Newtonia | |
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Newtonia hildebrandtii | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
Genus: |
Newtonia Baill. |
Species [1] | |
16; see text |
Newtonia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 16 species of trees native to sub-Saharan Africa. [1] It belongs to subfamily Caesalpinioideae [2] and the Mimosoid clade [2] or tribe. The genus is known from the early Miocene (21.73 Ma) of Ethiopia based on compressions of its diagnostic, winged seeds. [3]
16 extant species are accepted. [1] [4] [3]
Newtonia | |
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Newtonia hildebrandtii | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
Genus: |
Newtonia Baill. |
Species [1] | |
16; see text |
Newtonia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 16 species of trees native to sub-Saharan Africa. [1] It belongs to subfamily Caesalpinioideae [2] and the Mimosoid clade [2] or tribe. The genus is known from the early Miocene (21.73 Ma) of Ethiopia based on compressions of its diagnostic, winged seeds. [3]
16 extant species are accepted. [1] [4] [3]