Glycine (plant)

Glycine
Glycine max: soybeans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Clade:	Millettioids
Tribe:	Phaseoleae
Subtribe:	Glycininae
Genus:	Glycine Willd. (1802), nom. cons.
Type species
Glycine clandestina J.C. Wendl.
Species
See text
Synonyms[1]
Cadelium Medik. (1787) Chrystolia Montrouz. ex Beauvis. (1901) Kennedynella Steud. (1840), nom. superfl. Leptocyamus Benth. (1839) Leptolobium Benth. (1837), nom. illeg. Soja Moench (1794), nom. rej. Triendilix Raf. (1836)

Glycine (soybean or soya bean) is a genus in the bean family Fabaceae. The best known species is the cultivated soybean (Glycine max). While the majority of the species are found only in Australia, the soybean's native range is in East Asia. A few species extend from Australia to East Asia (e.g., G. tomentella and G. tabacina). Glycine species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species: the engrailed, nutmeg and turnip moths have all been recorded on soybean.