Genus Pongamia Adans.

Usually considered a synonym of Millettia Wight & Arn.


Summary
Genus number:
16051
Last updated:
1 August 2025
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Millettieae
Accession count:

0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
conserved (nom. cons.) with this spelling (Madrid ICN Art. 14.11 & App. III) against the original spelling "Pongam"


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References:
  1. Adema, F. 2000. Notes on Malesian Fabaceae (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae) 7. The genus Millettia. Blumea 45:404. Note: = Millettia Wight & Arn.
  2. Adema, F. 2001. Millettia and Pongamia (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae) in Malesia. In: Saw, L. G. et al., eds., Taxonomy, the Cornerstone of Biodiversity, Proceedings of the fourth International Flora Malesiana Symposium 1998 41-50. Note: = Millettia Wight & Arn.
  3. Brummitt, R. K. 1984. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 27. Taxon 33:298. Note: proposal recommended
  4. Geesink, R. 1981. (549)-(550) Proposals to conserve Millettia W. & A. and revise the conservation of Pongamia Vent. (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae). Taxon 30:327-329.
  5. Geesink, R. 1981. Tribe 6. Tephrosieae (Benth.) Hutch. Advances in legume systematics. 1:259. Note: accepts
  6. Geesink, R. 1984. Scala Millettiearum. A survey of the genera of the tribe Millettieae (Legum.-Pap.) with methodological considerations. Leiden Bot. Ser. 8:102. Note: = Millettia Wight & Arn.
  7. Lewis, G. et al., eds. 2005. Legumes of the world 383. Note: = Millettia Wight & Arn.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=16051. Accessed 11 May 2026.