Fordia Explained

Fordia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native from south China and Thailand to west and central Malesia.^[1] The genus was established by William Hemsley in 1886.

Species

, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:

• Fordia brachybotrys Merr.
• Fordia cauliflora Hemsl.
• Fordia fruticosa Craib
• Fordia johorensis Whitmore
• Fordia lanceolata Ridl.
• Fordia ophirensis Ridl.
• Fordia pauciflora Dunn
• Fordia rheophytica (Buijsen) Dasuki & Schot
• Fordia splendidissima (Blume ex Miq.) Buijsen
• Fordia stipularis (Prain) Dunn

Former species:

• Fordia incredibilis → Imbralyx incredibilis

Notes and References

1. Buijsen . J. R. M. . 1988-01-01 . Revision of the genus Fordia (Papilionaceae: Millettieae) . Blumea: Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants . en . 33 . 1 . 239–261 . 2212-1676.