taxonID	type	description	language	source
03F087D1FFA6FF96FF18FD63AEE1FDA2.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — VENEZUELA. “ crescit Caracas ” (lectotype W, isolectotypes W). Fig. 1.	en	Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin, Pan, Bo (2022): Legume additions to the flora of China. Phytotaxa 532 (1): 1-21, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1
03F087D1FFA6FF96FF18FD63AEE1FDA2.taxon	description	Description: — Subshrubs, prostrate to ± scandent, branched. Stem slender, striate, densely covered with hooked hairs ca. 1 mm. Stipules brown, ca. 5 mm, longitudinally striate, ciliate at margin, caducous; leaves trifoliolate; petioles 2 – 5.5 cm, cylindrical, grooved above, densely hairy as stem; rachis 0.5 – 1.5 cm; leaflets lanceolate, apex acute, mucronate, base broadly cuneate to rounded, adaxial surface deep green, with a silvery plaque along the midvein, sparsely covered with appressed hairs, abaxial surface light green, hairy as the adaxial surface but much denser, terminal leaflet 3.5 – 9 × 1.3 – 4 cm, lateral ones slightly shorter, oblique; stipels 2 – 4 mm, linear-lanceolate, ciliate at margin; petiolules 1 – 3 mm, more densely hairy than stem. Inflorescence a pseudoraceme, axillary or terminal, with terminal ones (20 – 26 cm) much longer than axillary ones (7 – 12 cm), with a long peduncle, both peduncle and rachis hairy as stem; with two flowers per node; bracts ovate, ca. 5 mm, acute at apex, sparsely pubescent outside, marked with stripes as stipules, caducous. Pedicels 3 – 9 mm, hairy as peduncle. Calyx bilabiate, ca. 3 mm, with tube campanulate, sparsely covered with spreading hairs. Corolla pink, all petals short clawed; standard ca. 10 mm, obovate, retuse at apex, with two light green nectar guides at base; wing petals ca. 8 mm, narrowly obovate to oblong, obtuse at apex; keel petals ca. 5 mm, falcate to narrowly obovate, obtuse at apex. Stamens monadelphous, ca. 10 mm, vexillary stamen partially fused with the staminal tube. Loments ca. 4 cm, densely covered with white hairs, mature fruits and seeds not seen.	en	Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin, Pan, Bo (2022): Legume additions to the flora of China. Phytotaxa 532 (1): 1-21, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1
03F087D1FFA6FF96FF18FD63AEE1FDA2.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat: — Desmodium uncinatum is native to North, Central and South America, but it has been widely introduced to Australia and Southeast Asia (Ohashi 1973, Lima et al. 2014). It was introduced and cultivated as a tropical pasture in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Taiwan, and Yunnan in China multiple times (Huang et al. 1991) but was never formally recorded as a naturalized species in Chinese floras (Huang & Ohashi 1993, 2010, Yang & Huang 1995). This species has successfully naturalized in Yunnan Province. It grows on roadside slopes at an elevation of 1376 m.	en	Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin, Pan, Bo (2022): Legume additions to the flora of China. Phytotaxa 532 (1): 1-21, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1
03F087D1FFA6FF96FF18FD63AEE1FDA2.taxon	biology_ecology	Phenology: — Flowering from October to December; fruiting in December.	en	Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin, Pan, Bo (2022): Legume additions to the flora of China. Phytotaxa 532 (1): 1-21, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1
03F087D1FFA6FF96FF18FD63AEE1FDA2.taxon	vernacular_names	Chinese name: — The Chinese name of Desmodium uncinatum is ffi 叶山 ặḑ, in which “ ffi 叶 ” means “ silver leaves ”, which refers to the silvery plaque along the midvein on the adaxial surface of leaflets; “ 山 ặḑ ” is the Chinese common name for Desmodium Desvaux (1813: 122) s. str. (see http: // duocet. ibiodiversity. net /).	en	Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin, Pan, Bo (2022): Legume additions to the flora of China. Phytotaxa 532 (1): 1-21, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1
03F087D1FFA6FF96FF18FD63AEE1FDA2.taxon	materials_examined	Specimens examined: — CHINA. Guangdong: Guangzhou, Genetic Laboratory test field of South China Botanical Garden, “ introduced from Australia ”, 15 th Dec. 1980, S. Q. Chen 18686 (IBSC). Guangzhou, South China Botanical Garden, 23 rd Dec. 1981, F. W. Xing, B. H. Chen & C. X. Huang 111 (IBSC). Taiwan: Nantou Hsien, Jenai Hsiang, Meifeng-Tsuefeng, on roadside, alt. 2200 m, C. M. Wang, H. M. Lin & C. P. Lu 3265 (IBSC). Yunnan: Lincang, Yongde, Yongkang, Kui-Ge Mountains E, along the S 313, on slopes of the roadside, alt. 1376 m, 18 th Oct. 2020, P. Li, Z. H. Liu, S. Y. Wang & H. L. Zheng 008662 (HZU, NPH).	en	Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin, Pan, Bo (2022): Legume additions to the flora of China. Phytotaxa 532 (1): 1-21, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1
