukiensis ''Caragana'' is a genus of about 80–100 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to Asia and eastern Europe. They are shrubs or small trees growing tall. They have even-pinnate leaves with small leaflets, and solitary or clu ...

'' C.K.Schneid. *''

Caragana tibetica ''Caragana'' is a genus of about 80–100 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to Asia and eastern Europe. They are shrubs or small trees growing tall. They have even-pinnate leaves with small leaflets, and solitary or clu ...

'' (Maxim. ex C.K. Schneid.) Kom.

Section ''Caragana''

*''

Caragana arborescens ''Caragana arborescens'', the Siberian peashrub, Siberian pea-tree, or caragana, is a species of legume native to Siberia and parts of China (Heilongjiang, Xinjiang) and neighboring Mongolia and Kazakhstan. It was taken to the United States by ...

'' Lam. *''

Caragana boisii ''Caragana'' is a genus of about 80–100 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to Asia and eastern Europe. They are shrubs or small trees growing tall. They have even-pinnate leaves with small leaflets, and solitary or clu ...

'' C.K.Schneid. *''

Caragana bungei ''Caragana'' is a genus of about 80–100 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to Asia and eastern Europe. They are shrubs or small trees growing tall. They have even-pinnate leaves with small leaflets, and solitary or clu ...

'' Ledeb. *''

Caragana korshinskii ''Caragana korshinskii'', also known as the Korshinsk pea shrub, is a shrub from the genus ''Caragana ''Caragana'' is a genus of about 80–100 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to Asia and eastern Europe. They are sh ...

'' Kom. *''

Caragana microphylla ''Caragana'' is a genus of about 80–100 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to Asia and eastern Europe. They are shrubs or small trees growing tall. They have even-pinnate leaves with small leaflets, and solitary or clu ...

'' Lam. *''

Caragana pekinensis ''Caragana'' is a genus of about 80–100 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to Asia and eastern Europe. They are shrubs or small trees growing tall. They have even-pinnate leaves with small leaflets, and solitary or clu ...

'' Kom. *''

Caragana prainii ''Caragana'' is a genus of about 80–100 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to Asia and eastern Europe. They are shrubs or small trees growing tall. They have even-pinnate leaves with small leaflets, and solitary or clu ...

'' C.K.Schneid. *''

Caragana purdomii ''Caragana'' is a genus of about 80–100 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to Asia and eastern Europe. They are shrubs or small trees growing tall. They have even-pinnate leaves with small leaflets, and solitary or clu ...

'' Rehder *''

Caragana soongorica ''Caragana'' is a genus of about 80–100 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to Asia and eastern Europe. They are shrubs or small trees growing tall. They have even-pinnate leaves with small leaflets, and solitary or clu ...

'' Grubov *''

Caragana stipitata ''Caragana'' is a genus of about 80–100 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to Asia and eastern Europe. They are shrubs or small trees growing tall. They have even-pinnate leaves with small leaflets, and solitary or clu ...

'' Kom. *'' Caragana turkestanica'' Kom. *''

Caragana zahlbruckneri ''Caragana'' is a genus of about 80–100 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to Asia and eastern Europe. They are shrubs or small trees growing tall. They have even-pinnate leaves with small leaflets, and solitary or clu ...

'' C.K.Schneid.

Section ''Frutescentes''

*'' Caragana aurantiaca'' Koehne *'' Caragana brevifolia'' Kom. *''

Caragana chinghaiensis ''Caragana'' is a genus of about 80–100 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to Asia and eastern Europe. They are shrubs or small trees growing tall. They have even-pinnate leaves with small leaflets, and solitary or cl ...

'' Y.X. Liou *'' Caragana camilli-schneideri'' Kom. *''

Caragana frutex ''Caragana frutex'' is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Fabaceae The Fabaceae or Leguminosae,Caragana gobica'' Sanchir *'' Caragana kirghisorum'' Pojark. *'' Caragana laeta'' Kom. *'' Caragana leucophloea'' Pojark. *'' Caragana opulens'' Kom. *'' Caragana polourensis'' Franch. *'' Caragana pygmaea'' (L.) DC. *'' Caragana rosea'' Turcz. ex Kom. *''

Caragana sinica ''Caragana sinica'' () is a species belonging to the genus ''Caragana''. ''Caragana sinica'' is known to produce the stilbenoid trimers α-viniferin, showing acetylcholinesterase inhibitory activity, and miyabenol C, a protein kinase C inhibit ...

'' (Buc'hoz) Rehder *''

Caragana stenophylla ''Caragana'' is a genus of about 80–100 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to Asia and eastern Europe. They are shrubs or small trees growing tall. They have even-pinnate leaves with small leaflets, and solitary or ...

'' Pojark. *''

Caragana tangutica ''Caragana'' is a genus of about 80–100 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to Asia and eastern Europe. They are shrubs or small trees growing tall. They have even-pinnate leaves with small leaflets, and solitary or clu ...

'' Maxim. ex Kom. *'' Caragana ussuriensis'' (Regel) Pojark. *''

Caragana versicolor ''Caragana'' is a genus of about 80–100 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to Asia and eastern Europe. They are shrubs or small trees growing tall. They have even-pinnate leaves with small leaflets, and solitary or clu ...

'' Benth.

