Smithia yehii (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae), a new species from Taiwan Author Wang, Chiu-Mei Department of Biology, National Museum of Natural Science, 1 Guancian Rd., Taichung 40453, Taiwan Author Chang, Chih-Yi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4226-9847 Department of Forestry, National Chung-Hsing University, No. 145, Hsing-Ta Rd., Taichung 40227, Taiwan Author Tseng, Yen-Hsueh Department of Forestry, National Chung-Hsing University, No. 145, Hsing-Ta Rd., Taichung 40227, Taiwan & Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, No. 53, Nanhai Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City, 10066, Taiwan tseng2005@nchu.edu.tw text PhytoKeys 2022 2022-09-29 210 53 65 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.210.90598 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.210.90598 1314-2003-210-53 23559B227F0A5D2893C25C2EDE39B9F9

Table 2. Summary of diagnostic characters of Smithia yehii C.M.Wang, Chih Y.Chang & Y.H.Tseng and its similar species.

Characters	S. yehii	S. sensitiva (Efloraofindia 2007; Sa and Delgado-Salinas 2010; Balan and Predeep 2017)	S. ciliata (Huang and Huang 1993; Sa and Delgado-Salinas 2010)
Leaflet pairs	(2)4-9	4-11	4-7
Leaflet size	3.5-7.0 x 1.2-2.3 mm	4-15 x 2-3 mm	6-12 x 2-4 mm
Leaflets, adaxial color	dark green at apex, light green at base when young and mature	same color between apex and base	same color between apex and base
Flowers, number per raceme	1-7	3-6	12 to many
Flowers	0.7-1.0 cm long	0.8-1.5 cm long	c. 1 cm long
Calyx	entire at margin, scarious, with parallel veins	entire at margin, scarious, with parallel veins	ciliate at margin, membranous, with reticulate veins
Corolla	pale yellow	vivid yellow	white or yellow
Style	3.4-4.1 mm long	c. 8 mm long	c. 2.5 mm long
Pod shape and size	more or less straight, 0.5-0.8 cm long	more or less straight, c. 0.4 cm long	slightly orbicular, 1-1.5 cm long
Jointed number of pod	(4)6-7	4-6	6-8
Distribution	endemic to Taiwan, in wetlands and open places, at elevations of <300 m	widely distributed in Australia, India, Madagascar and Tropical Asia, in field margins, wetlands; at elevations of <1000 m	widely distributed in Taiwan, China, Bhutan, India, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. Taiwan, in margin of thickets, at elevation of 1,000-1,800 m