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Afgekia
Sign in to saveAfgekia is a small genus of large perennial climbing shrubs native to Thailand in Asia, belonging to the family Fabaceae. They are reminiscent of the related genus Wisteria.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFabales
- FamilyFabaceae
Afgekia – rodzaj roślin z rodziny bobowatych (Fabaceae). Obejmuje 3 gatunki występujące w południowych Chinach, w Mjanmie i Tajlandii. Nazwa naukowa rodzaju jest akronimem od imion i nazwiska irlandzkiego lekarza i badacza flory tajlandzkiej – Arthura Francisa George'a Kerra.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 7
- With media
- 7
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Collections
- MO, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Thailand
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Wisterieae
- Named after
- Arthur Francis George Kerr
- Image
- Afgekia sericea 001.jpg
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- Commons category
- Afgekia
- taxon name
- Afgekia
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Afgekia
- taxon common name
- 猪腰豆属
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Afgekia is a small genus of large perennial climbing shrubs native to Thailand in Asia, belonging to the family Fabaceae. They are reminiscent of the related genus Wisteria.
==Description== The two species of Afgekia are scrambling climbers, reaching high. The mature stems are brown. The leaves are evergreen and generally have 8–16 paired leaflets plus a terminal leaflet. The leaflets are long by wide. The erect inflorescence is a leafy raceme, long. The individual flowers are long and have the general shape of members of the subfamily Faboideae. The standard petal is long by wide, cream in colour with pale pink to purple markings and a pale or dark yellow or greenish nectar guide. The deep pink or purple wing petals are more or less equal in length to the keel at long by wide, with short basal claws. The white keel petals are long by wide. Nine of the stamens are fused together, the other is free; all curve upwards at the apex. The inflated seed pods are long by wide, splitting when ripe to release the 2 or 3 seeds.
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