Maackia

Maackia
Maackia amurensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Sophoreae[1]
Genus: Maackia
Species

10–11; see text.

Synonyms
  • Buergeria Miq.

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.[2] The generic name honors the botanist Richard Maack.

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:[3][4][5]

  • Maackia amurensis Rupr.—Amur maackia
    • var. amurensis Rupr.
    • var. buergeri (Maxim.) C.K.Schneid.
  • Maackia australis (Dunn) Takeda
  • Maackia chekiangensis S.S. Chien
  • Maackia ellipticocarpa Merr.
  • Maackia fauriei (H. Lév.) Takeda[6]
  • Maackia floribunda (Miq.) Takeda
  • Maackia hupehensis Takeda[7]
  • Maackia hwashanensis W.T. Wang ex C.W. Chang
  • Maackia tashiroi (Yatabe) Makino
  • Maackia tenuifolia (Hemsl.) Hand.-Mazz.

Species names with uncertain taxonomic status

The status of the following species is unresolved:[5]

References

  1. ↑ Cardoso D, Pennington RT, de Queiroz LP, Boatwright JS, Van Wyk BE, Wojciechowski MF, Lavin M (2013). "Reconstructing the deep-branching relationships of the papilionoid legumes". S Afr J Bot. 89: 58–75. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2013.05.001.
  2. 1 2 Maackia. Flora of China.
  3. ↑ "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Maackia". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. 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.
  6. ↑ Some sources treat Maackia fauriei as a synonym of Maackia floribunda.
  7. ↑ Some sources give Maackia chinensis Takeda priority over Maackia hupehensis Takeda.


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