Maackia

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.

For the genus of snails, see Maackia (gastropod).

Maackia
Maackia amurensis
Maackia amurensis
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

9; see text

Synonyms[1]

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.

References
  1. Maackia Rupr. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  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. Some sources give Maackia chinensis Takeda priority over Maackia hupehensis Takeda.
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