Taxon: Kummerowia striata (Thunb.) Schindl.

Common names:

• annual lespedeza   (Source: Leg WorldEc ) – English
  
• common lespedeza   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• Japanese bush-clover   (Source: Leg Tex ) – English
  
• Japanese lespedeza   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• Japanese-clover   (Source: Leg NCarolin ) – English
  
• striate lespedeza   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: erosion control   (fide CultTropS, as Lespedeza striata)
  
• Animal food: fodder; forage   (fide CultTropS, as Lespedeza striata; Food Feed Crops US)
  
• Weed: also potential seed contaminant   (fide Atlas WWeed)
  

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Russian Far East: Russian Federation - Amur, Primorye, Sakhalin
  China: China
  Eastern Asia: Japan [incl. Ryukyus]; Korea; Taiwan [n.]
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indo-China: Vietnam

• naturalized elsewhere

References:

• Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960–. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam. (F CambLVN)
• Duke, J. A. 1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. (Leg WorldEc)
• Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds. 1997. Auxiliary plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). (Pl Res SEAs) 11:167.
• Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds. (Atlas WWeed)
• Huang, S. F. & T. C. Huang. 1987. Taxonomic treatment of the Papilionoideae (Leguminosae) of Taiwan. Taiwania 32:11-117. (Leg Taiwan)
• Jiangsu Inst. Bot., ed. v. 1; Shan. R. H., ed. v. 2. 1977–1982. Jiangsu Zhiwuzhi (Flora of Jiangsu). (F Chiangsu)
• Kitagawa, M. 1979. Neo-lineamenta florae Manshuricae. (F Manshur)
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR)
• Li, H. L. et al., eds. 1975–1979. Flora of Taiwan. (F Taiwan)
• Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. (Food Feed Crops US)
• Ohashi, H. et al. 1981. Advances in legume systematics. (Adv Leg Syst) 1:300. [accepts Kummerowia as segregate of Lespedeza].
• Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). (F JapanOhwi)
• Turner, B. L. 1959. The legumes of Texas. (Leg Tex)
• Walker, E. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands. (F Okin) [= Lespedeza striata (Thunb. ex Murray) Hook. & Arn.].
• Wilbur, R. L. 1963. Leguminous plants of North Carolina. (Leg NCarolin)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Kummerowia striata.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Kummerowia striata. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Hedysarum striatum Thunb. (basionym)
  
• (=) Kummerowia striata var. kobe hort.
  
• (≡) Lespedeza striata (Thunb.) Hook. & Arn.
  (previously associated with 58 accessions)
• (=) Lespedeza striata var. kobe hort.
  

Check other databases for Kummerowia striata (Thunb.) Schindl.:

• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• 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:

• Forestry Images: from www.forestryimages.org
• Seeds or fruits: Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University
• GRIN nodulation data

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional 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.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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