Callerya

Callerya
Callerya atropurpurea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
(unranked): Inverted repeat-lacking clade
Genus: Callerya
Endl.
Type species
Callerya nitida
(Benth.) Geesink.
Species[1]

Callerya atropurpurea
Callerya australis
Callerya cinerea
Callerya eurybotrya
Callerya megasperma
Callerya nieuwenhuisii
Callerya reticulata
Callerya scandens
Callerya speciosa
Callerya vasta

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

  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). American Journal of Botany (PDF) 87 (3): 418–30 http://www.amjbot.org/content/87/3/418.full.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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