apios

{{Short description|Genus of legumes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Apios americana (3837866496).jpg

|image_caption = Apios americana

|taxon = Apios

|authority = Fabr. (1759), nom. cons.

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision =

• Apios americana {{small|Medik.}}
• Apios carnea (Wall.) Benth. ex Baker
• Apios chendezhaoana {{small|(Y.K.Yang, L.H.Liu & J.K.Wu) B.Pan bis, X.L.Yu & F.Zhang}}
• Apios delavayi Franch.
• Apios fortunei Maxim.
• Apios marcantha Oliv.
• Apios priceana B.L.Rob.

|subdivision_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331356-2 Apios Fabr.] Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 11 August 2023.

|synonyms =

• Bradlea {{small|Adans. (1763), nom. superfl.}}
• Cyrtotropis Wall. (1830)
• Gonancylis {{small|Raf. (1824), nom. nud.}}
• Sinolegumenea {{small|Y.K.Yang, L.H.Liu & J.K.Wu (2004)}}

|synonyms_ref =

}}

Apios is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It contains seven species of perennial climbing herbs or scandent shrubs. Several members of this genus are known to have edible, tuberous roots.

Apios species are native to eastern North America, from eastern Canada through the eastern and Central United States, and to eastern and southeastern Asia, from the Himalayas through Indochina, China, Korea, and Japan, from approximately 50° to 20° north latitude.{{cite thesis|last=Seabrook|first=Janet E.A.|title=A Biosystematic Study of the Genus Apios Fabricius (Leguminosae) with Special Reference to Apios americana Medikus|degree=M.Sc. |publisher=University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB|year=1973}}

The name "Apios" comes from the Greek word for "pear" and may refer the pear shape of some tubers.