Newtonia (plant)
Newtonia is a genus of flowering plants in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae[1] and the Mimosoid clade[1] or tribe. The genus is known from the early Miocene (22 - 21 Ma) of Ethiopia based on compressions of its diagnostic, winged seeds. [2]
| 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. |
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Species are:[3]
- Newtonia aubrevillei (Pellegr.) Keay
- Newtonia buchananii (Baker) G.C.C.Gilbert & Boutique
- Newtonia camerunensis - might belong in Entada
- Newtonia duparquetiana (Baill.) Keay
- Newtonia elliotii (Harms) Keay
- Newtonia erlangeri
- Newtonia glandulifera (Pellegr.) G.C.C.Gilbert & Boutique
- Newtonia grandifolia Villiers
- Newtonia griffoniana (Baill.) Baker f.
- Newtonia hildebrandtii (Vatke) Torre
- Newtonia leucocarpa (Harms) G.C.C.Gilbert & Boutique
- Newtonia paucijuga
- Newtonia zenkeri Harms
References
- The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon. 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3.
- Pan, Aaron D.; Currano, Ellen D.; Jacobs, Bonnie F.; Feseha, Mulugeta; Tabor, Neil; Herendeen, Patrick S. (2012). "Fossil Newtonia (Fabaceae: Mimoseae) Seeds from the Early Miocene (22–21 Ma) Mush Valley in Ethiopia". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 173 (3): 290–296. doi:10.1086/663967. S2CID 84215509.
- ILDIS (2005)
Further reading
- International Legume Database and Information Service (2005): Genus Newtonia. Version 10.01, November 2005. Retrieved 2008-MAR-31.
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