Chesneya sect. Chesneya

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

Chesneya sect. Chesneya Fig. 3B

Chesneya sect. Macrocarpon Boriss., Fl. U.S.S.R. 11: 280. 1945. syn. nov. Type: Chesneya rytidosperma Jaub. et Spach, Ill. Pl. Orient. 1(5): 93. 1842.

Description, distribution and habitat.

This section includes the majority of Chesneya species. It can be diagnosed by reduced stems and caducous petiole and rachis. It contains ca. 20 xeric species, ranging from desert and dry slope of northwestern China and western Tibet to central and western Asia and Caucasus.

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.