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. doi:10.2307/2656638. JSTOR 2656638. PMID 10719003.

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[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). "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. doi:10.2307/2656638. JSTOR 2656638. PMID 10719003.