3864.000 Glycine L.

Bailey, L.H. (1949) Manual of Cultivated Plants Revised edition. Macmillan, New York.

Description of the genus

Erect bushy annual (in our species). Leaflets 3 (in ours), with stipels; margin entire. Inflorescences of short axillary racemes. Flowers white or purplish. Calyx with 2 upper teeth ± united. Standard broad, auricled at base. Stamens usually monadelphous. Style not bearded on the stigmatic part. Pod flat, narrow, usually constricted between the seeds.

Worldwide: c. 16 species from Asia to Australia

Zambia: 0 taxa.

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Other sources of information about Glycine:

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Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Glycine

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Glycine
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Glycine
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Glycine
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Glycine
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iNaturalist: Glycine
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Glycine
JSTOR Plant Science: Glycine
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Glycine
Plants of the World Online: Glycine
Tropicos: Glycine
Wikipedia: Glycine

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Glycine.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1837, retrieved 29 March 2024

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