Unnamed section

*'' Caragana bongardiana'' (Fisch. & C.A. Mey.) Pojark.These five species form a well-resolved, unnamed phylogenetic clade that may receive a Linnaean name at some future point. *'' Caragana changduensis'' Y.X. Liou *''

Caragana pleiophylla ''Caragana'' is a genus of about 80–100 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to Asia and eastern Europe. They are shrubs or small trees growing tall. They have even-pinnate leaves with small leaflets, and solitary or clu ...

'' (Regel) Pojark. *''

Caragana roborovskyi ''Caragana'' is a genus of about 80–100 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to Asia and eastern Europe. They are shrubs or small trees growing tall. They have even-pinnate leaves with small leaflets, and solitary or clu ...

'' Kom. *''

Caragana tragacanthoides ''Caragana'' is a genus of about 80–100 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to Asia and eastern Europe. They are shrubs or small trees growing tall. They have even-pinnate leaves with small leaflets, and solitary or ...

'' (Pall.) Poir.

Basal species

*'' Caragana acanthophylla'' Kom.These species form a

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that may collapse into one or more well-defined clades upon more extensive taxon sampling in molecular phylogenetic analysis. *'' Caragana dasyphylla'' Pojark. *'' Caragana hololeuca'' Bunge ex Kom. *'' Caragana spinosa'' (L.) Vahl ex Hornem.

''Incertae sedis''

*'' Caragana afghanica'' Kitam. *'' Caragana alaica'' Pojark. *'' Caragana alaschanica'' Grubov *'' Caragana alexeenkoi'' Kamelin *'' Caragana alpina'' Y.X. Liou *''

Caragana arcuata ''Caragana'' is a genus of about 80–100 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to Asia and eastern Europe. They are shrubs or small trees growing tall. They have even-pinnate leaves with small leaflets, and solitary or clu ...

'' Y.X. Liou *''

Caragana balchaschensis ''Caragana'' is a genus of about 80–100 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to Asia and eastern Europe. They are shrubs or small trees growing tall. They have even-pinnate leaves with small leaflets, and solitary or clu ...

'' (Kom.) Pojark. *''

Caragana beefensis ''Caragana'' is a genus of about 80–100 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to Asia and eastern Europe. They are shrubs or small trees growing tall. They have even-pinnate leaves with small leaflets, and solitary or clu ...

'' S.N. Biswas *'' Caragana brachypoda'' Pojark. *'' Caragana buriatica'' Peschkova *''

Caragana campanulata ''Caragana'' is a genus of about 80–100 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to Asia and eastern Europe. They are shrubs or small trees growing tall. They have even-pinnate leaves with small leaflets, and solitary or clu ...

'' Vassilcz. *'' Caragana cinerea'' (Kom.) N.S. Pavlova *''

Caragana crassipina ''Caragana'' is a genus of about 80–100 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to Asia and eastern Europe. They are shrubs or small trees growing tall. They have even-pinnate leaves with small leaflets, and solitary or clu ...

'' C. Marquand *'' Caragana cuneato-alata'' Y.X. Liou *'' Caragana decorticans'' Hemsl. *''

Caragana densa ''Caragana'' is a genus of about 80–100 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to Asia and eastern Europe. They are shrubs or small trees growing tall. They have even-pinnate leaf, leaves with small leaflets, and solitary ...

'' Kom. *'' Caragana erinacea'' Kom. *'' Caragana fruticosa'' (Pall.) Besser *''

Caragana grandiflora ''Caragana'' is a genus of about 80–100 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to Asia and eastern Europe. They are shrubs or small trees growing tall. They have even-pinnate leaves with small leaflets, and solitary or ...

'' (M. Bieb.) DC. *'' Caragana kansuensis'' Pojark. *'' Caragana kozlowii'' Kom. *''

Caragana leucospina ''Caragana'' is a genus of about 80–100 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to Asia and eastern Europe. They are shrubs or small trees growing tall. They have even-pinnate leaves with small leaflets, and solitary or ...

'' Kom. *'' Caragana leveillei'' Kom. *'' Caragana limprichtii'' Harms *'' Caragana litwinowii'' Kom. *'' Caragana maimanensis'' Rech. f. *'' Caragana manshurica'' (Kom.) Kom. *''

Caragana polyacantha ''Caragana'' is a genus of about 80–100 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to Asia and eastern Europe. They are shrubs or small trees growing tall. They have even-pinnate leaves with small leaflets, and solitary or clu ...

'' Royle *''Caragana'' × ''prestoniae'' R.J. Moore *''

Caragana scythica ''Caragana'' is a genus of about 80–100 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to Asia and eastern Europe. They are shrubs or small trees growing tall. They have even-pinnate leaves with small leaflets, and solitary or clu ...

'' (Kom.) Pojark. *'' Caragana shensiensis'' C.W. Chang *''Caragana'' × ''sophorifolia'' Tausch *'' Caragana spinifera'' Kom. *'' Caragana turfanensis'' (Krasn.) Kom. *''

Caragana ulicina ''Caragana'' is a genus of about 80–100 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to Asia and eastern Europe. They are shrubs or small trees growing tall. They have even-pinnate leaves with small leaflets, and solitary or clu ...

'' Stocks

Range maps

Caragana distribution.svg, Range of the genus ''Caragana'' Caragana section Bracteolatae distribution.svg, Range of the section ''Bracteolatae'' Caragana section Caragana distribution.svg, Range of the section ''Caragana'' Caragana section Frutescentes distribution.svg, Range of the section ''Frutescentes''

References

External links

Flora of Pakistan: ''Caragana''Merriam-Webster Unabridged - Caragana entry
{{Taxonbar, from=Q849443 Hedysareae Fabaceae genera