Published in Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss.4(2): 119 (1845)
Glycine soja, known as wild soybean, is an annual plant in the family Fabaceae. It may be treated as a separate species, the closest living relative of the cultivated soybean, Glycine max, an important crop, or as a subspecies of the cultivated soybean, Glycine max subsp. soja.