Maackia

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Maackia
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Maackia amurensis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Sophoreae
Genus: Maackia
Rupr. & Maxim.
Species

10–11; see text

Synonyms
  • BuergeriaMiq.

Maackia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. There are about 12 species, all native to eastern Asia, with six endemic to China. [1] The generic name honors the botanist Richard Maack.

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They are deciduous trees and shrubs. The alternately arranged leaves are divided into leaflets. The inflorescence is a simple or compound raceme of many flowers. Each flower has an inflated calyx with five teeth. The white or greenish corolla has a reflexed standard petal and keel petals that are fused at the bases. The fruit is a wide or narrow, flattened legume pod containing one to five flat seeds. [1]

Species

Maackia comprises the following species: [2] [3] [4]

Species names with uncertain taxonomic status

The status of the following species is unresolved: [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Maackia. Flora of China.
  2. "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Maackia". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  3. USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Maackia". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  4. 1 2 "The Plant List entry for Maackia". The Plant List . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden. 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  5. Some sources treat Maackia fauriei as a synonym of Maackia floribunda.
  6. Some sources give Maackia chinensis Takeda priority over Maackia hupehensis Takeda.