PlantaeFabalesLeguminosaeDuanLeiYangXueLiuPeiliangJohnsonGabrielWenJunChangZhaoyangA molecular phylogeny of Caraganeae (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae) reveals insights into new generic and infrageneric delimitationsPhytoKeys410201620167011113710.3897/phytokeys.70.9641 Chesneya sect. Chesneya Fig. 3BChesneya 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.

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.