Genus Butea Roxb. ex Willd.


Summary
Genus number:
1820
Last updated:
1 August 2025
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Phaseoleae
Accession count:

8 (1  active, 1  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
conserved (nom. cons.) against the homotypic synonym (Madrid ICN Art. 14.4 & App. III) Plaso Adans., nom. rej.


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References:
  1. Lewis, G. et al., eds. 2005. Legumes of the world 407.
  2. Sanjappa, M. 1987. Revision of the genera Butea Roxb. ex Willd. and Meizotropis Voigt (Fabaceae). Bull. Bot. Surv. India 29:199-225.
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=1820. Accessed 10 May 2026.