''Kanburia'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

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 ...

in the family

Fabaceae Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomen ...

, native to

Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...

. The genus was established in 2019. ''Kanburia'' species are twining woody

vine A vine is any plant with a growth habit of trailing or scandent (that is, climbing) stems, lianas, or runners. The word ''vine'' can also refer to such stems or runners themselves, for instance, when used in wicker work.Jackson; Benjamin; Da ...

Description

''Kanburia'' species are robust twining woody

s. Their young stems are covered with soft hairs (pubescent). Their leaves are evergreen and generally have 4 paired leaflets plus a terminal leaflet. The leaflets are long by wide. The erect or pendulous

inflorescence In botany, an inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a plant's Plant stem, stem that is composed of a main branch or a system of branches. An inflorescence is categorized on the basis of the arrangement of flowers on a mai ...

is a loose many-flowered terminal

panicle In botany, a panicle is a much-branched inflorescence. (softcover ). Some authors distinguish it from a compound spike inflorescence, by requiring that the flowers (and fruit) be pedicellate (having a single stem per flower). The branches of a p ...

, long. The individual flowers are long and have the general shape of members of 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 ...

. The standard

petal Petals are modified leaves that form an inner whorl surrounding the reproductive parts of flowers. They are often brightly coloured or unusually shaped to attract pollinators. All of the petals of a flower are collectively known as the ''corol ...

is long by wide. In ''K. chlorantha'', the standard has a pale green inner surface with a dark green nectar guide. In ''K. tenasserimensis'', the inner surface of the standard is dark purple to maroon with a pale yellow nectar guide. The wing petals are about the same length as the keel at long by wide, with short basal claws. The keel petals are long by 3–3.5 mm (0.1 in) wide, united into a long cup. Nine of the

stamen The stamen (: stamina or stamens) is a part consisting of the male reproductive organs of a flower. Collectively, the stamens form the androecium., p. 10 Morphology and terminology A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filament ...

s are fused together, the other is free; all curve upwards at the apex. The flattened seed pods are long by wide, splitting when ripe to release their 1–6 seeds.

Taxonomy

The genus ''Kanburia'' was established in 2019 following a

molecular phylogenetic Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. From these analyses, it is possible to ...

study which showed that two species that had placed in ''

Callerya ''Callerya'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, tribe Wisterieae. It includes 12 species native to the eastern Himalayas, Indochina, southern China and Taiwan, and Peninsular Mala ...

'' when first described in 2016 did not belong with the

type species In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...

of that genus. The genus name refers to Kanburi, the old name for the province of

Kanchanaburi Kanchanaburi (, ) is a town municipality ('' thesaban mueang'') in Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand. The town of lies to the southeast of Erawan National Park within Kanchanaburi Province, approximately 120km west of Bangkok. In 2006 it had a po ...

in western Thailand where the type species, ''K. chlorantha'', was discovered. ''Kanburia'' is placed in the tribe

Wisterieae Wisterieae is a tribe of flowering plants in the bean family Fabaceae. The tribe was first described in 1994 for the sole genus ''Wisteria'', but was greatly expanded in 2019 to include 13 genera, six of which were new. Five had previously been p ...

, where it forms a

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with the genera ''

Afgekia ''Afgekia'' is a small genus of large Perennial plant, perennial climbing shrubs native to Thailand in Asia, belonging to the family Fabaceae. They are reminiscent of the related genus ''Wisteria''. Description The two species of ''Afgekia'' are ...

'', ''

Serawaia ''Serawaia'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, first established in 2019. Its only species is ''Serawaia strobilifera'', endemic to Borneo. The species was first described in 1994 as ''Callerya strobilifera''. Des ...

'' and ''

Whitfordiodendron ''Whitfordiodendron'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, of Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.Compton, J.A., Schrire, B.D., Könyves, K., Forest, F., Malakasi, P., Mattapha, S. & Sirichamorn, Y. 2019. The Callerya ...

''. The evidence for the separation of ''Kanburia'' is primarily molecular.

Species

Plants of the World Online Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online taxonomic database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. History Following the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew launched Plants of the World Online i ...

accepted two species: *'' Kanburia chlorantha'' (Mattapha & Sirich.) J.Compton, Mattapha, Sirich. & Schrire *'' Kanburia tenasserimensis'' (Mattapha & Sirich.) J.Compton, Mattapha, Sirich. & Schrire

References

{{taxonbar, from=Q93769259 Wisterieae Fabaceae genera Fabales of Asia Endemic flora of Thailand