Millettieae
Encyclopedia
The tribe
Millettieae is one of the subdivisions of the plant family
Fabaceae
.
The following genera
are recognized by the USDA:
Tribe (biology)
In biology, a tribe is a taxonomic rank between family and genus. It is sometimes subdivided into subtribes.Some examples include the tribes: Canini, Acalypheae, Hominini, Bombini, and Antidesmeae.-See also:* Biological classification* Rank...
Millettieae is one of the subdivisions of the plant family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Fabaceae
Fabaceae
The Fabaceae or Leguminosae, commonly known as the legume, pea, or bean family, is a large and economically important family of flowering plants. The group is the third largest land plant family, behind only the Orchidaceae and Asteraceae, with 730 genera and over 19,400 species...
.
The following genera
Genera
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are recognized by the USDA:
- AfgekiaAfgekiaAfgekia is a small genus of large perennial climbing shrubs native to Asia, reminiscent of the related genus Wisteria. The genus was named from the initials of Arthur Francis George Kerr , an Irish-born plant collector who worked in then-Siam in the early twentieth century.- External links :* *...
Craib - AganopeAganopeAganope is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae. This genus may be synonymous with Ostryocarpus....
Miq. - AntheroporumAntheroporumAntheroporum is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
Gagnep. - ApurimaciaApurimaciaApurimacia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
Harms - AustrosteenisiaAustrosteenisiaAustrosteenisia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
R. Geesink - BehaimiaBehaimiaBehaimia is a genus of legume in the Fabaceae family.It contains the following species:* Behaimia cubensis...
Griseb. - BergeroniaBergeroniaBergeronia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
Micheli - BurkilliodendronBurkilliodendronBurkilliodendron is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
Sastry - CalleryaCalleryaCallerya 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....
Endl. - ChadsiaChadsiaChadsia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae.- Species :This is an incomplete list of species in this genus.*Chadsia andravinensis*Chadsia coluteifolia...
Bojer - CraibiaCraibiaCraibia is a genus of legume in the Fabaceae family.It contains the following species:* Craibia atlantica...
Harms & Dunn - CraspedolobiumCraspedolobiumCraspedolobium is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
Harms - DahlstedtiaDahlstedtiaDahlstedtia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
Malme - DalbergiellaDalbergiellaDalbergiella is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
Baker f. - Deguelia Aubl.
- DerrisDerrisDerris is a climbing leguminous plant of Southeast Asia and the southwest Pacific islands, including New Guinea. Its roots contain rotenone, a strong insecticide and fish poison....
Lour. - DewevreaDewevreaDewevrea is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
Micheli - DisynstemonDisynstemonDisynstemon is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
R. Vig. - EndosamaraEndosamaraEndosamara is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
R. Geesink - FordiaFordiaFordia is a genus of legume in the Fabaceae family.It contains the following species:* Fordia incredibilis* Fordia lanceolata* Fordia ophirensis* Fordia pauciflora...
Hemsl. - Hesperothamnus Brandegee
- KunstleriaKunstleriaKunstleria is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
Prain - LeptoderrisLeptoderrisLeptoderris is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae or also Papilionoideae...
Dunn - LonchocarpusLonchocarpusLonchocarpus is a plant genus in the legume family . The species are called lancepods due to their fruit resembling an ornate lance tip or a few beads on a string....
Kunth - MargaritolobiumMargaritolobiumMargaritolobium is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
Harms - MillettiaMillettiaMillettia is a genus of legume in the Fabaceae family.It consists of about 150 species, which are distributed in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world.-Species:Species include:* Millettia aurea*Millettia brandisiana...
Wight & Arn. - MunduleaMunduleaMundulea is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
(DC.) Benth. - OstryocarpusOstryocarpusOstryocarpus is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
Hook. f. - Paraderris (Miq.) R. Geesink
- Philenoptera Hochst. ex A. Rich.
- PiscidiaPiscidiaPiscidia is a genus of flowering plants in subfamily Faboideae of the legume family, Fabaceae. The generic name is derived from the Latin words piscis, meaning "fish," and caedo, meaning "to kill." It refers to the use of extracts from the plant to poison fish.-Selected species:* Piscidia...
L. - PlatycyamusPlatycyamusPlatycyamus is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
Benth. - PlatysepalumPlatysepalumPlatysepalum is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
Welw. ex Baker - PongamiopsisPongamiopsisPongamiopsis is a genus of legume in the Fabaceae family native to Madagascar.- Species of Pongamiopsis :* Pongamiopsis amygdalina* Pongamiopsis pervilleana* Pongamiopsis viguieri* Pongamiopsis cloiselli...
R. Vig. - PtycholobiumPtycholobiumPtycholobium is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae. It may be synonymous with Tephrosia....
Harms - PyranthusPyranthusPyranthus is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
Du Puy & Labat - Requienia DC.
- SarcodumSarcodumSarcodum is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
Lour. - SchefflerodendronSchefflerodendronSchefflerodendron is a genus of legume in the Fabaceae family.It contains the following species:* Schefflerodendron usambarense...
Harms - SylvichadsiaSylvichadsiaSylvichadsia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
Du Puy & Labat - TephrosiaTephrosiaTephrosia is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae. The generic name is derived from the Greek word τεφρος , meaning "ash-colored," referring to the greyish tint given to the leaves by their dense trichomes.-Uses:...
Pers. - WisteriaWisteriaWisteria is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, that includes ten species of woody climbing vines native to the eastern United States and to China, Korea, and Japan. Aquarists refer to the species Hygrophila difformis, in the family Acanthaceae, as Water Wisteria...
Nutt. - Xeroderris Roberty