| Taxon | Maackia |
|---|---|
| Authority | Rupr. (1856) |
| Subdivision ranks | Species |
| Subdivision | 9; see text |
| Synonyms | Buergeria Miq. (1867) |
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.
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
- ^ Maackia Rupr. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
- ^ Maackia. Flora of China.
- ^ "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Maackia". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Some sources give Maackia chinensis Takeda priority over Maackia hupehensis Takeda.