Fordia

Short description: Genus of legumes

Fordia

Scientific classification
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[update], 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:

* Fordia incredibilis → Imbralyx incredibilis

## 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/.

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