Maackia

For the genus of snails, see Maackia (gastropod).

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
Scientific 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

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

• 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^[5]
• Maackia hwashanensis W.T. Wang ex C.W. Chang
• Maackia taiwanensis Hoshi & Ohashi.
• Maackia tashiroi (Yatabe) Makino
• Maackia tenuifolia (Hemsl.) Hand.-Mazz.