03F087D1FFA6FF96FF18FD63AEE1FDA2.taxon	discussion	Discussion: — Yang & Huang (1995) recognized 27 species and 5 varieties of the genus Desmodium distributed in China, including D. caudatum De Candolle (1825 a: 337), which was transferred to the new genus Ohwia H. Ohashi (1999: 243). This treatment was recognized by Huang & Ohashi (2010 a, 2010 b), and thus Huang & Ohashi (2010 b) recognized 32 species of Desmodium distributed in China. However, the genus Desmodium s. lat. is not monophyletic and needs to be divided (Jabbour et al. 2018). In recent years, a series of work focusing on the division of Desmodium s. lat. had been done (Ohashi & Ohashi 2012, 2018 a, 2018 b, 2020, Ohashi et al. 2018 a, 2018 b, 2019 a, 2019 b, 2020 a, 2020 b). As for Chinese taxa, all native taxa recognized by Yang & Huang (1995) and Huang & Ohashi (2010 b) should be transferred to Grona Loureiro (1790: 459), Huangtcia H. Ohashi & K. Ohashi (in Ohashi et al. 2018 a: 182), Leptodesmia (Bentham 1852: 221) Bentham & Hooker f. (1865: 522), Pleurolobus J. Saint-Hilaire (1812: 192), Polhillides H. Ohashi & K. Ohashi (2019 a: 71), Puhuaea H. Ohashi & K. Ohashi (2019 b: 280), Sohmaea H. Ohashi & K. Ohashi (2018 b: 159), Sunhangia H. Ohashi & K. Ohashi (2019 b: 285), or Uraria Desvaux (1813: 122), while D. dichotomum De Candolle (1825 a: 336) should be transferred to Bouffordia H. Ohashi & K. Ohashi (in Ohashi et al. 2018 a: 179). Only three exotic species, i. e. D. intortum (Miller 1768: 11) Urban (1920: 292), D. scorpiurus (Swartz 1788: 107) Desvaux (1813: 122), and D. tortuosum (Swartz 1788: 107) De Candolle (1825 a: 332), together with D. uncinatum, remain in the genus Desmodium s. str. An updated key for naturalized Desmodium s. str. in China is given below.	en	Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin, Pan, Bo (2022): Legume additions to the flora of China. Phytotaxa 532 (1): 1-21, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1
03F087D1FFA4FF91FF18FCBEAADDF7A7.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — INDIA: Kumaon, Blinkworth s. n., s. d., Wallich Cat. 5545 (lectotype K, isolectotype CAL). Fig. 2 & 3.	en	Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin, Pan, Bo (2022): Legume additions to the flora of China. Phytotaxa 532 (1): 1-21, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1
03F087D1FFA4FF91FF18FCBEAADDF7A7.taxon	description	Description: — Decumbent herbs, all overground parts covered with white spreading hairs, mixed with yellow bulbous-based hairs and orange globose glands. Root clustered with 2 – 6 fusiform tubers. Stem multi-branched, terete to sub-tetragonal, slender, striate. Leaves digitately trifoliolate, 3.5 – 8 cm; stipules persistent, basifixed, ovate to ovatelanceolate, acute at apex, scarious; petioles 1 – 3.5 cm, grooved above; leaflets obovate to rounded, obtuse at apex, sometimes with an inconspicuous mucro, broadly cuneate at base; lateral veins reticulate and depressed on the adaxial surface; terminal leaflet 1.5 – 4.1 × 1.2 – 3.7 cm, lateral ones oblique and smaller; petiolules 1 – 2 mm, spreading hairy; stipels present, linear, ca. 1.5 mm. Inflorescence a terminal head, 2 – 6 - flowered; peduncles 1.4 – 5 cm; bracts aggregated at the base of peduncles, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, caducous or partly persistent, longitudinally striate, densely hairy. Flowers ca. 13 mm, with a short pedicel 1 – 3 mm. Calyx ca. 8 mm, densely hairy; tube campanulate, ca. 4 mm; teeth 5, subequal, ca. 4 mm. Corolla purplish red; standard subrounded, ca. 10 mm, inner surface glabrous, outer surface covered with appressed white hairs and orange glands, with a short claw at base; wing petals oblong; keel petals falcate, with an acute apex. Stamens 10, diadelphous (9 + 1); anthers uniform, basifixed. Pods reticulate veined, sparsely pubescent, mixed with orange-red glands, not exerted the persistent calyx. Seed 1 per pod, blackish brown, subglobose, ca. 4 mm in diameter, with an elliptic hilum ca. 1 mm.	en	Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin, Pan, Bo (2022): Legume additions to the flora of China. Phytotaxa 532 (1): 1-21, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1
03F087D1FFA4FF91FF18FCBEAADDF7A7.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat: — This species was known from India, Nepal, and Thailand before (Gavade et al. 2019, Mattapha et al. 2021). It is newly recorded from China (Sichuan and Yunnan), and distributed in the savanna valleys along the Jinsha River.	en	Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin, Pan, Bo (2022): Legume additions to the flora of China. Phytotaxa 532 (1): 1-21, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1
03F087D1FFA4FF91FF18FCBEAADDF7A7.taxon	biology_ecology	Phenology: — Flowering in August and September; fruiting in October and November.	en	Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin, Pan, Bo (2022): Legume additions to the flora of China. Phytotaxa 532 (1): 1-21, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1
03F087D1FFA4FF91FF18FCBEAADDF7A7.taxon	discussion	Taxonomic notes: — Flemingia vestita was firstly recognized in Yunnan by Franchet (1889 – 1890) but was later overlooked or treated as a synonym in Chinese floras. Tang & Wang (1955) mentioned the species in the notes on the genus and considered it distributed in the Himalayas. Wei (1991) revised the genus in China but did not record the species. Wei (1995) did not recognize Flemingia vestita but cited it as a synonym of F. procumbens Roxb., which was also adopted by Sa & Gilbert (2010). However, after the lectotypification conducted by Gavade et al. (2016), F. procumbens should be a member of Flemingia Roxb. ex W. T. Aiton (1812: 349) subg. Flemingiastrum (De Candolle 1825 a: 351) Baker (1876: 228); it bears woody roots and solitary racemes, which is different from F. vestita. Do & Gao (2020) revised the genus distributed in the Indochina region, but they could not trace the specimens of F. procumbens or F. vestita, so they listed F. procumbens as a doubtful species and neglected F. vestita. Previous studies focused on the genus Flemingia all stated that the genus is estipellate (Wei 1995, Sa & Gilbert 2010, Do & Gao 2020, Gavade et al. 2020). However, our observation showed that F. vestita (B. Liu 550, HITBC) bears stipels (Fig. 3). This may be the first report of the presence of stipels in Flemingia.	en	Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin, Pan, Bo (2022): Legume additions to the flora of China. Phytotaxa 532 (1): 1-21, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1
