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Whitfordiodendron

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
Tribe: Wisterieae
Genus: Callerya
Endl.
Type species
Callerya nitida
(Benth.) Geesink.
Species
Diversity
c. 20 species
Synonyms
  • Adinobotrys Dunn 1911
  • Millettia Dunn 1912
  • Padbruggea Miq. 1855
  • Whitfordia Elmer
  • Whitfordiodendron Elmer 1910

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.



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