Newtonia (plant) explained

Newtonia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 16 species of trees native to sub-Saharan Africa. It belongs to subfamily Caesalpinioideae^[1] and the Mimosoid clade^[1] or tribe. The genus is known from the early Miocene (21.73 Ma) of Ethiopia based on compressions of its diagnostic, winged seeds. ^[2]

16 extant species are accepted.^[3]

• Newtonia aubrevillei (Pellegr.) Keay
• Newtonia buchananii (Baker) G.C.C.Gilbert & Boutique
• Newtonia camerunensis
• Newtonia devredii
• Newtonia duncanthomasii
• Newtonia duparquetiana (Baill.) Keay
• Newtonia elliotii (Harms) Keay
• Newtonia erlangeri
• 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
• Newtonia scandens
• Newtonia zenkeri Harms

Further reading

• International Legume Database and Information Service (2005): Genus Newtonia. Version 10.01, November 2005. Retrieved 2008-MAR-31.

Notes and References

1. The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). . 2017 . A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny . . 66 . 1 . 44–77 . 10.12705/661.3. free . 10568/90658 . free .
2. Fossil Newtonia (Fabaceae: Mimoseae) Seeds from the Early Miocene (22–21 Ma) Mush Valley in Ethiopia. 10.1086/663967. 2012. Pan. Aaron D.. Currano. Ellen D.. Jacobs. Bonnie F.. Feseha. Mulugeta. Tabor. Neil. Herendeen. Patrick S.. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 173. 3. 290–296. 84215509.
3. ILDIS (2005)