03F087D1FFA4FF91FF18FCBEAADDF7A7.taxon	conservation	Conservation status: — As a widespread species, Flemingia vestita is here considered as Least Concern (LC) according to IUCN Categories (2019).	en	Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin, Pan, Bo (2022): Legume additions to the flora of China. Phytotaxa 532 (1): 1-21, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1
03F087D1FFA4FF91FF18FCBEAADDF7A7.taxon	vernacular_names	Chinese name: — The Chinese name of Flemingia vestita is given here as ậ 地千Ƒffl, “ ậ 地 ” means “ arid land ” in Chinese, while “ 千Ƒffl ” is the common name of the genus Flemingia. The Chinese name refers to its natural habitat.	en	Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin, Pan, Bo (2022): Legume additions to the flora of China. Phytotaxa 532 (1): 1-21, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1
03F087D1FFA4FF91FF18FCBEAADDF7A7.taxon	materials_examined	Specimens examined: — CHINA: Sichuan: Xichang, Yanbian, Dapingzi, Yankou, adret, alt. 2300 m, 26 th Aug. 1978, Anonymous 0349 (SM). Panzhihua, Cycad Reserve, 16 th Sept. 2010, B. Liu 550 (HITBC). Yunnan: Lijiang, Yongsheng, Liude, mountainous area, alt. 1869 m, 7 th Sept. 2020, J. Q. Dong 202009075313 (NPH).	en	Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin, Pan, Bo (2022): Legume additions to the flora of China. Phytotaxa 532 (1): 1-21, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1
03F087D1FFA1FF93FF18FF47AED3F78A.taxon	description	Description: — Shrub 0.3 – 1 m, deciduous during the dry season. All parts dense whitish grey tomentose. Branchlets angulate, not lenticellate. Leaves digitately trifoliolate, 5 – 18 cm; petiole winged, 2 – 7 cm; terminal leaflet rhomboidovate, 3 – 11 × 1.5 – 5.5 cm, while lateral ones smaller and oblique at base; apex of leaflet obtuse, rarely acute. Stipules early caducous, triangular to lanceolate, 3 – 4 mm. Inflorescence axillary or cauline raceme, 2 – 7.5 cm. Solitary, or clustered at old branches or rootstock, as many as 10 racemes per node or more. Flower papilionaceous, 11 mm. Bracts tomentose and glandular, triangular to ovate, 3 – 6 mm, early caducous. Calyx 4 mm, 5 - lobed, the lower teeth the longest, outer surface orange glandular and tomentose. Corolla purplish red, all petals subequal in length; standard 8 – 9 mm, elliptic to ovate, auriculate, short stalked, apex emarginate; wing petals and keel petals long clawed, oblanceolate to obovate. Stamens diadelphous (9 + 1), 8 mm. Pistil 8 mm, with a shot ovary and long curved style. Pods elliptic, tomentose and glandular, ca. 10 × 5 mm, inflated, 2 - seeded.	en	Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin, Pan, Bo (2022): Legume additions to the flora of China. Phytotaxa 532 (1): 1-21, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1
03F087D1FFA1FF93FF18FF47AED3F78A.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat: — This plant occurs in the savanna valleys of Sichuan and Yunnan, which are dry and hot in summer.	en	Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin, Pan, Bo (2022): Legume additions to the flora of China. Phytotaxa 532 (1): 1-21, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1
03F087D1FFA1FF93FF18FF47AED3F78A.taxon	biology_ecology	Phenology: — Flowering in February to March; fruiting in March to May. Leaves shed at the end of flowering period, and young leaves emerge during the fruiting period.	en	Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin, Pan, Bo (2022): Legume additions to the flora of China. Phytotaxa 532 (1): 1-21, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1
03F087D1FFA1FF93FF18FF47AED3F78A.taxon	discussion	Taxonomic notes: — Flemingia yunnanensis used to be synonymized with F. wallichii Wight & Arnott (1834 a: 242) (Wei 1991, Wei 1995, Sa & Gilbert 2010). However, F. wallichii bears white flowers, while F. yunnanensis bears purplish red flowers. Do & Gao (2020) synonymized F. yunnanensis with F. macrophylla, which is not dense tomentose all over, flowers in June and September, has larger flowers and leaves, and does not produce cauline flowers. The type specimens (KUN 0975083, P 00709075, P 00709077, P 03583162, PE 01922573) clearly show the cauline inflorescences, shedding leaves, and the abundant inflorescences from the rootstock. Its cauline inflorescences are unique in the genus. Based on the above evidence, we reinstate Flemingia yunnanensis as a distinct species.	en	Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin, Pan, Bo (2022): Legume additions to the flora of China. Phytotaxa 532 (1): 1-21, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1
