''Caragana'' is a genus of about 80–100 species of

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s in the family

Fabaceae Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomen ...

, native to

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and eastern

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. They are

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s or small

tree In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves. In some usages, the definition of a tree may be narrower, e.g., including only woody plants with secondary growth, only ...

s growing tall. They have even-pinnate

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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

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e of some

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species including dark dagger.

Sections and species

Section ''Bracteolatae''

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Caragana ambigua ''Caragana ambigua'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,Caragana bicolor ''Caragana bicolor'' is a species of flowering plants within the family Fabaceae. It is an endemic species in found in China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a ...

'' Kom. *''

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 ...

'' Royle ex Benth. *''

Caragana conferta ''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 ...

'' Benth. ex Baker *''

Caragana franchetiana ''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 ...

'' Kom. *''

Caragana gerardiana ''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 ...

'' Royle ex Benth. *''

Caragana jubata ''Caragana jubata'' is a flowering plant native to the Gobi Desert of Mongolia. It is a legume of the family or subfamily Papillionaceae. It is notable for being extremely spiney and extremely hairy. The range of the plants extends from Myanmar ...

'' (Pall.) Poir. *''

Caragana sukiensis ''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 ...

'' C.K.Schneid. *''

Caragana tibetica ''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 ...

'' (Maxim. ex C.K. Schneid.) Kom.

Section ''Caragana''

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Caragana arborescens ''Caragana arborescens'', the Siberian peashrub, Siberian pea-tree, or caragana, is a species of legume native to Siberia and parts of China (Heilongjiang, Xinjiang) and neighboring Mongolia and Kazakhstan. It was taken to the United States by E ...

'' Lam. *''

Caragana boisii ''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 ...

'' C.K.Schneid. *''

Caragana bungei ''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 ...

'' Ledeb. *''

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 ...

'' Kom. *''

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 ...

'' Lam. *''

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 ...

'' Kom. *''

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 ...

'' C.K.Schneid. *''

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 ...

'' Rehder *''

Caragana soongorica ''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 ...

'' Grubov *''

Caragana stipitata ''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 A leaf (: leaves) is a prin ...

'' Kom. *''

Caragana turkestanica ''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 ...

'' Kom. *''

Caragana zahlbruckneri ''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 ...

'' C.K.Schneid.

Section ''Frutescentes''

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Caragana aurantiaca ''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 ...

'' Koehne *''

Caragana brevifolia ''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 ...

'' Kom. *''

Caragana chinghaiensis ''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 ...

'' Y.X. Liou *'' Caragana camilli-schneideri'' Kom. *''

Caragana frutex ''Caragana frutex'' is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Fabaceae Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,Caragana gobica ''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 ...

'' Sanchir *''

Caragana kirghisorum ''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 ...

'' Pojark. *''

Caragana laeta ''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 ...

'' Kom. *''

Caragana leucophloea ''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 ...

'' Pojark. *'' Caragana opulens'' Kom. *''

Caragana polourensis ''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 ...

'' Franch. *''

Caragana pygmaea ''Caragana pygmaea'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,Caragana rosea ''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 ...

'' Turcz. ex Kom. *''

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 ...

'' (Buc'hoz) Rehder *''

Caragana stenophylla ''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 ...

'' Pojark. *''

Caragana tangutica ''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 ...

'' Maxim. ex Kom. *''

Caragana ussuriensis ''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 ...

'' (Regel) Pojark. *''

Caragana versicolor ''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 ...

'' Benth.

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Caragana bongardiana ''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 ...

'' (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. *''

Caragana changduensis ''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 ...

'' Y.X. Liou *'' Caragana pleiophylla'' (Regel) Pojark. *''

Caragana roborovskyi ''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 ...

'' Kom. *''

Caragana tragacanthoides ''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 ...

'' (Pall.) Poir.

Basal species

*'' Caragana acanthophylla'' Kom.These species form a

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that may collapse into one or more well-defined clades upon more extensive taxon sampling in molecular phylogenetic analysis. *'' Caragana dasyphylla'' Pojark. *'' Caragana hololeuca'' Bunge ex Kom. *''

Caragana spinosa ''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 ...

'' (L.) Vahl ex Hornem.

''Incertae sedis''

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Caragana afghanica ''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 ...

'' Kitam. *'' Caragana alaica'' Pojark. *'' Caragana alaschanica'' Grubov *''

Caragana alexeenkoi ''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 ...

'' Kamelin *''

Caragana alpina ''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 ...

'' Y.X. Liou *''

Caragana arcuata ''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 ...

'' Y.X. Liou *'' Caragana balchaschensis'' (Kom.) Pojark. *''

Caragana beefensis ''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 ...

'' S.N. Biswas *''

Caragana brachypoda ''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 ...

'' Pojark. *''

Caragana buriatica ''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 ...

'' Peschkova *''

Caragana campanulata ''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 ...

'' Vassilcz. *'' Caragana cinerea'' (Kom.) N.S. Pavlova *''

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 ...

'' C. Marquand *''

Caragana cuneato-alata ''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 ...

'' Y.X. Liou *''

Caragana decorticans ''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 ...

'' Hemsl. *''

Caragana densa ''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 ...

'' Kom. *''

Caragana erinacea ''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 ...

'' Kom. *''

Caragana fruticosa ''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 ...

'' (Pall.) Besser *''

Caragana grandiflora ''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 ...

'' (M. Bieb.) DC. *'' Caragana halodendron'' *''

Caragana kansuensis ''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 ...

'' Pojark. *''

Caragana kozlowii ''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 ...

'' Kom. *''

Caragana leucospina ''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 ...

'' Kom. *''

Caragana leveillei ''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 ...

'' Kom. *'' Caragana limprichtii'' Harms *''

Caragana litwinowii ''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 ...

'' Kom. *''

Caragana maimanensis ''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 ...

'' Rech. f. *''

Caragana manshurica ''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 ...

'' (Kom.) Kom. *''

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 ...

'' Royle *''Caragana'' × ''prestoniae'' R.J. Moore *''

Caragana scythica ''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 ...

'' (Kom.) Pojark. *''

Caragana shensiensis ''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 ...

'' C.W. Chang *''Caragana'' × ''sophorifolia'' Tausch *''

Caragana spinifera ''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 ...

'' Kom. *''

Caragana turfanensis ''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 ...

'' (Krasn.) Kom. *''

Caragana ulicina ''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 ...

'' 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
{{Authority control Hedysareae Fabaceae genera Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Flora of the Palearctic realm