Newtonia (plant)
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| 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] | |
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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]
- Newtonia aubrevillei (Pellegr.) Keay
- Newtonia buchananii (Baker) G.C.C.Gilbert & Boutique
- Newtonia camerunensis Villiers
- Newtonia devredii G.C.C.Gilbert & Boutique
- Newtonia duncanthomasii Mackinder & Cheek
- Newtonia duparquetiana (Baill.) Keay
- Newtonia elliotii (Harms) Keay
- Newtonia erlangeri (Harms) Brenan
- 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 mushensis Pan, Currano, Jacobs, Feseha, Tabor et Herendeen, 2012 - extinct
- Newtonia paucijuga (Harms) Brenan
- Newtonia scandens Villiers
- Newtonia zenkeri Harms