03F087D1FFA1FF93FF18FF47AED3F78A.taxon	conservation	Conservation status: — Flemingia yunnanensis is very narrow distributed and the collection records are rare, so we consider it as a Vulnerable (VU, B a) species according to the IUCN Categories (2019).	en	Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin, Pan, Bo (2022): Legume additions to the flora of China. Phytotaxa 532 (1): 1-21, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1
03F087D1FFA1FF93FF18FF47AED3F78A.taxon	vernacular_names	Chinese name: — The Chinese name of Flemingia yunnanensis is given here as įff 千Ƒffl. “ įff ” means “ cauline inflorescences ”, while “ 千Ƒffl ” is the common name of the genus Flemingia.	en	Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin, Pan, Bo (2022): Legume additions to the flora of China. Phytotaxa 532 (1): 1-21, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1
03F087D1FFA1FF93FF18FF47AED3F78A.taxon	materials_examined	Specimens examined: — CHINA: Sichuan. Dukou, dry and hot valley, alt. 1400 m, 12 th Jun. 1981, W. H. Li & Y. Hu 81 - 0192 (PE). Dukou, Mar. 1984, G. D. Tao 40139 (HITBC). Yunnan. Heqing, Dapinzi, 27 th Mar. 1888, J. M. Delavay s. n. (NAS 00399331). Heqing, Huangping, 9 th Feb. 1990, X. F. Gao 937 (KUN). Yuanjiang, Qingshuihe, riverside, alt. 900 m, 8 th May 1984, G. D. Tao 38045 (HITBC, IBSC).	en	Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin, Pan, Bo (2022): Legume additions to the flora of China. Phytotaxa 532 (1): 1-21, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1
03F087D1FFA1FF93FF18FF47AED3F78A.taxon	discussion	Discussion: — When he revised the genus distributed in India, Baker (1876) split it into five subgenera, viz. subg. Chalaria (Wight & Arnott 1834 a: 242) Baker (1876: 227), subg. Flemingiastrum (DC.) Baker, subg. Lepidocoma (Junghuhn 1845: 338) Baker (1876: 229), subg. Ostryodium (Desvaux 1813: 119) Baker (1876: 226), and subg. Rhynchosioides Baker. This treatment was adopted by later scholars who worked on the taxonomy of the genus Flemingia distributed in India (e. g. Mukerjee 1953, Gavade et al. 2019, 2020). As for Chinese taxa, Wei (1991) also adopted the treatment, while Wei (1995) and Sa & Gilbert (2010) did not adopt it, and neither did Do & Gao (2020), who revised the genus for the Indo-Chinese region. Molecular work of the genus was conducted by Do et al. (2021), its results showed that Flemingia comprises five clades, in which an African species, Flemingia faginea (Guillemin & Perrottet, 1831: 212) Baker (1871: 230) formed a single clade, while subg. Rhynchosioides should be merged into subg. Lepidocoma. Careful observation of Flemingia trifoliata showed that this species has tuberous roots as well [CHINA. Yunnan: Longchuan County, among the roadside bushes, alt. 945 m, 29 th Jan. 1974, G. D. Tao 13414 (HITBC 0012891, KUN 0753139)]. This morphological evidence supported the above mergence. For other subgenera, F. paniculata Wall. ex Benth. (1852: 245) was originally placed in subg. Chalaria, which should be transferred to subg. Ostryodium based on the phylogenetic results, while F. glutinosa (Prain, 1897: 438) Y. T. Wei & S. K. Lee (1895: 169), which was considered as a synonym (Sa & Gilbert 2010) or a variety (Do & Gao 2020) of F. lineata (Linnaeus, 1753: 1054) W. T. Aiton (1812: 350), should be considered as a distinct species based on the results. According to the results by previous studies (Gavade et al. 2019, 2020, Do & Gao 2020), all four subgenera could be found in China. Therefore, we applied the four-subgeneric classification of Flemingia to Chinese taxa and updated the key.	en	Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin, Pan, Bo (2022): Legume additions to the flora of China. Phytotaxa 532 (1): 1-21, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1
03F087D1FFAFFF99FF18F95DAA26F9B6.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — INDIA. Peninsula India Orientalis, Wight 750 (holotype K 000797547!, isotypes E 00174529!, E 00174530!). Fig. 5 & 6.	en	Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin, Pan, Bo (2022): Legume additions to the flora of China. Phytotaxa 532 (1): 1-21, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1
03F087D1FFAFFF99FF18F95DAA26F9B6.taxon	description	Description: — Herbaceous climbers. Stems glabrous or sparsely hirsute with spreading yellowish hairs, striate. Leaves trifoliolate; stipules caducous; petioles 5.5 – 11 cm, with a pulvinus ca. 0.5 cm at base, slightly grooved above, hirsute as stem but sometimes denser; leaflets chartaceous, dark green on the adaxial surface, sparsely covered with appressed white hairs when young, glabrescent when old, grey-green on the abaxial surface, densely covered with appressed white hairs throughout, sometimes yellow hairy along veins and margin, acute at apex, mucronate, slightly repand at margin, lateral veins (including basal veins) 5 – 6 pairs, terminal leaflets rhombic-ovate, 11.9 – 14 × 5.8 – 8.2 cm, laterals oblique, 8.9 – 11.8 × 4.5 – 7 cm; rachis 1.3 – 2.2 cm, hirsute as petiole; stipels ca. 0.3 cm, black, persistent, slightly shorter than petiolules; petiolules densely covered with yellowish hairs. Inflorescence an axillary or cauline pseudoraceme, 2 – 3 flowers per node; peduncles and rachis appressed pubescent; bracts and bracteoles caducous: primary bract one per node, lanceolate narrowly-triangular, densely villous with ± ascending, pale hairs abaxially, pubescent with somewhat sparser brownish hairs adaxially; secondary bract one per flower, ± ovate, indumentum as on primary bracts; bracteoles two per flower, densely villous with ± ascending, pale hairs on both surfaces. Calyx