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
Tribe:	Wisterieae
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
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.^[2]

References

↑ "Callerya". Taxonomy Browser. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2010-01-01.
↑ 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. PMID 10719003. doi:10.2307/2656638.

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