Genus Millettia Wight & Arn.


Summary
Genus number:
7634
Last updated:
1 August 2025
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Millettieae
Accession count:

40 (2  active, 2  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
conserved (nom. cons.) against the heterotypic synonym (Madrid ICN Art. 14.4 & App. III) Pongamia Adans., nom. rej.


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References:
  1. Adema, F. 2000. Notes on Malesian Fabaceae (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae) 7. The genus Millettia. Blumea 45:403-425.
  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: Forest Research Institute, Malaysia.
  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. Lewis, G. et al., eds. 2005. Legumes of the world 383.
  6. Song, Z.-Q. 2021. New combinations and re-lectotypification in the genus Imbralyx (Fabaceae: Millettieae). Phytotaxa 525:223-231. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.525.3.4.
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=7634. Accessed 12 May 2026.