bilabiate, covered with brownish irritant bristles and dense ± appressed grey hairs; the adaxial two lobes connate to form the upper lip, the other three lobes triangular, acute at apex. Corolla dark purple, turns black when dry; standard sub-elliptic, ca. 2.5 cm, with a short claw ca. 1.7 mm at base; wing petals long obovate, ca. 3.7 cm, densely covered with spreading grey hairs along the dorsal side of the basal part, with a short claw ca. 2.2 mm, auricle ca. 1 mm; keel petals ca. 3.8 cm, hooked at apex, sometimes “ claw-like ”, basal claw ca. 6.3 mm, auricle ca. 1 mm. Stamens 10, diadelphous (9 + 1), with vexillary one free from the staminal tube; ca. 4 cm; anthers dimorphic, alternative. Pistil shorter than stamens, ca. 2.7 cm, hirsute with spreading hairs. Pods fleshy, straight or slightly irregular bending, never curved into S shape, densely covered with yellowish taupe irritant hairs ca. 3 mm. Seed oblong-ellipsoid, ± compressed, dark brown with taupe and black spots, 1 – 1.1 × ca. 0.7 cm; hilum ca. 6 mm.	en	Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin, Pan, Bo (2022): Legume additions to the flora of China. Phytotaxa 532 (1): 1-21, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1
03F087D1FFAFFF99FF18F95DAA26F9B6.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat: — Mucuna pruriens var. hirsuta is distributed in China (South Guangxi and Yunnan, newly recorded, reported here), India (Western Indian Peninsula), Myanmar, Vietnam and Thailand. It grows on the edge of woods or roadsides at elevations between 100 ‒ 1650 m above sea level, usually climbing on trees.	en	Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin, Pan, Bo (2022): Legume additions to the flora of China. Phytotaxa 532 (1): 1-21, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1
03F087D1FFAFFF99FF18F95DAA26F9B6.taxon	biology_ecology	Phenology: — Flowering in September to next January, fruiting in October to next April.	en	Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin, Pan, Bo (2022): Legume additions to the flora of China. Phytotaxa 532 (1): 1-21, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1
03F087D1FFAFFF99FF18F95DAA26F9B6.taxon	vernacular_names	Chinese name: — The Chinese name of Mucuna pruriens var. hirsuta is given here as ą 毛 ḙā, in which “ ą 毛 ” means “ hirsute hairs ”, which is the direct translation of the epithet; “ ḙā ” is the Chinese common name for Mucuna Adans. subg. Stizolobium (P. Browne 1756: 290) Baker (1876: 186).	en	Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin, Pan, Bo (2022): Legume additions to the flora of China. Phytotaxa 532 (1): 1-21, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1
03F087D1FFAFFF99FF18F95DAA26F9B6.taxon	discussion	Taxonomic notes: — Mucuna pruriens var. hirsuta is similar to var. pruriens in its inflorescence and flower parts, but can be easily distinguished by its straight or slightly irregular bending pods which are never curved into an S shape (vs. always curved into an S shape in var. pruriens); the indumentum on pods of the two varieties is different: var. hirsuta bears yellowish taupe irritant bristles, which turn to a greyish-black color when mature, var. pruriens bears orange-red orange-brown or yellow irritant hairs, which turn to a brown or greyish yellow color when mature. As for vegetative part, M. pruriens var. hirsuta can be easily characterized by the presence of yellowish hairs on leaflets and petiolules, which is different to those of var. pruriens. M. pruriens var. hirsuta is also easily confused with M. bracteata, another species of Mucuna subg. Stizolobium distributed in China, since both taxa bears straight or slightly irregular bending pods, however, the lower part of the inflorescence of M. bracteata bears many flowerless nodes with scars and persistent bracts, but bracts of M. pruriens var. hirsuta are completely caducous; moreover, the terminal leaflet of M. bracteata has its width similar to length, while both of M. pruriens var. hirsuta and var. pruriens have terminal leaflet usually longer than width; M. bracteata bears flowers with wing petals conspicuously shorter than keel petals, while both of M. pruriens var. hirsuta and var. pruriens bear flowers with wing petals subequal or slightly shorter than keel petals. When she revised Chinese and Japanese Mucuna species, Wilmot-Dear (1984) recorded four doubtful taxa and named them temporarily and informally as Mucuna sp. ‘ A’, ‘ B’, ‘ C’ and ‘ D’, of which, only two gatherings of M. sp. ‘ A’ were cited. Later, M. sp. ‘ A’ was described formally as a new species, Mucuna incurvata Wilmot-Dear & R. Sa, in Flora of China by Sa & Wilmot-Dear (2010). The authors indicated this species resembles M. pruriens but differs in having lateral calyx lobes twice as long as wide, all calyx lobes much broader, corolla with a more incurved and claw-like keel, longer hairs on the stem and leaves adaxially, and much finer bristles on the calyx. We traced the digital image of the holotype and all isotypes of M. incurvata, as well as an illustration cited by Sa & Wilmot-Dear (2010), but we did not find the key morphological characteristics to distinguish M. incurvata from M. pruriens var. hirsuta. There is no obvious difference in the morphological characters of the calyx lobes and their indumentum between the two taxa; and the long hairs on the stem and adaxial surface of leaves also coincide with the morphological characters of M. pruriens var. hirsuta; the “ claw-like ” maybe represents an atypical form in the taxa. Based on these observations, here we synonymize M. incurvata with M. pruriens var. hirsuta. Although Sa & Wilmot-Dear (2010) only cited two duplicates of C. W. Wang 79571 stored in A and PE as the isotypes of M. incurvata, we traced three more duplicates of C. W. Wang 79571 stored in IBSC, KUN and LBG. According to Art. 9.5 of the Shenzhen Code (Turland et al. 2018), these duplicates are also the isotypes of M. incurvata, as we cited above.	en	Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin, Pan, Bo (2022): Legume additions to the flora of China. Phytotaxa 532 (1): 1-21, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1
