Newtonia (plant)

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Newtonia
Newtonia hildebrandtii00.jpg
Newtonia hildebrandtii
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Newtonia
Baill.
Species

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Newtonia is a genus of flowering plants in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae[1] and the Mimosoid clade[1] or tribe. The genus is known from the early Miocene (22 - 21 Ma) of Ethiopia based on compressions of its diagnostic, winged seeds. [2]

Species are:[3]

Footnotes[]

  1. ^ a b The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon. 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3.
  2. ^ Pan, Aaron D.; Currano, Ellen D.; Jacobs, Bonnie F.; Feseha, Mulugeta; Tabor, Neil; Herendeen, Patrick S. (2012). "Fossil Newtonia (Fabaceae: Mimoseae) Seeds from the Early Miocene (22–21 Ma) Mush Valley in Ethiopia". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 173 (3): 290–296. doi:10.1086/663967. S2CID 84215509.
  3. ^ ILDIS (2005)

References[]

  • International Legume Database & Information Service (ILDIS) (2005): Genus Newtonia. Version 10.01, November 2005. Retrieved 2008-MAR-31.


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