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Maekawaea

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Genus of flowering plants

Maekawaea
Maekawaea rhytidophylla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Maekawaea
H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi (2020)
Species

Maekawaea is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family (Fabaceae). It includes three species native to New Guinea, New Caledonia, and Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, and Queensland).

It includes three accepted species, which were previously placed in genus Desmodium:

  • Maekawaea macrocarpa (Domin) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi – Queensland
  • Maekawaea rhytidophylla (F.Muell. ex Benth.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi – New Guinea, New Caledonia, and Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, and Queensland)
  • Maekawaea tenax (Schindl.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi – New Guinea and Queensland

References

  1. ^ Maekawaea H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
Taxon identifiers
Maekawaea
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