03F087D1FFAFFF99FF18F95DAA26F9B6.taxon	conservation	Conservation status: — Mucuna pruriens var. hirsuta is a widespread taxon, so we consider it as Least Concern (LC) according to IUCN (2019).	en	Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin, Pan, Bo (2022): Legume additions to the flora of China. Phytotaxa 532 (1): 1-21, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1
03F087D1FFAFFF99FF18F95DAA26F9B6.taxon	materials_examined	Specimens examined: — CHINA. Guangxi: Napo, Bainan, Shanggai Village, mountainous areas, on slope, sparse forests, alt. 400 m, 11 th April 1998, H. N. Qin, Y. Z. Wang, L. C. Yan, X. Y. Wen, D. S. Deng, S. C. Tang, B. M. Nong, X. C. Zhang & N. H. Xia 398 (PE). Yunnan: Cangyuan, Banlao, Mt. Longtoushan, in the forest, alt. 850 m, 31 st Oct. 1989, G. D. Tao, X. W. Li 39993 (KUN). Che-li Hsien, Dah-meng-lung, Meng-song, mixed woods, alt. 1650 m, Sept. 1936, C. W. Wang 78220 (KUN, PE). Che-li Hsien, Kuen-ger, mixed forest, alt. 900 m, Oct. 1936, C. W. Wang 79233 (PE). Hekou, Mt. Jinjinashan, in thickets, moist place, alt. 100 m, 10 th Nov. 1954, K. M. Feng 5399 (KUN). Jenn-yeh Hsien, Meng-him, alt. 800 m, Oct. 1936, C. W. Wang 79947 (PE). Jinghong, Puwen, in the forest, climbing on trees, alt. 200 – 300 m, 3 rd Jan. 2014, X. X. Guo 1401 (CSH). Luchun, near Erqu, roadside at the edge of forests, alt. 450 m, 19 th Oct. 2000, Y. - M. Shui & W. - H. Chen 13405 (KUN). Mengla, edge of the rainforest valley, alt. 650 m, 16 th Oct. 1959, H. T. Tsai 59 - 13383 (KUN). Mengla, Longlin, in forest, alt. 750 m, 19 th Oct. 1959, H. T. Tsai 59 - 11028 (KUN). Mengla, Menglun, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Scientific Research Center, roadside, climbing on trees, 9 th Jan. 2019, K. W. Jiang & B. Pan SSPN 02 (CSH). ibid., 9 th Jan. 2019, K. W. Jiang & B. Pan SSPN 03 (CSH). ibid., 9 th Jan. 2019, K. W. Jiang & B. Pan SSPN 04 (CSH). ibid., 10 th Jan. 2019, K. W. Jiang SSPN 13 (CSH). Mengla, Mengyuan, Nanyang Village, roadside, 5 Dec. 2004, S. S. Zhou 2173 (PE). Mengla, Mohan, mountainous area near Miaozhai Village, edge of forests, 29 th Nov. 2020, B. Liu, L. M. Lu, R. Rabarijaona, R. Liu 11708 (PE). Mengla, Shangyong, roadside, alt. 800 – 900 m, Z. H. Yang 10888 (KUN). Mengla to Shangyong, in thickets, alt. 580 m, 17 th Oct 1959, H. T. Tsai 59 - 10996 (KUN). Xishuangbanna, Manyan to Manliangsan, moist place, sunny place in the valley, roadside, in thickets, 6 th Nov. 1958, S. X. Zhao 174 (KUN). Yingjiang, from Tongbiguan to Rubber Plantation, 26 th Oct. 1983, Q. Lin 770793 (KUN). Yingjiang, Xianghubang River, in valley, Apr. 1979, Yunnan Institute of Botany 03 - 14 (KUN). Yingjiang, Nabang, old road from Xima to Nabang, edge of forests, 18 th Dec. 2016, CPG Exped. 29347 (PE). Yingjiang, Taiping, Hongbeng River, riverside, 21 st Dec. 2016, CPG Exped. 29463 (PE). MYANMAR. Upper Burma, Kachin Hills, Mar. 1898, S. Mokim s. n. (L). VIETNAM. L ạng Sõn, H ữu B ồn (?) Farm, NW 32 km, Mt. Núi Ba T ầng (?), under the forest, alt. 190 m, 16 th Jan. 1965, China-Vietnam Joint Exped. 1441 (KUN, PE). Lào Cai, 8 km Nam Cý ờng, secondary forest edge, on sunny slope, alt. 351 m, 18 th Dec. 1964, China-Vietnam Joint Exped. 532 (PE).	en	Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin, Pan, Bo (2022): Legume additions to the flora of China. Phytotaxa 532 (1): 1-21, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1
03F087D1FFAFFF99FF18F95DAA26F9B6.taxon	discussion	Discussion: — Sa & Wilmot-Dear (2010) recognized 18 species and one variety of the genus Mucuna distributed in China, together with Jiang et al. (2020) and present study, at least 18 species and two variety of Mucuna can be found in China. These taxa belong to three subgenera based on the treatment by Moura et al. (2016), i. e. Mucuna subg. Mucuna, M. subg. Macrocarpa T. M. Moura, Wilmot-Dear, M. Vatanparast, A. M. G. Azevedo & G. P. Lewis (2016: 610), and M. subg. Stizolobium. Two species and two varieties distributed in China should be placed in M. subg. Stizolobium. An updated key to the subgenus distributed in China is given below.	en	Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin, Pan, Bo (2022): Legume additions to the flora of China. Phytotaxa 532 (1): 1-21, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1
03F087D1FFABFF9BFF18F8A2AEE1FA26.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — MYANMAR: Kachin, mountains near Myitkyina, King’s collectors (Shaik Mokim) s. n. (holotype CAL, isotypes CAL, K). Fig. 7.	en	Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin, Pan, Bo (2022): Legume additions to the flora of China. Phytotaxa 532 (1): 1-21, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1
