Maackia amurensis buergeri var. buergeri

Common Names

Common Names in English:

Amur Maackia

Description

Family Fabaceae

The Fabaceae are herbs, vines , shrubs , trees , and lianas found in both temperate and tropical areas. They comprise one of the largest families of flowering plants , numbering 630 genera and 18,000 species. The leaves are stipulate , nearly always alternate, and range from bipinnately or palmately compound to simple . The petiole base is commonly enlarged into a pulvinus that commonly functions in orientation of the leaves (sometimes very responsively, as in the sensitive plant, Mimosa pudica). The flowers are usually bisexual , actinomorphic to zygomorphic, slightly to strongly perigynous, and commonly in racemes , spikes, or heads . The perianth commonly consists of a calyx and corolla of 5 segments each. The androecium consists of commonly 1- many stamens (most commonly 10), distinct or variously united , sometimes some of them reduced to staminodes. The pistil is simple, often stipitate , comprising a single style and stigma, and a superior ovary with one locule containing 2-many marginal ovules. The fruit is usually a legume, sometimes a samara, loment, follicle, indehiscent pod, achene, drupe, or berry. The seeds often have a hard coat with hourglass-shaped cells , and sometimes bear a u-shaped line called a pleurogram. [Carr]

Subfamily Faboideae

Mostly herbs, shrubs , or trees . Leaves pinnate or palmate to trifoliolate or apparently simple . Corolla usually, showy, zygomorphic, the petals imbricate, posterior (upper or banner ) petal outermost in bud. Stamens 10 or 9 + 1 (diadelphous ), not showy. Pollen released in monads . Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) lacking. [Carr]

Physical Description

Habit: Shrub , Tree • Climbing: Not Climbing

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom: Plantae () - Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
  - Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae () - Cavalier-Smith, 1981
    - Phylum: Magnoliophyta () - Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Flowering Plants
      - Subphylum: Euphyllophytina ()
        Infraphylum: Radiatopses () - Kenrick & Crane, 1997
        Class: Magnoliopsida () - Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
        Subclass: Rosidae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Superorder: Fabanae () - R. Dahlgren Ex Reveal, 1993
        Order: Fabales () - Bromhead, 1838
        Family: Fabaceae () - Lindley, 1836 - Bean Family
        Subfamily: Faboideae ()
        Tribe: Sophoreae ()
        Genus: Maackia ()
        Specific epithet: amurensis
        Subspecies: buergeri
        Variety: buergeri
        Botanical name: - Maackia amurensis Rupr. & Maxim.

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Synonym: Maackia amurensis var. buergeri.

Place of publication : Bull . Cl. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 15:128, 143. 1857 ("1856")

Name verified on 28-Oct-1988 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 10-Feb-2006

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Maackia

There are approximately 15 species in this genus:

M. amurensis 'Starburst' (Amur Maackia) · M. amurensis buergeri (Amur Maackia) · M. amurensis buergeri var. buergeri · M. amurensis var. amurensis · M. australis · M. chekiangensis · M. ellipticocarpa · M. faurici · M. floribunda · M. floribunda f. pubescens · M. hupehensis · M. hwashanensis · M. taiwanensis · M. tashiroi · M. tenuifolia (Amourette)

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Contributors

Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/]. Access date: Nov 23, 2005
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed September 04, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
Heyn CC & Heller D 1991/1993 (from ILDIS).
ILDIS World Database of Legumes
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (May 05, 2008)
van der Maesen, LJG, 2001-03 (from ILDIS).

Identifiers

Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-16798
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 162019
GRIN Nomen Number: 23023

Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 404736