New York Metropolitan Flora

Genus: Pueraria

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Last Modified 02/14/2012

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Nomenclature

Pueraria DC., Ann. des Sciences Naturelles 4. 1825.

Key to the species of Pueraria

 

List of Pueraria Species

Pueraria montana

References to Pueraria

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  • Carter, G. A.; Teramura, A. H. 1988. Nonsummer stomatal conductance for the invasive vines kudzu and Japanese honeysuckle. Canad. J. Bot. 66: 2392-5.
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  • Chen, Z.; Wu, D.; Huang, X. 1995. A quantitative analysis of herbarium materials of the Pueraria lobata complex. Acta Bot. Austro Sinica 10: 1-6. (In Chinese; English summary)
  • Coladoanto, M. 1991. Pueraria lobata. ()
  • Forseth, I. N.; Teramura, A. H. 1987. Field photosynthesis, microclimate and water relations of an exotic temperate liana, Pueraria lobata, kudzu. Oecologia 71: 262-7.
  • Forseth, I. N.; Teramura, A. H. 1986. Kudzu leaf energy budget nd calculated transpiration: the influence of leaf orientation. Ecology 67: 564-71.
  • Fu, G.; Gu, Z.; Feng, R.; Chen, S. 1996. Pollen morphology in genus Pueraria DC. from China. J. Trop. Subtrop. Bot. 4: 25-30. (In Chinese; English summary. [Includes P. lobata])
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  • Sasek, T. W. 1985. Implications of atmospheric carbon dioxide enrichment for the physiological ecology and distribution of two introduced woody vines, Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi (kudzu) and Lonicera japonica Thunb. (Japanese honeysuckle). Ph.D. Dissertation Duke University, Durham, NC,
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