Taxon:  Glycine tabacina (Labill.) Benth.



Summary
Genus:
Glycine
Subgenus:
Glycine
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Phaseoleae
Subtribe:
Glycininae
Nomen number:
17805
Place of publication:
Fl. austral. 2:244.  1864
Verified:
03/20/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
194 (183  active, 177  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Kennedia tabacina Labill.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Glycine koidzumii Ohwi

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Seed

Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
  2. Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria. Australian plant census (APC) (on-line resource). Note: accessed June 2023
  3. Hermann, F. J. 1962. A revision of the genus Glycine and its immediate allies. Techn. Bull. U.S.D.A. 1268:21.
  4. Hsing, Y. L. C. et al. 2001. Systematic status of the Glycine tomentella and G. tabacina species complexes (Fabaceae) based on ITS sequences of nuclear ribosomal DNA. J. Pl. Res. 114:435-442.
  5. Huang, S. F. & T. C. Huang. 1987. Taxonomic treatment of the Papilionoideae (Leguminosae) of Taiwan. Taiwania 32:11-117.
  6. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  7. Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
  8. Jessop, J. P. & H. R. Toelken, eds. 1986. Flora of South Australia, ed. 4.
  9. Kretschmer, A. E., Jr. 1998. In: , pers. comm. Note: re. common names
  10. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
  11. Mitchell, M. L. et al. 2015. Use of functional traits to identify Australian forage grasses, legumes and shrubs for domestication and use in pastoral areas under a changing climate. Crop Pasture Sci. 66:71-89. DOI: 10.1071/CP13406. Note: this review mentions attempts to domesticate Glycine tabacina, and due to its habitat requirements is a potential source as forage in different seasonal precipitation and warmer climates
  12. Morat, P. et al. FLORICAL: checklist of the vascular indigenous Flora of New Caledonia (on-line resource). Note: accessed June 2023
  13. Newell, C. & Hymowitz. 1978. A reappraisal of the subgenus Glycine. Amer. J. Bot. 65:169. Note: mentions
  14. Newell, C. & Hymowitz. 1980. A taxonomic revision in the genus Glycine subgenus Glycine (Leguminosae). Brittonia 32:63.
  15. Newell, C. 1981. Distribution of Glycine tabacina (Labill.) Benth in the West-Central Pacific. Micronesica 17:64.
  16. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  17. Sherman-Broyle, S. et al. 2014. The wild side of a major crop: Soybean's perennial cousins from Down Under. Amer. J. Bot. 101:1651-1665. DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1400121. Note: a B-genome tetraploid
  18. Smith, A. C. 1979-1991. Flora vitiensis nova.
  19. Tateishi, Y. & H. Ohashi. 1992. Taxonomic studies on Glycine of Taiwan. J. Jap. Bot. 67:136.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishglycine-pea  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Englishpea glycine  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Englishvariable glycine  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Englishwild soybean  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Japanese Rōmajibōko-tsuru-mame  2Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaFujian Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangdong Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanRyukyu Islands 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan Penghu Is.
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaAustralian Capital Territory 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNew South Wales 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaSouth Australia 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaVictoria 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaWestern Australia 
1NativePacificNorthwestern PacificMicronesia  
1NativePacificSouthwestern PacificFiji  
1NativePacificSouthwestern PacificNew Caledonia  
1NativePacificSouthwestern PacificTonga  
1NativePacificSouthwestern PacificVanuatu  
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Fujian Sheng, Guangdong Sheng]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan [Ryukyu Islands], Taiwan (Penghu Is.)
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia, Australian Capital Territory]
Pacific
  • NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Micronesia
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji, New Caledonia, Tonga, Vanuatu
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodforagepotentialKretschmer, A. E., Jr. 1998. In: , pers. comm. Note: re. common names
Animal foodforagepotentialMitchell, M. L. et al. 2015. Use of functional traits to identify Australian forage grasses, legumes and shrubs for domestication and use in pastoral areas under a changing climate. Crop Pasture Sci. 66:71-89. DOI: 10.1071/CP13406. Note: this review mentions attempts to domesticate Glycine tabacina, and due to its habitat requirements is a potential source as forage in different seasonal precipitation and warmer climates
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=17805. Accessed 1 June 2024.