Newtonia
Newtonia hildebrandtii
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

References

  1. ^ a b c Newtonia Baill. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  2. ^ a b 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. hdl:10568/90658.
  3. ^ a b 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.
  4. ^ ILDIS (2005)

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