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Description
Genus Millettia
Trees
, shrubs
or woody climbers
. Leaf imparipinnately compound
; leaflets
mostly stipellate
and opposite; stipules small. Inflorescence a terminal
raceme
or panicle; flowers white, rose or purple. Bracts and bracteoles often deciduous before flowering. Calyx teeth almost absent or short, Vexillum large, nude or callose
above the claw
or rarely appendaged with auricles
. Wings
free
from the keel. Keel incurved, obtuse
. Stamens mono
or diadelphous
, vexillary stamen free at the base
but more or less connate
above or quite free, anthers
uniform
. Ovary sessile or rarely stipitate
, style glabrous
, stigma terminal; ovules numerous
. Annular
disk surrounding the ovary mostly present. Fruit compressed
, flat or thick or woody, 2-valved or tardily dehiscent
. Seed orbicular
or reniform
, estrophiolate.
About 150 species, distributed in the tropical
and subtropical
regions of the world; represented by 2 exotic species
in Pakistan.[1]
Physical Description
Habit: Shrub , Tree • Climbing: Not Climbing
Habitat
Ecology: A deciduous woodland species.[2].
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Class:
Spermatopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Rosanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Fabales
()
- Bromhead, 1838
- Family:
Leguminosae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Subfamily:
(Giseke, 1792) DC., 1825
()
- Tribe:
Millettieae
()
- Miq., 1855
- Genus:
Millettia
()
- R. Wight & Arnott, 1834, nom. cons.
- Specific epithet:
nathaliae
- Du Puy & Labat
- Botanical name: - Millettia nathaliae Du Puy & Labat
- Specific epithet:
nathaliae
- Du Puy & Labat
- Genus:
Millettia
(
- Tribe:
Millettieae
(
- Subfamily:
(Giseke, 1792) DC., 1825
(
- Family:
Leguminosae
(
- Order:
Fabales
(
- Superorder:
Rosanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Climbing
: Not climbing, Conservation
Status: Endangered
,
Habit: Shrub
, Habit: Tree
, Lifespan: Perennial
Similar Species
Members of the genus Millettia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 7 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
M. aurea (Taitsindambo) · M. laurentii (Faux Ebenier) · M. lenneoides (Vahintandrondro) · M. peguensis (Moulien Rose Wood) · M. richardiana (Tsimahamasabary) · M. taiwanensis (Chinese Evergreen Wisteria) · M. versicolor (Bois D'or)
More Info
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Further Reading
- Du Puy, D.J. and Labat, H. 1996. Data collection forms for Madagascan trees for the Conservation and Sustainable Management of Trees project.
- Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- Du Puy, D. & Labat, H. 1998. Millettia nathaliae. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 02February2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 25, 2007:
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3768166
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-20863
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13631264
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:983267-1
- IUCN ID: 223785
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 421205
Footnotes
- "Millettia". in Flora of Pakistan Page 51. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
- Du Puy, D. & Labat, H. 1998. Millettia nathaliae. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 February 2012. [back]
