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Taxon:  Glycine max (L.) Merr.



Summary
Genus:
Glycine
Subgenus:
Soja
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Phaseoleae
Subtribe:
Glycininae
Nomen number:
17711
Place of publication:
Interpr. Herb. amboin. 274. 1917
Verified:
03/19/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
2 (2  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Phaseolus max L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Soja max (L.) Piper

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Dolichos soja L.
Glycine gracilis Skvortsov
Glycine hispida (Moench) Maxim.
Glycine hispida (Moench) Maxim. var. brunnea Skvortsov
Glycine hispida (Moench) Maxim. var. lutea Skvortsov
Glycine soja (L.) Merr.
Soja hispida Moench
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Reference(s)
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  2. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
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  6. Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning. 1998 Note: poisonous
  7. Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
  8. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
  9. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). Note: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Glycine+max&quantity=1
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Common names
English
edamame –
soya –
soya-bean –
soybean –
French
soja –
German
Sojabohne –
Italian
soia –
Japanese Rōmaji
daizu –
Portuguese
soja –
Spanish
frijol de soya –
haba soya –
soja –
Swedish
sojaböna –
Transcribed Chinese
da dou –
Transcribed Korean
kong –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated    widely cult.
4Naturalized    widely natzd.
6Other    origin e. Asia
Cultivated (widely cult.)
Naturalized (widely natzd.)
Other (origin e. Asia)
Economic Uses
Animal food
Environmental
soil improver (fide Leg WAsia) –
Food additives
flavoring (soy sauce fide Pl Book; Edible Nuts) –
Fuels
potential as petroleum substitute/alcohol (fide http://www.iea.org/textbase/nppdf/free/2004/biofuels2004.pdf,) –
Human food
oil/fat (fide Pl Book) –
Medicines
folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2) –
Vertebrate poisons
mammals (only trichloroethylene-extracted soybean-oil meal fide Kingsbury; Cooper & Johnson ed2) –
Weed
potential seed contaminant (G. gracilis form fide Pl Book) –


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