Caragana

Caragana
Caragana sinica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Tribe:	Hedysareae
Genus:	Caragana Fabr.
Species
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Caragana is a genus of about 80 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to Asia and eastern Europe.

They are shrubs or small trees growing 1-6 m (3-20 ft) tall. They have even-pinnate leaves 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 larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Dark Dagger.

Selected species

Caragana ambigua Stocks Caragana arborescens Lam. Caragana aurantiaca Koehne Caragana boisii C.K.Schneid. Caragana brachyantha Rech.f. Caragana brevifolia Kom. Caragana brevispina Royle ex Benth. Caragana bungei Ledeb. Caragana camilli-schneideri Kom. Caragana chamlague LAMRK Caragana conferta Benth. Caragana davazamcii Sancz. Caragana decorticans Hemsl. Caragana densa Kom. Caragana erinacea Kom. Caragana franchetiana Kom. Caragana frutex (L.) K.Koch Caragana gerardiana Royle ex Benth. Caragana grandiflora DC. Caragana jubata (Pall.) Poir. Caragana korshinskii Kom. Caragana leucophloea Pojark.

Caragana leveillei Kom. Caragana manshurica (Kom.) Kom. Caragana microphylla Lam. Caragana pleiophylla (Regel) Pojark. Caragana polourensis Franch. Caragana pruinosa Kom. Caragana pygmaea (L.) DC. Caragana roborovskyi Kom. Caragana rosea Turcz. ex Kom. Caragana sinica (Buc'hoz) Rehder Caragana sophoraelia Tausch Caragana spinosa (L.) Vahl ex Hornem. Caragana stenophylla Pojark. Caragana tangutica Maxim. ex Kom. Caragana tibetica Maxim. ex Kom. Caragana tragacanthoides (Pall.) Poir. Caragana turkestanica Kom. Caragana ulicina Stocks Caragana versicolor Benth.

References

• Flora of Pakistan: Caragana
• Germplasm Resources Information Network: Caragana
• Merriam-Webster Unabridged - Caragana entry