Afgekia
Afgekia | |
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Afgekia sericea | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Tribe: | Millettieae |
Genus: | Afgekia Craib |
Species | |
Afgekia filipes |
Afgekia is a small genus of large perennial climbing shrubs native to Asia, reminiscent of the related genus Wisteria. The genus was named from the initials of Arthur Francis George Kerr (1877–1942), an Irish-born plant collector who worked in then-Siam in the early twentieth century.
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