| Pueraria montana | |
|---|---|
| |
| Pueraria montana var. lobata | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Pueraria |
| Species: | P. montana
|
| Binomial name | |
| Pueraria montana | |
| Synonyms[1][2] | |
| |
Pueraria montana is a species of plant in the botanical family Fabaceae.[3] At least three sub-species (alternatively called varieties) are known. It is closely related to other species in the genus Pueraria (P. edulis and P. phaseoloides) and the common name kudzu is used for all of these species and hybrids between them. The morphological differences between them are subtle, they can breed with each other, and it appears that introduced kudzu populations in the United States have ancestry from more than one of the species.[4][5]
- ^ "Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ "Pueraria montana var. montana". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ Denight, Michael L.; Guertin, Patrick J.; Gebhart, Dick L.; Nelson, Linda (2008-11-01). Invasive Species Biology, Control, and Research. Part 2. Multiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora). Engineer Research and Development Center (Report). Fort Belvoir, VA: United States Army Corps of Engineers. doi:10.21236/ada492988. hdl:11681/8586.
- ^ Jewett, D. K.; Jiang, C. J.; Britton, K. O.; Sun, J. H.; Tang, J. (2003). "Characterizing Specimens of Kudzu and Related Taxa with RAPD's". Castanea. 68 (3): 254–260. JSTOR 4034173.
- ^ Sun, J H; Li, Z-C; Jewett, D K; Britton, K O; Ye, W H; Ge, X-J (2005), "Genetic diversity of Pueraria lobata (kudzu) and closely related taxa as revealed by inter-simple sequence repeat analysis", Weed Research, 45 (4): 255, Bibcode:2005WeedR..45..255S, doi:10.1111/j.1365-3180.2005.00462.x