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A Study on the Chinese Ormosia Jacks. (Cont.)

Chang Roh-Hwei   

  1.   (Zhejiang Forestry College, Lin’an, Zhejiang)
  • Received:1900-01-01 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:1984-04-18 Published:1984-04-18
  • Contact: Chang Roh-Hwei

Abstract:

The first classification for the genus Ormosia was proposed by Bentham. It was
followed by Taubert (1892) in Engler and Prantl’s Nat. Pflanzenf., who divided the genus
into 2 sections.  On the basis of the pod structure and seed characters Prain (1900) arran-
ged the genus in 2 sections with 4 subsections.  In the monograph on the genus Merrill
and L. Chen ( 1943 ) limited their taxonomic study to Chinese and Indo-Chinese species, and
recognized 34 species and 15 series.  Recently Yakovlev (1971-1976) has treated the ge-
nus in 6 separate genera.
     In the present paper the author recognizes 35 species, of which 7 species and 2 varie-
ties are new.  The Chinese species of the genus are grouped into 3 sections and 6 series in
my classification.

Key words: Papilionoideae, Ormosia, Sect. Macrocarpae, Sect. Ormosia, Sect. Emarginatae