Pueraria Jiang, Tian & Pan, 2022, s. str.
Creators: name: Jiang, Kai-Wen
name: Tian, Bin
name: Pan, Bo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Fabales
Fabaceae
Pueraria

description: Key to the Chinese taxa of Pueraria s. str.:   
1. Stipules not lobed at base, linear........................................................................................................................................................2  
1. Stipules lobed at base, sagittate..........................................................................................................................................................7  
2. Keels larger than wings......................................................................................................................................................................3  
2. Keels equal to wings...........................................................................................................................................................................6  
 3. Stems nearly glabrous; stipules caducous; pods glabrous........................................................................................................ P. bella   
3. Stems hirsute with yellowish hairs in all parts; stipules persistent; pods hirsute...............................................................................4  
 4. Bracts shorter than bracteoles; calyx 7–8 mm; standard ca. 8 mm in diam; pods 4–9 cm × 8–13 mm; leaflets usually entire................................................................................................................................................................................. P. montana var. montana   
4. Bracts longer than bracteoles; calyx 8–20 mm; standard 10–18 mm in diam; pods 5–14 cm × 8–13 mm; leaflets often 3-lobed.................................................................................................................................................................................................................5  
 5. Calyx 8–10 mm; standard 10–12 mm in diam; wings subequal to keels; pods 5–9 cm × 8–11 mm............... P. montana var. lobata   
 5. Calyx up to 20 mm; standard 16–18 mm in diam; wings slightly shorter than keels; pods 10–14 cm × 10–13 mm.............................................................................................................................................................................................. P. montana var. thomsonii   
 6. Leaflets up to 14.5 × 12 cm, with lateral ones entire; inflorescences up to 17 cm, axis with retrorse hairs; keels not auriculate................................................................................................................................................................................................. P. bouffordii   
 6. Leaflets up to 8 × 6.5 cm, with lateral ones 3-lobed; inflorescences up to 48 cm, axis without retrorse hairs; keels auriculate at base......................................................................................................................................................................................... P. xyzhui   
 7. Standard 22–25 mm in diameter.................................................................................................................................... P. grandiflora   
7. Standard no more than 20 mm in diameter  
 8. Bracts longer than flower buds.................................................................................................................................. P. alopecuroides   
8. Bracts shorter than flower buds..........................................................................................................................................................9  
 9. Leaflets suborbicular, entire or irregular 5–7-lobed........................................................................................................... P. calycina   
 9. Leaflets ovate, 2- or 3-lobed................................................................................................................................................... P. edulis
description: Published as part of Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin & Pan, Bo, 2022, Legume additions to the flora of China, pp. 1-21 in Phytotaxa 532 (1) on pages 15-16, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5900839