Glycine

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• 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)

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• World:           28

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Additional notes:     

• Glycine (soybean or soya bean) is a genus in the bean family Fabaceae

• The best known species is the cultivated soybean (Glycine max)

• Glycine species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species: the engrailed, nutmeg and turnip moths have all been recorded on soybean

• Species

  • 28 species are accepted:

    • Subgenus Glycine

      • Glycine albicans Tindale & Craven

      • Glycine aphyonotos 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 dolichocarpa Tateishi & H.Ohashi

      • Glycine falcata Benth.

      • Glycine gracei B.E.Pfeil & Craven

      • Glycine hirticaulis Tindale & Craven

      • Glycine hirticaulis subsp. leptosa B.E.Pfeil

      • Glycine koidzumii Ohwi

      • 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 (Labill.) Benth.

      • Glycine tomentella Hayata

    • Subgenus Soja (Moench) F.J. Herm.

      • Glycine max (L.) Merr. (the soybean)

      • Glycine soja Sieb. & Zucc.

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycine_(plant) (2024)