''Thermopsis'' is a genus of
legumes
A legume () is a plant in the family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or the fruit or seed of such a plant. When used as a dry grain, the seed is also called a pulse. Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for human consumption, for livestock fo ...
, native to temperate North America and east Asia.
They are
herbaceous perennial
A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives more than two years. The term ('' per-'' + '' -ennial'', "through the years") is often used to differentiate a plant from shorter-lived annuals and biennials. The term is also widel ...
s and are known as goldenbanners
or false-lupines.
Species
''Thermopsis'' comprises the following species:
* ''
Thermopsis alpina''
(Pall.) Ledeb.
* ''
Thermopsis alterniflora''
Regel & Schmalh.
* ''
Thermopsis barbata''
Benth.
* ''
Thermopsis bargusinensis''
Czefr.
* ''
Thermopsis californica''
S. Watson—western North America
** var. ''argentata''
(Greene) C.J.Chen & B.L.Turner
** var. ''californica''
S. Watson
* ''
Thermopsis chinensis''
S. Moore
* ''
Thermopsis dahurica''
Czefr.
* ''
Thermopsis divaricarpa''
A. Nelson—Rocky Mountains of North America
* ''
Thermopsis dolichocarpa''
V.A. Nikitin
* ''
Thermopsis fraxinifolia''
(Torr. & A. Gray) M.A. Curtis—eastern North America
* ''
Thermopsis gracilis''
Howell—western North America
* ''
Thermopsis gyirongensis''
S.Q. Wei
* ''
Thermopsis inflata''
Cambess.
* ''
Thermopsis jacutica''
Czefr.
* ''
Thermopsis lanceolata''
R. Br.
** var. ''glabra''
(Czefr.) Kurbatski
** var. ''lanceolata''
R. Br.
* ''
Thermopsis longicarpa''
N. Ulziykh.
* ''
Thermopsis lupinoides''
(L.) Link—Siberia to Japan
* ''
Thermopsis macrophylla''
Hook. & Arn.—western North America
* ''
Thermopsis mollis''
(Michx.) A. Gray—eastern North America
* ''
Thermopsis mongolica''
Czefr.
* ''
Thermopsis montana
''Thermopsis montana'', the false lupin, mountain goldenbanner, golden pea, mountain thermopsis, or revonpapu, is a plant species which is native to the western United States.
The Latin specific epithet ''montana'' refers to mountains or coming f ...
''
Torr. & A. Gray—Rocky Mountains of North America
** var. ''montana''
Torr. & A. Gray
** var. ''ovata''
(Piper) St.John
* ''
Thermopsis przewalskii''
Czefr.
* ''
Thermopsis rhombifolia''
(Pursh) Richardson—Rocky Mountains of North America
* ''
Thermopsis robusta''
Howell—western North America
* ''
Thermopsis schischkinii''
Czefr.[Some sources treat ''Thermopsis schischkinii'' as a synonym of ''Thermopsis mongolica''.]
* ''
Thermopsis smithiana''
E. Peter
* ''
Thermopsis turkestanica''
Gand.
* ''
Thermopsis villosa''
(Walter) Fernald & B.G. Schub.—eastern North America
* ''
Thermopsis yunnanensis''
(Franch.) P.C. Li
* ''
Thermopsis yushuensis''
S.Q. Wei
Species names with uncertain taxonomic status
The status of the following species is unresolved:
* ''Thermopsis corgonensis''
DC.
* ''Thermopsis gorgonensis''
Walp.
* ''Thermopsis mollis''
(Michx.) M.A. Curtis & A. Gray
* ''Thermopsis sauensis''
C.Y. Yang
References
Sophoreae
Medicinal plants
Fabaceae genera
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