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Taxon:  Citta nigricans Lour.

Synonym of Mucuna spp.



Summary
Genus:
Citta
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Phaseoleae
Nomen number:
10798
Place of publication:
Fl. cochinch. 2:456. 1790, nom. utique rej.
Comment:
a rejected name (nomen utique rejiciendum) under Melbourne ICN Art. 56 & App. V that is unavailable for use
Verified:
02/15/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
4 (3  active, 1  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Reference(s)
  1. Aubréville, A. et al., eds. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam. 1960-
  2. Brummitt, R. K. 1994. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 40. Taxon 43:117.
  3. Greuter, W. et al., eds. International code of botanical nomenclature (Saint Louis Code). 2000 398.
  4. Hara, H. et al. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. 1978-1982
  5. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. Flora of [West] Pakistan. 1970-
  6. Tateishi, Y. & H. Ohashi. 1981. Eastern Asiatic species of Mucuna (Leguminosae). Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 94:100.
  7. Wilmot-Dear, C. M. 1984. A revision of Mucuna (Leguminosae-Phaseoleae) in China and Japan. Kew Bull. 39:43.
  8. Wilmot-Dear, C. M. 1991. (1004) Proposal to reject the name Citta nigricans Lour. (Fabaceae) and all names based on it. Taxon 40:517-520.
Common names
Distribution
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=10798. Accessed 19 July 2025.


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