Afgekia | |
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Afgekia sericea | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
(unranked): | Inverted repeat-lacking clade (incertae sedis) |
Tribe: | Millettieae |
Genus: |
Afgekia Craib |
Species | |
Afgekia filipes |
Afgekia filipes
Afgekia mahidolae
Afgekia sericea
Ref: ILDIS Version 10.01
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.