''Caragana'' is a genus of about 80–100 species of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
s in the family
Fabaceae
Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,[International Code of Nomen ...](_blank)
, native to
Asia
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and eastern
Europe
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.
They are
shrub
A shrub or bush is a small to medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees by their multiple ...
s or small
tree
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s growing tall. They have even-pinnate
leaves
A leaf (: leaves) is a principal appendage of the stem of a vascular plant, usually borne laterally above ground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", while the leaves, stem, ...
with small leaflets, and solitary or clustered mostly yellow (rarely white or pink) flowers and bearing seeds in a linear pod.
''Caragana'' species are used as food plants by the
larva
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e of some
Lepidoptera
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species including
dark dagger.
Sections and species
Section ''Bracteolatae''
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Caragana ambigua''
Stocks
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Caragana bicolor''
Kom.
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Caragana brevispina
''Caragana'' is a genus of about 80–100 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to Asia and eastern Europe.
They are shrubs or small trees growing tall. They have even-pinnate leaves with small leaflets, and solitary or cl ...
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Royle ex Benth.
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Caragana conferta''
Benth. ex Baker
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Caragana franchetiana''
Kom.
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Caragana gerardiana''
Royle ex Benth.
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Caragana jubata''
(Pall.) Poir.
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Caragana sukiensis''
C.K.Schneid.
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Caragana tibetica''
(Maxim. ex C.K. Schneid.) Kom.
Section ''Caragana''
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Caragana arborescens''
Lam.
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Caragana boisii''
C.K.Schneid.
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Caragana bungei''
Ledeb.
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Caragana korshinskii
''Caragana korshinskii'', also known as the Korshinsk pea shrub, is a shrub from the genus ''Caragana''. The plant is native to sandy grass and desert areas of northern China and Mongolia. This plant is a minor host of ''Scolytus schevyrewi'' (ba ...
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Kom.
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Caragana microphylla
''Caragana'' is a genus of about 80–100 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to Asia and eastern Europe.
They are shrubs or small trees growing tall. They have even-pinnate leaves with small leaflets, and solitary or cl ...
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Lam.
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Caragana pekinensis
''Caragana'' is a genus of about 80–100 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to Asia and eastern Europe.
They are shrubs or small trees growing tall. They have even-pinnate leaves with small leaflets, and solitary or cl ...
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Kom.
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Caragana prainii
''Caragana'' is a genus of about 80–100 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to Asia and eastern Europe.
They are shrubs or small trees growing tall. They have even-pinnate leaves with small leaflets, and solitary or cl ...
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C.K.Schneid.
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Caragana purdomii
''Caragana'' is a genus of about 80–100 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to Asia and eastern Europe.
They are shrubs or small trees growing tall. They have even-pinnate leaves with small leaflets, and solitary or cl ...
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Rehder
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Caragana soongorica''
Grubov
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Caragana stipitata''
Kom.
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Caragana turkestanica''
Kom.
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Caragana zahlbruckneri''
C.K.Schneid.
Section ''Frutescentes''
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Caragana aurantiaca''
Koehne
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Caragana brevifolia''
Kom.
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Caragana chinghaiensis''
Y.X. Liou
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Caragana camilli-schneideri''
Kom.
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Caragana frutex''
(L.) K.Koch
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Caragana gobica''
Sanchir
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Caragana kirghisorum''
Pojark.
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Caragana laeta''
Kom.
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Caragana leucophloea''
Pojark.
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Caragana opulens''
Kom.
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Caragana polourensis''
Franch.
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Caragana pygmaea''
(L.) DC.
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Caragana rosea''
Turcz. ex Kom.
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Caragana sinica
''Caragana sinica'' () is a species belonging to the genus ''Caragana''.
''Caragana sinica'' is known to produce the stilbenoid trimers alpha-viniferin, α-viniferin, showing acetylcholinesterase inhibitory activity, and miyabenol C, a protein k ...
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(Buc'hoz) Rehder
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Caragana stenophylla''
Pojark.
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Caragana tangutica''
Maxim. ex Kom.
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Caragana ussuriensis''
(Regel) Pojark.
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Caragana versicolor''
Benth.
Unnamed section
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Caragana bongardiana''
(Fisch. & C.A. Mey.) Pojark.[These five species form a well-resolved, unnamed phylogenetic clade that may receive a Linnaean name at some future point.]
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Caragana changduensis''
Y.X. Liou
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Caragana pleiophylla''
(Regel) Pojark.
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Caragana roborovskyi''
Kom.
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Caragana tragacanthoides''
(Pall.) Poir.
Basal species
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Caragana acanthophylla''
Kom.[These species form a grade that may collapse into one or more well-defined clades upon more extensive taxon sampling in molecular phylogenetic analysis.]
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Caragana dasyphylla''
Pojark.
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Caragana hololeuca''
Bunge ex Kom.
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Caragana spinosa''
(L.) Vahl ex Hornem.
''Incertae sedis''
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Caragana afghanica''
Kitam.
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Caragana alaica''
Pojark.
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Caragana alaschanica''
Grubov
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Caragana alexeenkoi''
Kamelin
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Caragana alpina''
Y.X. Liou
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Caragana arcuata''
Y.X. Liou
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Caragana balchaschensis''
(Kom.) Pojark.
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Caragana beefensis''
S.N. Biswas
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Caragana brachypoda''
Pojark.
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Caragana buriatica''
Peschkova
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Caragana campanulata''
Vassilcz.
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Caragana cinerea''
(Kom.) N.S. Pavlova
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Caragana crassipina
''Caragana'' is a genus of about 80–100 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to Asia and eastern Europe.
They are shrubs or small trees growing tall. They have even-pinnate leaves with small leaflets, and solitary or cl ...
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C. Marquand
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Caragana cuneato-alata''
Y.X. Liou
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Caragana decorticans''
Hemsl.
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Caragana densa''
Kom.
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Caragana erinacea''
Kom.
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Caragana fruticosa''
(Pall.) Besser
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Caragana grandiflora''
(M. Bieb.) DC.
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Caragana halodendron''
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Caragana kansuensis''
Pojark.
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Caragana kozlowii''
Kom.
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Caragana leucospina''
Kom.
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Caragana leveillei''
Kom.
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Caragana limprichtii''
Harms
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Caragana litwinowii''
Kom.
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Caragana maimanensis''
Rech. f.
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Caragana manshurica''
(Kom.) Kom.
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Caragana polyacantha
''Caragana'' is a genus of about 80–100 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to Asia and eastern Europe.
They are shrubs or small trees growing tall. They have even-pinnate leaf, leaves with small leaflets, and solitary ...
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Royle
*''Caragana'' × ''prestoniae''
R.J. Moore
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Caragana scythica''
(Kom.) Pojark.
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Caragana shensiensis''
C.W. Chang
*''Caragana'' × ''sophorifolia''
Tausch
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Caragana spinifera''
Kom.
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Caragana turfanensis''
(Krasn.) Kom.
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Caragana ulicina''
Stocks
Range maps
Caragana distribution.svg, Range of the genus ''Caragana''
Caragana section Bracteolatae distribution.svg, Range of the section ''Bracteolatae''
Caragana section Caragana distribution.svg, Range of the section ''Caragana''
Caragana section Frutescentes distribution.svg, Range of the section ''Frutescentes''
References
External links
Flora of Pakistan: ''Caragana''Merriam-Webster Unabridged - Caragana entry
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Hedysareae
Fabaceae genera
Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Flora of the Palearctic realm