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|accepted_name=Glycine
|accepted_authority=Willdenow
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=3: 854, 1053. 1802
|year=1802
|other_info_on_pub=name conserved
}}
|common_names=Soybean
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Fabaceae;Fabaceae subfam. Faboideae;Glycine
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Fabaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Fabaceae subfam. Faboideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Glycine]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek glykys, sweet, alluding to medicinal use of leaves and roots of some species
|volume=Volume 11
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual [perennial], unarmed. <b>Stems</b> erect [climbing], pilose-pubescent. <b>Leaves</b> alternate, odd-pinnate; stipules present, persistent, linear-lanceolate; petiolate; leaflets 3, stipels present, lateral leaflets sessile or short-petiolulate, terminal petiolulate, blade margins entire, surfaces pubescent. <b>Inflorescences</b> 5–8-flowered, axillary, racemes [paniculate or flowers fascicled, solitary, or paired]; bracts present. <b>Flowers</b> papilionaceous; calyx campanulate, lobes 5; corolla violet, pink, or white, 4.5–7(–10) mm; stamens 10, diadelphous, vexillary stamen auriculate basally, sometimes becoming distinct in age; anthers basifixed, uniform; ovary ± sessile; style glabrous; stigma terminal, capitate. <b>Fruits</b> legumes, stipitate, straight or falcate, linear or oblong, laterally dehiscent, ± constricted between seeds, pubescent. <b>Seeds</b> 2–4(or 5), ovoid; hilum lateral; aril scalelike. <b>x</b> = 20.</span><!--

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|distribution=e Asia;Africa;Pacific Islands;Australia;introduced nearly worldwide.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Species 9 (1 in the flora).</p>
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name=Glycine
|author=Gordon C. Tucker;Robert J. Alier
|authority=Willdenow
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subfamily
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Fabaceae
|distribution=e Asia;Africa;Pacific Islands;Australia;introduced nearly worldwide.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1802
|special status=Introduced
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/master/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V11/V11_858.xml
|subfamily=Fabaceae subfam. Faboideae
|genus=Glycine
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