Abstract
Mucuna Adans., genus included in the family Leguminosae (Fabaceae), subfamily Papilionoideae (Faboideae), has about 100 species with a pantropical distribution. For this genus, it is currently recognized two subgenera, Mucuna subg. Stizolobium (P. Browne) Bauer and the tipical one. Species of both subgenera occur in the new world, where ca. 18 species are distributed, and this number of s…