Table 2. Summary of diagnostic characters of Smithia yehii C.M.Wang, Chih Y.Chang & Y.H.Tseng and its similar species. CharactersS. yehiiS. 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)4-94-114-7Leaflet size3.5-7.0 × 1.2-2.3 mm4-15 × 2-3 mm6-12 × 2-4 mmLeaflets, adaxial colordark green at apex, light green at base when young and maturesame color between apex and basesame color between apex and baseFlowers, number per raceme1-73-612 to manyFlowers0.7-1.0 cm long0.8-1.5 cm longc. 1 cm longCalyxentire at margin, scarious, with parallel veinsentire at margin, scarious, with parallel veinsciliate at margin, membranous, with reticulate veinsCorollapale yellowvivid yellowwhite or yellowStyle3.4-4.1 mm longc. 8 mm longc. 2.5 mm longPod shape and sizemore or less straight, 0.5-0.8 cm longmore or less straight, c. 0.4 cm longslightly orbicular, 1-1.5 cm longJointed number of pod(4)6-74-66-8Distributionendemic to Taiwan, in wetlands and open places, at elevations of <300 mwidely distributed in Australia, India, Madagascar and Tropical Asia, in field margins, wetlands; at elevations of <1000 mwidely 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

Published as part of Wang, Chiu-Mei, Chang, Chih-Yi & Tseng, Yen-Hsueh, 2022, Smithia yehii (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae), a new species from Taiwan, pp. 53 in PhytoKeys 210 on page 53, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.210.90598