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Fordia

Topic: Biology

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Short description: Genus of legumes

Fordia
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Millettieae
Genus: Fordia
Hemsl.[1]
Species

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Fordia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native from south China and Thailand to west and central Malesia.[2][3] The genus was established by William Hemsley in 1886.[1]

Species

As of January 2023, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[2]

  • Fordia brachybotrys Merr.
  • Fordia cauliflora Hemsl.
  • Fordia fruticosa Craib
  • Fordia johorensis Whitmore
  • Fordia lanceolata Ridl.
  • Fordia ophirensis Ridl.
  • Fordia pauciflora Dunn
  • Fordia rheophytica (Buijsen) Dasuki & Schot
  • Fordia splendidissima (Blume ex Miq.) Buijsen
  • Fordia stipularis (Prain) Dunn

Former species:

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Fordia Hemsl..". The International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=295885-2. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Fordia Hemsl..". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:295885-2. 
  3. ↑ Buijsen, J. R. M. (1988-01-01). "Revision of the genus Fordia (Papilionaceae: Millettieae)" (in en). Blumea: Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants 33 (1): 239–261. ISSN 2212-1676. https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/525179/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5221637 entry




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