Maackia
Genus of legumes
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Maackia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. There are 9 species, all native to eastern Asia, from China and Taiwan through Korea, Japan, and the Russian Far East.[1] Six species are endemic to China.[2] The generic name honors the botanist Richard Maack.
| Maackia | |
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| Maackia amurensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Tribe: | Sophoreae |
| Genus: | Maackia Rupr. (1856) |
| Species[1] | |
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9; see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Buergeria Miq. (1867) | |
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.[2]
Species
Maackia comprises the following species:[1][3][4]
- Maackia amurensis Rupr.—Amur maackia
- var. amurensis Rupr.
- var. buergeri (Maxim.) C.K.Schneid.
- Maackia australis (Dunn) Takeda
- Maackia chekiangensis S.S. Chien
- Maackia floribunda (Miq.) Takeda
- Maackia hupehensis Takeda[5]
- Maackia hwashanensis W.T. Wang ex C.W. Chang
- Maackia taiwanensis Hoshi & Ohashi.
- Maackia tashiroi (Yatabe) Makino
- Maackia tenuifolia (Hemsl.) Hand.-Mazz.
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