Maackia Explained

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. Six species are endemic to China.^[1] 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.^[1]

Species

Maackia comprises the following species:^{[2] [3]}

• 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^[4]
• Maackia hwashanensis W.T. Wang ex C.W. Chang
• Maackia taiwanensis Hoshi & Ohashi.
• Maackia tashiroi (Yatabe) Makino
• Maackia tenuifolia (Hemsl.) Hand.-Mazz.

Notes and References

1. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=119223 Maackia.
2. Web site: ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Maackia . . International Legume Database & Information Service . Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics . 15 May 2014 .
3. Web site: GRIN species records of Maackia . USDA . USDA . ARS . Agricultural Research Service . National Genetic Resources Program . Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database] . National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland . 15 May 2014 .
4. Some sources give Maackia chinensis Takeda priority over Maackia hupehensis Takeda.