Glycine soja

Glycine soja, known as wild soybean, is an annual plant in the legume family. It may be treated as a separate species, the closest living relative of the cultivated soybean, Glycine max, an important crop,[2] or as a subspecies of the cultivated soybean, Glycine max subsp. soja.[1]

Wild soybean
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Glycine
Species:
G. soja
Binomial name
Glycine soja
Synonyms[1]
  • Glycine max subsp. soja (Siebold & Zucc.) H.Ohashi
  • Glycine ussuriensis Regel & Maack

The plant is native to eastern China, Japan, Korea and far-eastern Russia.[2]

References

  1. "Glycine max subsp. soja (Siebold & Zucc.) H.Ohashi". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
  2. Wang, Ke-Jing; et al. (2010). "Natural introgression from cultivated soybean (Glycine max) into wild soybean (Glycine soja) with the implications for origin of populations of semi-wild type and for biosafety of wild species in China". Genet Resour Crop Evol. Springer Publishing. 57: 747–761. doi:10.1007/s10722-009-9513-4.


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