Afgekia
Afgekia is a small genus of large perennial climbing shrubs native to Thailand in Asia, belonging to the family Fabaceae. They are reminiscent of the related genus Wisteria.

Description
The two species of Afgekia are scrambling climbers, reaching  high. The mature stems are brown. The leaves are evergreen and generally have 8–16 paired leaflets plus a terminal leaflet. The leaflets are  long by  wide. The erect inflorescence is a leafy raceme,  long. The individual flowers are  long and have the general shape of members of the subfamily Faboideae. The standard petal is  long by  wide, cream in colour with pale pink to purple markings and a pale or dark yellow or greenish nectar guide. The deep pink or purple wing petals are more or less equal in length to the keel at  long by  wide, with short basal claws. The white keel petals are  long by  wide. Nine of the stamens are fused together, the other is free; all curve upwards at the apex. The inflated seed pods are  long by  wide, splitting when ripe to release the 2 or 3 seeds.

Taxonomy

The genus Afgekia was established by William Grant Craib in 1927, initially with one species, Afgekia sericea. The genus name commemorates Arthur Francis George Kerr, being formed from his initials. Kerr was an Irish physician and pioneering botanist in Thailand in the early twentieth century. The type specimen of Afgekia sericea was collected by Kerr's Thai associate Anuwat.

A 2019 molecular phylogenetic study showed that one of the species then placed in Afgekia (A. filipes, now Padbruggea filipes) did not belong in the genus, but that the remaining two species formed a well separated clade, sister to Kanburia, in turn forming a larger clade with Callerya, Serawaia and Whitfordiodendron. Morphological characters that distinguish Afgekia from other genera include two rather than one pair of callosities on the standard petal and the longest stipules and floral bracts in the tribe Wisterieae.

Species
, Plants of the World Online accepted two species:
 Afgekia mahidoliae 
 Afgekia sericea

References

External links 
 Flora of Thailand (photo) 
 Afgekia mahidolae Burtt et Chermsir 

Wisterieae
Fabaceae genera
Taxa named by William Grant Craib