Millettieae

Millettieae
Wisteria sinensis
Systematics
Rosids Eurosiden I Order : Fabales (Fabales) Family : Legumes (Fabaceae) Subfamily : Butterflies (Faboideae) Tribe : Millettieae
Scientific name
Millettieae
Miq.

Millettieae is a tribe in the subfamily of the butterflies (Faboideae) within the legume family (Fabaceae). Their approximately 900 to 920 species are found mainly in the tropics and subtropics worldwide. Only Callerya also reaches temperate areas of China and Wisteria is also found in temperate areas of eastern Asia and North America. Some species and their varieties are used as ornamental plants .

description

Illustration of Piscidia piscipula

Appearance and leaves

They are mostly woody plants that grow as shrubs , rarely trees or lianas . Only the genus Tephrosia rarely contains annual or more often perennial herbaceous plants .

The oppositely arranged leaves consist of a padded petiole and a mostly unpinnate leaf blade. On the leaf rachis , the up to 15 (three to forty) usually five pinna are leaflets usually in pairs opposite, rarely they are alternate; sometimes reduced to a leaflet. The stipules often fall off early; Stipules of the leaflets may be present.

Inflorescences and flowers

The inflorescences are structured very differently, but they are not elongated racemes ; the flowers stand together in several groups and these bundles are grouped together in pseudo-racial or pseudorispigenic total inflorescences. Sometimes the inflorescences are on leafless branches or directly on the main stem. There are usually cover sheets available.

The hermaphrodite flowers are zygomorphic and fünfzählig double perianth (perianth). The five sepals are fused and truncated or end with four to five calyx teeth. The corolla has the typical structure of the butterflies . The flags can have calluses at their base. The wings are free or adhere more or less strongly to the shuttle. The filaments of the nine or all ten stamens are fused together. The anthers are sometimes hairy. Usually a tubular disc is present. The only upper carpel contains one to twelve ovules .

Open legume with Milletia pinnata seeds

Fruits and seeds

The sometimes angular legumes have woody or paper-like flaps and open or remain closed when ripe. The differently shaped seeds have a hard or woody seed coat (testa).

Callerya vasta

Habit, leaves and legumes of Derris scandens

Foliage leaves, inflorescences, and legumes of Millettia thonningii

Foliage leaves and inflorescences of Pongamia pinnata

Tephrosia purpurea

Wisteria brachybotrys inflorescences

Systematics

The 1855 by Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel in Fl. Ned. Ind. , 1 (1), p. 137 established name Millettieae Miq. has priority over Tephrosieae ( Benth. ) Hutch according to the rules of the ICBN ( International Code of Botanical Nomenclature ) .

The tribe Millettieae contains about 43 to 45 genera with 900 to 920 species:

