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Genus of legumes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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 |
16 extant species are accepted.[1][4][3]
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