Fabaceae Lindl.

Maekawaea H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi

, legitimate

, scientific

Ohashi, K., Ohashi, H., Nemoto, T. & Nata, K. (20 October 2020), Phylogenetic analyses for classification of the Desmodium group of Leguminosae Tribe Desmodieae 4. Desmodium and Oxytes in Oceania.

Journal of Japanese Botany

95(5)

:

264-265

[tax. nov.]

Etymology: "The generic epithet honors Dr. Fumio Maekawa (1908-1984), Professor Emeritus of The University of Tokyo... He worked on the systematics of legumes and published several papers..."