Euchresta Formosana
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''Euchresta'' is a genus of
flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
s in the family
Fabaceae Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomen ...
. It belongs to the subfamily
Faboideae The Faboideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An acceptable alternative name for the subfamily is Papilionoideae, or Papilionaceae when this group of plants is treated as a family. This subfamily is widely ...
. It includes four species native to eastern and southeastern Asia, from the eastern Himalayas to Indochina, southern China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and
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.''Euchresta'' Benn.
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Species

''Euchresta'' comprises the following species: * '' Euchresta formosana'' (Hayata) Ohwi * '' Euchresta horsfieldii'' (Lesch.) Benn. * ''
Euchresta japonica ''Euchresta japonica'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to southern China, central and southern Japan, and Jeju Province Jeju Province (; ), officially Jeju Special Self-Governing Province (Jeju language, Je ...
'' Hook.f. ex Regel * ''
Euchresta tubulosa ''Euchresta'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It includes four species native to eastern and southeastern Asia, from the eastern Himalayas to Indochina, southern China, Korea, Japan, T ...
'' Dunn ** var. ''longiracemosa'' (S.Lee & H.Q.Wen) C.Chen ** var. ''tubulosa'' Dunn


Hybrids

The following hybrids have been described: * ×''Euchresta strigillosa'' C.Y.Wu


References

Sophoreae Fabaceae genera {{Sophoreae-stub