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
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

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Maackia comprises the following species:[1][3][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Maackia Rupr. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  2. ^ a b 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.