Maackia taiwanensis

Overview

Endangered

Description

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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]

Habitat

Ecology: Broadleaved evergreen forest . (Ref. 87914)

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
        Genus: Maackia ()
        Specific epithet: taiwanensis - Hoshi & Ohashi
        Botanical name: - Maackia taiwanensis H.Hoshi & H.Ohashi

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)

Bibliography

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Lu, S.Y. and Pan, F.J. 1996. Rare and Endangered Plants in Taiwan I.
Pan, F.J. 1997. Completed data collection forms for Taiwanese trees.

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Notes

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Contributors

Lu, S.Y. & Pan, F.J. 1998. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
Lu, S.Y. & Pan, F.J. 1998. Maackia taiwanensis. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 October 2006.

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 7147931
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15565929
Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:931918-1
IUCN ID: 37823
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1024769