03F087D1FFABFF9BFF18F8A2AEE1FA26.taxon	description	Description: — Woody climbers, ca. 10 m. Old stems quadrangular, 10 cm across or more; young branches terete, nearly glabrous or somewhat pubescent. Leaves pinnately trifoliolate; stipules linear, dorsifixed, caducous; petiole ribbed, grooved above, nearly glabrous, (6 –) 7 – 13 cm, with rachis (1.5 –) 2 – 3 cm; leaflets long elliptic with lateral ones conspicuously oblique, (8 –) 13 – 18 × 3.5 – 8 cm, long-acuminate at apex, broadly cuneate to rounded-cuneate at base, sparsely pubescent on both surfaces, lateral veins 5 – 7 pairs, prominent below; petiolules 5 – 6 mm; stipels subequal to petiolules. Inflorescence an axillary pseudoraceme, unbranched or with one branch, 22 – 29 cm, rachis obviously nodose, 3 flowers per node; bracts 4 per node; bracteoles 2 per flower, caducous, broadly ovate, ca. 2 × 2 mm, striate, short-hairy on both surfaces, obtuse to acute at apex. Pedicel ca. 6 mm. Calyx campanulate, short velvety pubescent on both surfaces; tube 4 – 6 mm; lobes 4, obtuse, 3 – 4 mm, nearly equal in length, the upper lobe slightly emarginate at apex, the lower one more acute than other lobes. Corolla bicolored; standard orbicular-ovate, white to light purple, with a yellow patch and purple ring at the center, 14 – 17 × 11 mm, emarginate at apex, auriculate, with a short claw ca. 2 mm; wing petals oblanceolate, bluish purple, ca. 18 mm, with a basal claw ca. 5 mm, auricle incurved, ca. 2.5 mm; keel petals oblong, white to light purple, ca. 18 mm, with a basal claw ca. 5 mm, auricle obscure. Stamens monadelphous, ca. 18 mm; with vexillary one fused with staminal sheath only in the middle part; anthers uniform, basifixed. Ovary elongate, shortly adpressed pubescent, ca. 16 mm; style short, upcurved, ca. 3 mm; stigma capitate. Pod oblong, 3.5 – 8 × 1.5 cm, flat, glabrous, winged along both sutures. Seeds reniform.	en	Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin, Pan, Bo (2022): Legume additions to the flora of China. Phytotaxa 532 (1): 1-21, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1
03F087D1FFABFF9BFF18F8A2AEE1FA26.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat: — Pueraria bella is distributed in China (Yunnan Province), India and Myanmar. It grows in tropical montane forests at elevations between 200 – 1000 m above sea level.	en	Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin, Pan, Bo (2022): Legume additions to the flora of China. Phytotaxa 532 (1): 1-21, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1
03F087D1FFABFF9BFF18F8A2AEE1FA26.taxon	biology_ecology	Phenology: — Flowering in July to September; fruiting in October to December.	en	Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin, Pan, Bo (2022): Legume additions to the flora of China. Phytotaxa 532 (1): 1-21, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1
03F087D1FFABFF9BFF18F8A2AEE1FA26.taxon	vernacular_names	Chinese name: — The Chinese name of Pueraria bella is here given as 双 ḏƀ, in which “ 双 ḏ ” refers to the wings along both sutures of the pods, while “ ƀ ” is the Chinese common name for Pueraria. The pod is described for the first time, and is unique among all the Pueraria species.	en	Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin, Pan, Bo (2022): Legume additions to the flora of China. Phytotaxa 532 (1): 1-21, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1
03F087D1FFABFF9BFF18F8A2AEE1FA26.taxon	conservation	Conservation status: — When revised Pueraria, van der Maesen (1985) only traced four gatherings collected from India and Myanmar. In the present work, we traced four more gatherings collected from China and Myanmar. As stated by van der Maesen (1985), P. bella is rare, and the number of known gatherings is still very small. Following IUCN (2019), here we consider the conservation status of P. bella is Vulnerable [VU, C a (i)].	en	Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin, Pan, Bo (2022): Legume additions to the flora of China. Phytotaxa 532 (1): 1-21, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1
03F087D1FFABFF9BFF18F8A2AEE1FA26.taxon	materials_examined	Specimens examined: — CHINA. Yunnan: Luxi, Xuangang to Jiangdong, roadside, alt. 1089 m, 17 th Jul. 2013, H. J. Dong, Z. H. Wang, G. X. Hu & Y. P. Chen LX-Z- 251 (KUN). Ruili, Longchuan River, 14 th Feb. 2011, S. S. Zhou 11389 (HITBC). Yingjiang, Geduo, alt. 980 m, 29 th Aug. 1980, Anonymous collector 319 (SWFC). MYANMAR. Tenasserim Division: Tavoy District, Area within a radius of 12 miles from Paungdaw, alt. 800 ft., Oct. 1961, J. Keenan, U. T. Aung and R. H. Rule 1818 (A).	en	Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin, Pan, Bo (2022): Legume additions to the flora of China. Phytotaxa 532 (1): 1-21, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1
03F087D1FFABFF9BFF18F8A2AEE1FA26.taxon	discussion	Discussion: — Wu (1995) recognized eight species and two varieties of the genus Pueraria in China, while Wu & Thulin (2010) recognized ten species and two varieties in China. However, the molecular phylogenetic study by Egan et al. (2016) showed that Pueraria s. lat. is polyphyletic, and thus the taxa with basifixed stipules were transferred to Haymondia A. N. Egan & B. Pan bis (2015: 212), Neustanthus Bentham (1852: 234), Teyleria Backer (1939: 107), and Toxicopueraria A. N. Egan & B. Pan bis (2015: 214) by Egan & Pan (2015). Together with Pan et al. (2015) and the present study, there are eight species and two varieties of Pueraria s. str. distributed in China. An updated key is given below.	en	Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin, Pan, Bo (2022): Legume additions to the flora of China. Phytotaxa 532 (1): 1-21, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1
