Chesneya sect. Pulvinatae M.L.Zhang, Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 63: 89. 2015.

Duan, Lei, Yang, Xue, Liu, Peiliang, Johnson, Gabriel, Wen, Jun & Chang, Zhaoyang, 2016, A molecular phylogeny of Caraganeae (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae) reveals insights into new generic and infrageneric delimitations, PhytoKeys 70, pp. 111-137 : 124-125

Chesneya sect. Pulvinatae M.L.Zhang, Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 63: 89. 2015. Fig. 3D

Spongiocarpella Yakovlev & N. Ulziykhutag, Bot. Zhur. 17(2): 249. 1987. Type: Spongiocarpella nubigena (D.Don) Yakovl., Bot. Zhur. 17(2): 249. 1987.

Type.

Chesneya nubigena (D.Don) Ali, Scientist (Karachi) iii: 4. 1959.

Description, distribution and habitat.

This psychric section is composed of Chesneya nubigena , Chesneya polystichoides (Hand.-Mazz.) Ali and Chesneya purpurea . It differs from other sections by blackened, curved and non-spiny petiole and rachis, distributed on high-altitude slope in eastern Himalayas and southern and eastern Tibet.

Figures

Figure 3. Distribution (A) and representative plants (B-H) of genera in Chesneyinae. A red - Chesneya, green - Chesniella, blue - Gueldenstaedtia and yellow - Tibetia B Chesneya acaulis C Chesneya spinosa D Chesneya nubigena E Chesniella macrantha F Chesniella ferganensis G Gueldenstaedtia verna H Tibetia yadongensis.