''Caragana'' is a genus of about 80–100 species of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants t ...
s in the family
, native to
Asia
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and eastern
Europe
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.
They are
shrub
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s or small
tree
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s growing tall. They have even-pinnate
leaves
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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
larva
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...
e of some
Lepidoptera
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species including
dark dagger
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.
Sections and species
Section ''Bracteolatae''
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Caragana ambigua''
Stocks
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Caragana bicolor''
Kom.
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Caragana brevispina''
Royle ex Benth.
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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 ...
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Benth. ex Baker
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Caragana franchetiana''
Kom.
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Caragana gerardiana''
Royle ex Benth.
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Caragana jubata''
(Pall.) Poir.
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Caragana sukiensis''
C.K.Schneid.
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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 ...
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(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 ...
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Lam.
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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.
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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.
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Caragana korshinskii
''Caragana korshinskii'', also known as the Korshinsk pea shrub, is a shrub from the genus '' Caragana''. The plant is native to sandy grass and desert areas of northern China and Mongolia. This plant is classified as an invasive species and is a ...
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Kom.
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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 ...
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Lam.
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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 ...
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Kom.
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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 ...
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C.K.Schneid.
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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
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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
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Caragana stipitata''
Kom.
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Caragana turkestanica''
Kom.
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Caragana zahlbruckneri''
C.K.Schneid.
Section ''Frutescentes''
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Caragana aurantiaca''
Koehne
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Caragana brevifolia''
Kom.
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Caragana chinghaiensis''
Y.X. Liou
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Caragana camilli-schneideri''
Kom.
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Caragana frutex''
(L.) K.Koch
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Caragana gobica''
Sanchir
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Caragana kirghisorum''
Pojark.
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Caragana laeta''
Kom.
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Caragana leucophloea''
Pojark.
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Caragana opulens''
Kom.
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Caragana polourensis''
Franch.
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Caragana pygmaea''
(L.) DC.
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Caragana rosea''
Turcz. ex Kom.
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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 inhib ...
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(Buc'hoz) Rehder
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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 cl ...
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Pojark.
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Caragana tangutica''
Maxim. ex Kom.
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Caragana ussuriensis''
(Regel) Pojark.
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Caragana versicolor''
Benth.
Unnamed section
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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.]
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Caragana changduensis''
Y.X. Liou
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Caragana pleiophylla''
(Regel) Pojark.
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Caragana roborovskyi''
Kom.
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Caragana tragacanthoides''
(Pall.) Poir.
Basal species
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Caragana acanthophylla''
Kom.[These species form a ]grade
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that may collapse into one or more well-defined clades upon more extensive taxon sampling in molecular phylogenetic analysis.
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Caragana dasyphylla''
Pojark.
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Caragana hololeuca''
Bunge ex Kom.
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Caragana spinosa''
(L.) Vahl ex Hornem.
''Incertae sedis''
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Caragana afghanica''
Kitam.
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Caragana alaica''
Pojark.
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Caragana alaschanica''
Grubov
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Caragana alexeenkoi''
Kamelin
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Caragana alpina''
Y.X. Liou
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Caragana arcuata''
Y.X. Liou
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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 ...
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(Kom.) Pojark.
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Caragana beefensis''
S.N. Biswas
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Caragana brachypoda''
Pojark.
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Caragana buriatica''
Peschkova
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Caragana campanulata''
Vassilcz.
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Caragana cinerea''
(Kom.) N.S. Pavlova
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Caragana crassipina''
C. Marquand
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Caragana cuneato-alata''
Y.X. Liou
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Caragana decorticans''
Hemsl.
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Caragana densa''
Kom.
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Caragana erinacea''
Kom.
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Caragana fruticosa''
(Pall.) Besser
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Caragana grandiflora''
(M. Bieb.) DC.
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Caragana kansuensis''
Pojark.
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Caragana kozlowii''
Kom.
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Caragana leucospina''
Kom.
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Caragana leveillei''
Kom.
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Caragana limprichtii''
Harms
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Caragana litwinowii''
Kom.
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Caragana maimanensis''
Rech. f.
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Caragana manshurica''
(Kom.) Kom.
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Caragana polyacantha''
Royle
*''Caragana'' × ''prestoniae''
R.J. Moore
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Caragana scythica''
(Kom.) Pojark.
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Caragana shensiensis''
C.W. Chang
*''Caragana'' × ''sophorifolia''
Tausch
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Caragana spinifera''
Kom.
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Caragana turfanensis''
(Krasn.) Kom.
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Caragana ulicina''
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
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Hedysareae
Fabaceae genera