Afgekia

Taxobox
name = "Afgekia"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Fabales
familia = Fabaceae
subfamilia = Faboideae
tribus = Millettieae
genus = "Afgekia"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "A. filipes" "A. mahidolae" "A. sericea" Ref: [http://www.ildis.org/ 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.

External links

* [http://home.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/shoyaku/photo/Thai/021202Afgekia.jpgFlora of Thailand (photo)]