Flora of North America species comparison

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Glycine

soybean
Habit Herbs, annual [perennial], unarmed.
Stems

erect [climbing], pilose-pubescent.
Leaves

alternate, odd-pinnate;

stipules present, persistent, linear-lanceolate;

petiolate;

leaflets 3, stipels present, lateral leaflets sessile or short-petiolulate, terminal petiolulate, blade margins entire, surfaces pubescent.
Inflorescences

5–8-flowered, axillary, racemes [paniculate or flowers fascicled, solitary, or paired];

bracts present.
Flowers

papilionaceous;

calyx campanulate, lobes 5;

corolla violet, pink, or white, 4.5–7(–10) mm;

stamens 10, diadelphous, vexillary stamen auriculate basally, sometimes becoming distinct in age;

anthers basifixed, uniform;

ovary ± sessile;

style glabrous;

stigma terminal, capitate.
Fruits

legumes, stipitate, straight or falcate, linear or oblong, laterally dehiscent, ± constricted between seeds, pubescent.
Seeds

2–4(or 5), ovoid;

hilum lateral;

aril scalelike.
x

= 20.

Glycine
Distribution
from USDA
e Asia; Africa; Pacific Islands; Australia [Introduced in North America; introduced nearly worldwide]
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Species 9 (1 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 11. Authors: Gordon C. Tucker, Robert J. Alier.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae
Subordinate taxa
G. max
Name authority Willdenow: Sp. Pl. 3: 854, 1053. (1802) — name conserved
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