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Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr. var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S. Almeida
kudzu

       
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Pueraria lobata

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Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr. var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S. Almeida

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Synonyms:
Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr. var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S. Almeida

  DOLO2 Dolichos lobatus Willd.
  PUHI3 Pueraria hirsuta (Thunb.) C.K. Schneid.
  PULO Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi
  PULOT Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi var. thomsonii (Benth.) Maesen
  PUTH Pueraria thunbergiana (Siebold & Zucc.) Benth.
 

Distribution:
Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr. var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S. Almeida

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Distribution Map Legend

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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WA, WV)
 

Related Taxa:
Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr. var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S. Almeida

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 2 species in Pueraria, 2 varieties in Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr.
 

Classification:
Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr. var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S. Almeida

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Rosidae
Order Fabales
Family Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus Pueraria DC. – kudzu
Species Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr. – kudzu
Variety Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr. var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S. Almeida – kudzu
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr. var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S. Almeida

This plant and the related entities and synonyms italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

Connecticut:
Pueraria montana
kudzu              Potentially invasive, banned
Florida:
Pueraria montana
kudzu              Noxious weed
Illinois:
Pueraria lobata
kudzu              Noxious weed
Kansas:
Pueraria lobata
kudzu              Noxious weed
Kentucky:
Pueraria lobata
kudzu              Noxious weed
Massachusetts:
Pueraria montana
kudzu, Japanese arrowroot              Prohibited
Mississippi:
kudzu              Noxious weed
Missouri:
Pueraria lobata
kudzu              Noxious weed
Oregon:
Pueraria lobata
kudzu              "A" designated weed
kudzu              Quarantine
Pennsylvania:
Pueraria lobata
kudzu-vine              Noxious weed
Texas:
Pueraria lobata
kudzu              Noxious plant
Washington:
kudzu              Class A noxious weed
kudzu              Noxious weed seed and plant quarantine
West Virginia:
Pueraria thunbergiana
kudzu              Noxious weed
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr. var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S. Almeida

Japanese arrowroot
acha
aka
kudzu
nepalem
wa yaka
Pueraria lobata
kudzu
kudzu vine
Pueraria montana
kudzu
Pueraria thunbergiana
kudzu

This plant and the related entities and synonyms italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

STATE        Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
FLEPPC        Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1999. Invasive plant list (19 October 1999). Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. Florida.
HEAR        USDI, Geological Survey. 1999. Information index for selected alien plants in Hawaii (20 October 2003). Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk Project, Biological Resources Division, Haleakala Field Station. Makawao, Hawaii.
KY        Haragan, P.D. 1991. Weeds of Kentucky and adjacent states: a field guide. The University Press of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky. 278pp.
N'EAST        Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal, & J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York. 397pp.
SEEPPC        Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee.
SWSS        Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
 

Introduced Information:
Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr. var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S. Almeida

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr. var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S. Almeida

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 529930.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

 

Related Web Sites:
Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr. var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S. Almeida

Army-Plant Management Information System

CT-Invasive Plant Atlas of New England

European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization

FL-Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council

Global Invasive Species Database

Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk: Plant Threats to Pacific Ecosystems

Invasive Plant Atlas of New England

InvasiveSpecies.gov

KS-Noxious Weeds in Kansas

MO-MBG Plant Finder

MO-Missouri Vegetation Management Manual

NPCI Alien Plant Working Group: abstract & image

Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council

TNC: Wildland Invasive Species Program

USDA FS Southern Research Station

USDA FS Treesearch

USDI NPS Exotic Weeds

VA-Invasive Alien Plant Species of Virginia

VA-Virginia Native Plant Society

VA-Virginia Tech Dendrology

Virginia Tech: abstract & image

www.invasivespecies.org

 
 
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