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Details for: Lespedeza juncea var. sericea
Source: ILDIS World Database of Legumes 2010. (copyright © ILDIS).

Name: Lespedeza juncea var. sericea (Thunb.) Lace & Hauech
Rank: Varietas
Status: ACCEPTED
Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): Regnum - Plantae
     Divisio - Tracheophyta
          Subdivisio - Spermatophytina
               Class - Magnoliopsida
                    Superordo - Rosanae
                         Ordo - Fabales Bromhead
                              Familia - Fabaceae Lindl.
                                   Tribus - Desmodieae
                                        Genus - Lespedeza Michx.
                                             Species - Lespedeza juncea (L. f.) Pers.
                                                 
Synonyms: Hedysarum sericeum Thunb.
Lespedeza cuneata (Dum. Cours.) G. Don
Lespedeza sericea Miq.
 
Comments: climates., Its high tannin content can reduce digestibility of crude protiens., Remarkably free of insect and pest damage and does not cause bloat., The only representative of the genus occuring in both temperate & tropical
Common names: Iaponuri Samkura (Georgian), Japanese Bush Clover (English), Lespedeza Serebristaya (Russian), Sericea (), Sericea Lespedeza ()[Credits]
Conservation Status: Not Threatened
Maps: distribution
Occurrence: [Gg(A)]
Use: Chemical products, Environmental, Forage, Miscellaneous