03F087D1FFB7FF85FF18FF47AF96FABB.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — THAILAND. Doi Suthep, alt. 3000 ft., Kerr 2653 (holotype K, isotype BM). Fig. 8.	en	Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin, Pan, Bo (2022): Legume additions to the flora of China. Phytotaxa 532 (1): 1-21, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1
03F087D1FFB7FF85FF18FF47AF96FABB.taxon	description	Description: — Perennial climbing herbs. Stems quadrangular, densely hirsute with spreading yellowish hairs up to 3 mm. Branches trailing along wet ditches by virtue of plenty of adventitious roots rising from lower nodes. Leaves pinnately trifoliolate; stipules basifixed, long ovate, ca. 6 mm, densely hirsute with finer hairs; petioles triangulate in cross section, densely hirsute along ridges; leaflets rhomboid-ovate, 7 – 15 × 3.5 – 8 cm, with lateral ones oblique and smaller, acuminate at apex, broadly cuneate at base, adaxial surface sparsely covered with appressed grey hairs, densely hirsute with spreading hairs along margins, abaxial surface hairy much denser, secondary veins 4 – 5 pairs; petiolules densely hirsute; stipels setaceous, ca. 4 mm, hirsute. Pseudoraceme axillary, 4 – 12 cm, 2 – 3 flowers per node, sometimes cauliflorous; rachis angulate. Bracts setaceous, hirsute, ca. 4 mm. Flower ca. 6 mm with a 1 mm pedicel. Calyx 4 - lobed, with the upper two teeth almost connate, ca. 2.5 mm, pubescent; Corolla white. Standard obovate, ca. 3 mm, blunt auriculate, with a purple patch in the center, attenuate to a short stalk; wings oblanceolate, ca. 6 mm, auriculate on both sides; keels oblong, ca. 4.5 mm. Stamens monadelphous. Pods linear, 5 – 8 × 0.5 cm, septate between the seeds. Seed ovoid to quadrate with rounded edges, compressed.	en	Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin, Pan, Bo (2022): Legume additions to the flora of China. Phytotaxa 532 (1): 1-21, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1
03F087D1FFB7FF85FF18FF47AF96FABB.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat: — Teyleria barbata was only known from Thailand before (Egan & Pan 2015), it is newly recorded in China (Yunnan Province), and possibly distributed in neighbored Laos and Myanmar as well. This herbaceous climber occurs in tropical valleys, and trails along wet ditches or streams.	en	Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin, Pan, Bo (2022): Legume additions to the flora of China. Phytotaxa 532 (1): 1-21, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1
03F087D1FFB7FF85FF18FF47AF96FABB.taxon	biology_ecology	Phenology: — Flowering in September to October; fruiting in November to next March.	en	Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin, Pan, Bo (2022): Legume additions to the flora of China. Phytotaxa 532 (1): 1-21, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1
03F087D1FFB7FF85FF18FF47AF96FABB.taxon	vernacular_names	Chinese name: — The Chinese name of Teyleria barbata is here given as 毛 ḓā, in which “ 毛 ” is the literal translation of the epithet, while “ ḓā ” is the Chinese common name for the genus Teyleria.	en	Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin, Pan, Bo (2022): Legume additions to the flora of China. Phytotaxa 532 (1): 1-21, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1
03F087D1FFB7FF85FF18FF47AF96FABB.taxon	conservation	Conservation status: — Teyleria barbata is here considered as Vulnerable [VU, C a (ii)] according to IUCN (2019), and its specific habitats are sensitive to human disturbance.	en	Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin, Pan, Bo (2022): Legume additions to the flora of China. Phytotaxa 532 (1): 1-21, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1
03F087D1FFB7FF85FF18FF47AF96FABB.taxon	materials_examined	Specimens examined: — CHINA. Yunnan: Mengla, Jenn-teh Hsien, roadside bushes, Nov. 1936, C. W. Wang 80625 (KUN). Mengla, Xialongyin, in the ditch, 16 th Jul. 2013, B. Pan 35 (HITBC). Mengla, Mohan, Miao Village, Sept. 2013, B. Pan PB 024 (NPH). Mengla, Xialongyin, along the stream in the valley, 19 th Sept. 2013, B. Pan, J. X. Liu & H. Gu 44 (HITBC).	en	Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin, Pan, Bo (2022): Legume additions to the flora of China. Phytotaxa 532 (1): 1-21, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1
03F087D1FFB7FF85FF18FF47AF96FABB.taxon	discussion	Discussion: — Egan & Pan (2015) transferred Pueraria stricta Kurz (1873: 254) to the genus Teyleria Backer (1939: 107), viz. Teyleria stricta (Kurz) A. N. Egan & B. Pan bis (2015: 208), synonymized T. koordersii (Backer 1911: 358) Backer (1939: 108) to T. tetragona (Merrill 1910: 122) Maesen (1985: 119) and recognized three species of the genus, and a key to all the three species was provided. The key applies to Chinese Teyleria as well, since all three species can be found in China based on the present research and previous studies (Sun & Thulin 2010, Wu & Thulin 2010, Egan & Pan 2015).	en	Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin, Pan, Bo (2022): Legume additions to the flora of China. Phytotaxa 532 (1): 1-21, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1
