Maackia
Maackia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. There are 9 species, all native to eastern Asia, from China and Taiwan through Korea, Japan, and the Russian Far East. Six species are endemic to China. The generic name honors the botanist Richard Maack.
Species
amur maackia
species
FamilyFabaceae
Native toAmur, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Manchuria, Nansei-shoto, Primorye, Taiwan
Observations720
Maackia, deutschsprachig auch Gelbholz genannt, ist eine Pflanzengattung in der Unterfamilie Schmetterlingsblütler (Faboideae) innerhalb der Familie Hülsenfrüchtler (Fabaceae). Sie ist in Ostasien verbreitet. Das Asiatische Gelbholz (Maackia amurensis) wird in den Gemäßigten Gebieten als Zierpflanze verwendet.
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Research
517 papers- Interdigitated impedimetric-based Maackia amurensis lectin biosensor for prostate cancer biomarker.Mikrochimica acta · 2024
- Maackia amurensis seed lectin (MASL) and soluble human podoplanin (shPDPN) sequence analysis and effects on human oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) cell migration and viability.Biochemical and biophysical research communications · 2024
- Effects of Maackia amurensis seed lectin (MASL) on OSCC cell morphology, PDPN expression, growth, and motility in a phase 1 clinical trial.
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Maackia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. There are 9 species, all native to eastern Asia, from China and Taiwan through Korea, Japan, and the Russian Far East. Six species are endemic to China. The generic name honors the botanist Richard Maack.
They are deciduous trees and shrubs. The alternately arranged leaves are divided into leaflets. The inflorescence is a simple or compound raceme of many flowers. Each flower has an inflated calyx with five teeth. The white or greenish corolla has a reflexed standard petal and keel petals that are fused at the bases. The fruit is a wide or narrow, flattened legume pod containing one to five flat seeds.