| Callerya | |
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| Callerya atropurpurea | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Tribe: | Millettieae |
| Genus: | Callerya Endl. |
| Type species | |
| Callerya nitida (Benth.) Geesink. |
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| Species[1] | |
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Callerya atropurpurea |
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| [[|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 others' closest relatives and quite distinct from other members of the tribe Millettieae. Both have eight chromosomes.[2]