Neonotonia wightii, the perennial soybean, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to sub‑Saharan Africa, Yemen, India, and Sri Lanka, and widely introduced as a forage in Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, northern Argentina, the Mascarene Islands, Peninsular Malaysia, Java, New Guinea, Queensland and New South Wales in Australia, and Fiji.[1][2] It is shade tolerant.[3]

Neonotonia wightii
Climbing on vegetation, Maui
Flowers and leaves
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Neonotonia
Species:
N. wightii
Binomial name
Neonotonia wightii
(Wight & Arn.) J.A.Lackey
Synonyms[1]
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    • Glycine albidiflora De Wild.
    • Glycine bujacia Benth.
    • Glycine claessensii De Wild.
    • Glycine laurentii De Wild.
    • Glycine longicauda Schweinf.
    • Glycine mearnsii De Wild.
    • Glycine micrantha Hochst. ex A.Rich.
    • Glycine petitiana (A.Rich.) Schweinf.
    • Glycine pseudojavanica Taub.
    • Glycine rooseveltii De Wild.
    • Glycine wightii (Wight & Arn.) Verdc.
    • Glycine wightii var. coimbatorensis A.Sen
    • Johnia petitiana A.Rich.
    • Johnia wightii (Wight & Arn.) Wight & Arn.
    • Neonotonia wightii var. coimbatorensis (A.Sen) Karthik.
    • Notonia wightii Wight & Arn.
    • Soja wightii Graham

Subtaxa

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The following subtaxa are accepted:[1]

  • Neonotonia wightii var. longicauda (Schweinf.) J.A.Lackey
  • Neonotonia wightii var. mearnsii (De Wild.) J.A.Lackey
  • Neonotonia wightii subsp. petitiana (A.Rich.) J.A.Lackey
  • Neonotonia wightii subsp. pseudojavanica (Taub.) J.A.Lackey
  • Neonotonia wightii subsp. wightii

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Neonotonia wightii (Wight & Arn.) J.A.Lackey". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Perennial soybean (Neonotonia wightii)". Feedipedia – Animal Feed Resources Information System. Feedipedia, a programme by INRAE, CIRAD, AFZ and FAO. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  3. ^ Lista, Fábio Nunes; Deminicis, Bruno Borges; Almeida, João Carlos de Carvalho; Araujo, Saulo Alberto do Carmo; Zanella, Pablo Giliard (2019). "Forage production and quality of tropical forage legumes submitted to shading". Ciência Rural. 49 (7). doi:10.1590/0103-8478cr20170726.