Callerya
Callerya | |
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Callerya atropurpurea | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
(unranked): | Inverted repeat-lacking clade (incertae sedis) |
Tribe: | Millettieae |
Genus: | Callerya Endl. |
Type species | |
Callerya nitida (Benth.) Geesink. | |
Species[1] | |
Callerya atropurpurea | |
Diversity | |
c. 20 species |
Callerya is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. Genetic analysis shows Callerya and Wisteria to be each other's closest relatives and quite distinct from other members of the tribe Millettieae. Both have eight chromosomes.[2]
References
- ↑ "Callerya". Taxonomy Browser. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2010-01-01.
- ↑ Hu, Jer-Ming; Lavin, Matt; Wojciechowski, Martin F.; Sanderson, Michael J. (2000). "Phylogenetic Systematics of the Tribe Millettieae (Leguminosae) Based on Chloroplast trnK/matK Sequences and Its Implications for Evolutionary Patterns in Papilionoideae" (PDF). American Journal of Botany. 87 (3): 418–30. doi:10.2307/2656638. PMID 10719003.
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