Callerya

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Callerya
Callerya atropurpurea.JPG
Callerya atropurpurea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
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Angiosperms
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Callerya

Endl.
Type species

(Benth.) Geesink.
Species[1]
Diversity
c. 20 species
Synonyms
  • Adinobotrys Dunn 1911
  • Millettia Dunn 1912
  • Whitfordia Elmer

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[]

  1. ^ "Callerya". Taxonomy Browser. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2010-01-01.
  2. ^ 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. JSTOR 2656638. PMID 10719003.


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