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Taxon: Glycine max (L.) Merr.

Genus: Glycine subgenus: Soja
Family: Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) subfamily: Faboideae tribe: Phaseoleae subtribe: Glycininae. Also placed in: Papilionaceae
Nomen number: 17711
Place of publication: Interpr. Herb. amboin. 274. 1917
Name verified on: 19-Mar-1987 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 14-Jan-2006
Species priority site is: Soybean Collection (SOY).
Accessions: 19541 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


Common names:

  • soya   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  • soya-bean   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  • soybean   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  • soja   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  • Sojabohne   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  • shoyu   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  • soja   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  • frijol de soya   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  • haba soya   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  • soja   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
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Distributional range:

      Naturalized:
  • widely naturalized

      Cultivated:
  • widely cultivated

      Other:
  • origin e. Asia

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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Glycine max (L.) Merr.:

  • Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
  • ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • PROTABASE: Plant Resources of Tropical Africa's (PROTA's) online resource
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images or nodulation data:

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  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.
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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?17711 (09 February 2010)

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