Christia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Desmodieae
Subtribus: Desmodiinae
Genus: Christia
Species: C. australasica – C. constricta – C. convallaria – C. hainanensis – C. lychnucha – C. obcordata – C. paniculata – C. parviflora – C. pierrei – C. vespertilionis – C. zollingeri

Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Christia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Nov 16. Reference page.

Name

Christia Moench, 1802
Synonyms

Lourea Neck. ex Desv.
Ploca Lour. ex Gomes Mach

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropical & Subtropical Asia, Australia
Andaman Is., Bismarck Archipelago, Cambodia, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Guinea, Northern Territory, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Western Australia
Introduced into:
+ Assam, Bangladesh, Cayman Is., Dominican Republic, Fiji, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Trinidad-Tobago, West Himalaya, Windward Is.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Moench, C. 1802. Supplementum ad methodum plantas a staminum situ describendi. IV + 328 pp. In officina nova libraria academiae, Marburgi Cattorum [Marburg]. MDZ Google Books Reference page. : 39

Additional references

Ohashi, K., Ohashi, H., Nemoto, T., Ikeda, T., Izumi, H., Kobayashi, H., Muragaki, H., Nata, K., Sato, N. & Suzuki, M. 2018. Phylogenetic analyses for a new classification of the Desmodium group of Leguminosae tribe Desmodieae. Journal of Japanese Botany [Shokubutsu Kenkyu Zasshi] 93(3): 165-189. ResearchGate Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Christia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Nov 16. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. Nov 16. Christia. Published online. Accessed: {{{3}}} Nov 16.
Catalogue of Life: 2021 Annual Checklist
Tropicos.org 2020. Christia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Nov 2020.

Vernacular names
English: island pea
hrvatski: Kristija
中文: 蝙蝠草属

Christia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.
Geographical distribution

Tropical & Subtropical Asia, including

Ryukyu Island
Taiwan
Indochina
Malaysia
Indonesia
Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Thailand
India
China
Northern Australia

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The genus is also naturalized in Fiji and on some Caribbean islands such as St. Vincent, Martinique, Jamaica and St. Kitts.[2]
Species

Christia australasica (Schindl.) Bakh.f
Christia constricta (Schindl.) T.C.Chen
Christia convallaria (Schindl.) Ohashi
Christia hainanensis Yen C.Yang & P.H.Huang
Christia lychnucha (Schindl.) Ohashi
Christia obcordata (Poir.) Bakh.f.
Christia paniculata (Wall. ex Benth.) Thoth.
Christia parviflora (Schindl.) Bakh.f.
Christia pierrei (Schindl.) Ohashi
Christia vespertilionis (L.f.) Bakh.f.
Christia zollingeri (Schindl.) Bakh.f.

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