Glycine is a genus in the bean

Bean

Bean is a common name for large plant seeds of several genera of the family Fabaceae used for human food or animal feed....

 family Fabaceae

Fabaceae

The Fabaceae or Leguminosae, commonly known as the legume, pea, or bean family, is a large and economically important family of flowering plants. The group is the third largest land plant family, behind only the Orchidaceae and Asteraceae, with 730 genera and over 19,400 species...

. The best known species is the soybean

Soybean

The soybean or soya bean is a species of legume native to East Asia, widely grown for its edible bean which has numerous uses...

 (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 larva

Larva

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e of some Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera is a large order of insects that includes moths and butterflies . It is one of the most widespread and widely recognizable insect orders in the world, encompassing moths and the three superfamilies of butterflies, skipper butterflies, and moth-butterflies...

 species: The Engrailed

Engrailed

The Engrailed and Small Engrailed are moths of the family Geometridae. They are distributed across most of Europe. There is an on-going debate as to whether they make up one species, or whether E. crepuscularia actually refers only to the Small Engrailed, with the Engrailed proper being separable...

, The Nutmeg

Nutmeg (moth)

The nutmeg , also known as the clover cutworm, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found throughout Europe although in the north of its range it is a summer migrant, not being able to survive the cold winters.This is a small to medium species with cryptically coloured forewings, varying from...

 and Turnip Moth

Turnip Moth

The Turnip Moth is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is a common European species, but it is also found in Asia and Africa, very likely having been spread by the international trade in nursery stock...

 have all been recorded on soybean.

Species

Subgenus Glycine

• Glycine albicans Tindale & Craven
• Glycine aphyonota B.E.Pfeil
• Glycine arenaria Tindale
• Glycine argyrea Tindale
• Glycine canescens F.J.Herm.
• Glycine clandestina
  Glycine clandestina
  Glycine clandestina, commonly known as twining glycine or love creeper, is a scrambling plant in the bean family, found in Australia....
  
  J.C.Wendl.
• Glycine curvata Tindale
• Glycine cyrtoloba Tindale
• Glycine falcata Benth.
• Glycine gracei B.E.Pfeil & Craven
• Glycine hirticaulis Tindale & Craven
• Glycine hirticaulis subsp. leptosa B.E.Pfeil
• Glycine lactovirens Tindale & Craven
• Glycine latifolia (Benth.) C.Newell & Hymowitz
• Glycine latrobeana (Meissner) Benth.
• Glycine microphylla (Benth.) Tindale
• Glycine montis-douglas B.E.Pfeil & Craven
• Glycine peratosa B.E.Pfeil & Tindale
• Glycine pescadrensis Hayata
• Glycine pindanica Tindale & Craven
• Glycine pullenii B.E.Pfeil, Tindale & Craven
• Glycine rubiginosa Tindale & B.E.Pfeil
• Glycine stenophita B.E.Pfeil & Tindale
• Glycine syndetika B.E.Pfeil & Craven
• Glycine tabacina
  Glycine tabacina
  Glycine tabacina, commonly known as variable glycine, is a scrambling plant in the bean family, found in Australia. It grows in areas of high rainfall, ranging to semi arid areas. The leaves are in threes, 7 cm long, 2 cm wide. Bluish/purple flowers form on racemes in the warmer months. The bean...
  
  (Labill.) Benth.
• Glycine tomentella Hayata

Subgenus Soja (Moench) F.J. Herm.

• Glycine soja
  Glycine soja
  Glycine soja, or wild soybean is an annual plant in the legume family. It is the wild ancestor of soybean, an important crop.-External links:***...
  
  Sieb. & Zucc.
• Soybean
  Soybean
  The soybean or soya bean is a species of legume native to East Asia, widely grown for its edible bean which has numerous uses...
  
  , Glycine max (L.) Merr.