''Caragana'' is a genus of about 80–100 species of flowering plants in the family

Fabaceae The Fabaceae or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomenc ...

, native to Asia and eastern Europe. They are

shrub A shrub (often also called a bush) is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees ...

s or small trees growing tall. They have even-pinnate

leaves A leaf (plural, : leaves) is any of the principal appendages of a vascular plant plant stem, stem, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", wh ...

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 larvae of some

Lepidoptera Lepidoptera ( ) is an order (biology), order of insects that includes butterfly, butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans). About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera are described, in 126 Family (biology), families and 46 Taxonomic r ...

species including

dark dagger The dark dagger (''Acronicta tridens'') is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is distributed throughout Europe (from southern Fennoscandia to the Balkans and I ...

Sections and species

Section ''Bracteolatae''

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Caragana ambigua ''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 ...

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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 ...

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Caragana brevispina ''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 conferta'' 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 ''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 ...

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

Section ''Caragana''

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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'' C.K.Schneid. *'' Caragana bungei'' Ledeb. *'' Caragana korshinskii'' Kom. *'' Caragana microphylla'' Lam. *'' Caragana pekinensis'' Kom. *'' Caragana prainii'' C.K.Schneid. *'' Caragana purdomii'' Rehder *'' Caragana soongorica'' 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''

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Caragana aurantiaca ''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 ...

'' 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 ''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 ...

'' Sanchir *''

Caragana kirghisorum ''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 ...

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Caragana laeta ''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 ...

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Caragana leucophloea ''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 ...

'' Pojark. *'' Caragana opulens'' Kom. *'' Caragana polourensis'' Franch. *''

Caragana pygmaea ''Caragana pygmaea'' is a flowering plant species in 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 shrubs or small trees grow ...

'' (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 ...

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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 ''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 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 ...

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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 grade 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 ''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 ...

'' (L.) Vahl ex Hornem.

''Incertae sedis''

*'' Caragana afghanica'' Kitam. *''

Caragana alaica ''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 ...

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Caragana alaschanica ''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 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'' (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 ''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 ...

'' 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 ''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.) 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 ''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 ...

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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 ...

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Caragana erinacea ''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 ...

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Caragana fruticosa ''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 ...

'' (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 ''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 ...

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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 ...

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Caragana leveillei ''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 ...

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Caragana limprichtii ''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 ...

'' Harms *'' Caragana litwinowii'' Kom. *''

Caragana maimanensis ''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 ...

'' 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 ''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.W. Chang *''Caragana'' × ''sophorifolia'' Tausch *''

Caragana spinifera ''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 turfanensis ''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 ...

'' (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