''Glycine'' (soybean or soya bean) is a genus in the

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family

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. The best known species is the cultivated soybean (''Glycine max''). While the majority of the species are found only in Australia, the soybean's native range is in East Asia. A few species extend from Australia to East Asia (e.g., ''G. tomentella'' and ''G. tabacina''). ''Glycine'' species are used as food plants by the

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of some

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species: the engrailed,

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and

turnip The turnip or white turnip ('' Brassica rapa'' subsp. ''rapa'') is a root vegetable commonly grown in temperate climates worldwide for its white, fleshy taproot. The word ''turnip'' is a compound of ''turn'' as in turned/rounded on a lathe and ...

moths have all been recorded on soybean.

Species

Subgenus ''Glycine'' *'' Glycine albicans'' Tindale & Craven *'' Glycine aphyonota'' B.E.Pfeil *'' Glycine arenaria'' Tindale *'' Glycine argyrea'' Tindale *'' Glycine canescens'' F.J.Herm. *'' Glycine clandestina'' J.C.Wendl. *'' Glycine curvata'' Tindale *'' Glycine cyrtoloba'' Tindale *'' Glycine falcata'' Benth. *'' Glycine gracei'' B.E.Pfeil & Craven *'' Glycine hirticaulis'' Tindale & Craven **'' Glycine hirticaulis subsp. leptosa'' B.E.Pfeil *'' Glycine lactovirens'' Tindale & Craven *'' Glycine latifolia'' (Benth.) C.Newell & Hymowitz *'' Glycine latrobeana'' (Meissner) Benth. *'' Glycine microphylla'' (Benth.) Tindale *'' Glycine montis-douglas'' B.E.Pfeil & Craven *'' Glycine peratosa'' B.E.Pfeil & Tindale *'' Glycine pescadrensis'' Hayata *'' Glycine pindanica'' Tindale & Craven *'' Glycine pullenii'' B.E.Pfeil, Tindale & Craven *'' Glycine remota'' M.D.Barrett & R.L.Barrett *'' Glycine rubiginosa'' Tindale & B.E.Pfeil *'' Glycine stenophita'' B.E.Pfeil & Tindale *'' Glycine syndetika'' B.E.Pfeil & Craven *''

Glycine tabacina ''Glycine tabacina'', commonly known as variable glycine, is a scrambling plant in the bean family found in Australia. It grows in areas of high rainfall, ranging to semi-arid areas. The leaves are in threes, 7 cm long by 2 cm wide. ...

'' (Labill.) Benth. *'' Glycine tomentella'' Hayata Subgenus Soja (Moench) F.J. Herm. *'' Glycine soja'' Sieb. & Zucc. *''

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'' (L.) Merr. (the soybean)

References

Genus ''Glycine'' Willd., Plants Database, US Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service

Recent taxonomic references

*Barrett, R. L. and M. D. Barrett. (2015). Twenty-seven new species of vascular plants from Western Australia. ''Nuytsia'' 26, 21–87. *Pfeil, B. E., et al. (2006). Three new species of northern Australian ''Glycine'' (Fabaceae, Phaseolae), ''G. gracei'', ''G. montis-douglas'' and ''G. syndetika''. ''Australian Systematic Botany'' 19, 245–258. *Pfeil, B. E. and L. A. Craven. (2002). New taxa in ''Glycine'' (Fabaceae: Phaseoleae) from north-western Australia. ''Australian Systematic Botany'' 15, 565–573. *Pfeil, B. E., et al. (2001). A review of the ''Glycine clandestina'' species complex (Fabaceae, Phaseoleae) reveals two new species. ''Australian Systematic Botany'' 14, 891–900. *Pfeil, B. E. and M. D. Tindale. (2001). ''Glycine''. in Flora of NSW, revised edition. Vol. 2. Harden, G. (ed.). Sydney, NSW University Press. *Doyle, J. J., et al. (2000). Confirmation of shared and divergent genomes in the ''Glycine tabacina'' polyploid complex (Leguminosae) using histone H3-D sequences. ''Systematic Botany'' 25, 437–448. *Tindale, M. D. and L. A. Craven. (1993). ''Glycine pindanica'' (Fabaceae: Phaseolae), a new species from west Kimberley, Western Australia. ''Australian Systematic Botany'' 6, 371–376. *Tindale, M. D. and L. A. Craven. (1988). Three new species of ''Glycine'' (Fabaceae: Phaseolae) from North-western Australia, with notes on amphicarpy in the genus. ''Australian Systematic Botany'' 1, 399–410. *Tindale, M. D. (1986). Taxonomic notes on three Australian and Norfolk Island species of ''Glycine'' Willd. (Fabaceae: Phaseolae) including the choice of a neotype for ''G. clandestina'' Wendl. ''Brunonia'' 9, 179–191. *Tindale, M. D. (1984). Two new eastern Australian species of ''Glycine'' Willd. (Fabaceae). ''Brunonia'' 7, 207–213. *Newell, C. A. and T. Hymowitz. (1980). A taxonomic revision on the genus ''Glycine'' subgenus ''Glycine'' (Leguminosae). ''Brittonia'' 32, 63–69. *Hermann, F. J. (1962). A revision of the genus ''Glycine'' and its immediate allies. ''Tech. Bull. U.S.D.A.'' 1268.

Older taxonomic references

*Hayata. (1920). ''Ic. Pl. Formos.'' 9: 29. *Bentham, G. (1864). ''Glycine''. ''Fl. Austral.'' 2: 242–245.

Citations

{{Taxonbar, from=Q311395 Phaseoleae Fabaceae genera Taxa named by Carl Ludwig Willdenow