• Afgekia Craib : The three or so species are distributed in southwest China , Myanmar and Thailand .
• Aganope Miq. : The seven or so species are distributed in tropical and subtropical Africa , Asia and the Pacific islands.
• Antheroporum Gagnep. : The approximately five species are common in southern China, Thailand and Vietnam .
• Apurimacia Harms : The two to four species are common in South America .
• Austrosteenisia R. Geesink : The only two species are common in Australia and New Guinea .
• Behaimia Griseb. : With the only kind:
  • Behaimia cubensis Griseb. : It only occurs in Cuba . This endangered species grows in woodlands and arid evergreen forests on dog-tooth limestone cliffs, rocky terraces and cliffs.
• Bergeronia Micheli : With the only species:
  • Bergeronia sericea Micheli : It occurs in Argentina and Paraguay .
• Burkilliodendron Sastry : With the only species:
  • Burkilliodendron album (Ridl.) Sastry : It is native to Malesia .
• Callerya Endl. : The 30 or so species are distributed in southern and southeastern Asia, Australia and New Guinea .
• Chadsia Bojer : The 18 or so species occur in Madagascar .
• Craibia Harms & Dunn : The ten or so species are common in Africa.
• Craspedolobium Harms : With the only species:
  • Craspedolobium unijugum (Gagnepain) Z.Wei & Pedley : It iswidespreadin Southeast Asia and China.
• Dahlstedtia Malme : With the only species:
  • Dahlstedtia pinnata (Benth.) Malme : It is native to Brazil .
• Dalbergiella Baker f. : The three or so species are common in Africa.
• Deguelia Aubl. : The 16 or so species are common in South America.
• Derris Lour. : The approximately 50 species are distributed in tropical and subtropical Africa, Asia, Australia and on the Pacific islands.
• Dewevrea Micheli : Only one or two species are common in Africa.
• Disynstemon R.Vig. : With the only kind:
  • Disynstemon paullinioides (Baker) M. Pelt. : It is native to Madagascar.
• Endosamara R.Geesink : Only one or two species are common from India to the Philippines .
• Fordia Hemsl. : The eight or so species are common in Southeast Asia.
• Hesperothamnus Brandegee : The three or so species are common in Mexico.
• Kunstleria Prain : The eight or so species are common in Asia.
• Leptoderris Dunn : The 20 or so species are common in Africa.
• Lonchocarpus Kunth : With the exception of one African species, all 150 species are common in the Neotropics .
• Margaritolobium Harms : With the only kind:
  • Margaritolobium luteum (IMJohnst.) Harms : It is native to Venezuela .
• Millettia Wight & Arn. : The approximately 100 species are distributed in tropical and subtropical Africa, Asia and Australia.
• Mundulea (DC.) Benth. : The twelve or so species are distributed in Madagascar, one of which is also found in Africa and Southeast Asia.
• Ostryocarpus Hook. f. : The only two types are common in Africa.
• Paraderris (Miq.) R. Geesink : The 15 or so species are distributed from Southeast Asia to New Guinea.
• Philenoptera Hochst. ex A.Rich. : The 15 or so species are common in Africa.
• Piscidia L .: The eightor sospecies are distributed in Central America and the Caribbean islands .
• Platycyamus Benth. : The only two types are common in the New World .
• Platysepalum Welw. ex Baker : The twelve or so species are common in Africa.
• Pongamia Adans. (sometimes in Milletia ): With the only species (according to Flora of China ):
  • Pongamia pinnata (L.) Merrill : It is distributed worldwide in the tropics and partly in the subtropics.
• Pongamiopsis R.Vig. : The only two species occur in Madagascar.
• Ptycholobium Harms : The three or so species are distributed from Africa to the Arabian Peninsula .
• Pyranthus Du Puy & Labat : With around six species.
• Requienia DC. : The three or so species are common in Africa.
• Sarcodum Lour. : The three or so species occur in Southeast Asia and the Solomon Islands .
• Schefflerodendron Harms : The three to four species are common in Africa.
• Sylvichadsia Du Puy & Labat : The four or so species occur in Madagascar.
• Tephrosia Pers. : The approximately 400 species are distributed in tropical and subtropical areas worldwide.
• Wisteria Nutt. : The approximately six species are distributed in eastern Asia and North America.
• Xeroderris Roberty : With the only kind:
  • Xeroderris stuhlmannii (Taub.) Mendonça & EPSousa : It is distributed from tropical to southern Africa .

swell

• Zhi Wei, Dezhao Chen, Prof. Dianxiang Zhang , Hang Sun & Les Pedley: Millettieae in the Flora of China , Volume 10, 2010, p. 165: Online. (Section description and systematics)
• Robert Hegnauer: Chemotaxonomie der Pflanzen , Volume XIB-2, Springer, 2001. ISBN 3-7643-5862-9 : Online at Google Books (Tephrosieae instead of Millettieae: page 169-203)
• Jer-Ming Hu, Matt Lavin, Martin F. Wojciechowski & Michael J. Sanderson: Phylogenetic systematics of the tribe Millettieae (Leguminosae) based on chloroplast trnK / matK sequences and its implications for evolutionary patterns in Papilionoideae , In: American Journal of Botany , Volume 87, 2000, pp. 418-430.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Taxonomy of the tribe Millettieae in GRIN.
2. ↑ Behaimia cubensis in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2010. Posted by: AE Areces-Mallea, 1998. Accessed on 04/01/2010.

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