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| General Information | |
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| Symbol: | PUMOL |
| Group: | Dicot |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Duration: |
Perennial |
| Growth Habit: |
Vine |
| Native Status: |
HI I L48 I PB I |
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Synonyms
| Symbol | Scientific Name |
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| 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. |
Classification
| Rank | Scientific Name and Common Name |
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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 ⁄ Leguminosae – Pea family |
| Genus | Pueraria DC. – kudzu |
| Species | Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr. – kudzu |
| Variety | Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr. var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S.M. Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep – kudzu |
Subordinate Taxa
Legal Status
| Noxious Weed Information | |
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| This plant is 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 | |
| Florida | |
| Illinois
Pueraria lobata
kudzu
Noxious weed
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| Kansas
Pueraria lobata
kudzu
Noxious weed
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| Kentucky
Pueraria lobata
kudzu
Noxious weed
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| Massachusetts | |
| Mississippi
kudzu
Noxious weed
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| Missouri
Pueraria lobata
kudzu
Noxious weed
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| Oregon
Pueraria lobata
kudzu
"A" designated weed
kudzu
Quarantine
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| Pennsylvania
Pueraria lobata
kudzu-vine
Noxious weed
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| Texas
Pueraria lobata
kudzu
Noxious plant
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| Washington
kudzu
Class A noxious weed
kudzu
Noxious weed seed and plant quarantine
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| West Virginia
Pueraria thunbergiana
kudzu
Noxious weed
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| U.S. Weed Information | |
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Pueraria montana var. lobata
Japanese arrowroot
acha
aka
kudzu
kudzu vine
nepalem
wa yaka
Pueraria lobata
kudzu
kudzu vine
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.
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| STATE | Assorted authors. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments. |
| FLEPPC | Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1999. Invasive plant list. 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. |
| N'EAST | Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal,and J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York. |
| 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. |
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