The

tribe The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English language, English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in p ...

Millettieae is one of the subdivisions of the plant

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

Fabaceae The Fabaceae or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomenc ...

. The following

genera Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclat ...

are recognized by the

USDA The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is the federal executive department responsible for developing and executing federal laws related to farming, forestry, rural economic development, and food. It aims to meet the needs of com ...

. In 2019, some genera USDA places in this tribe were moved to tribe

Wisterieae Wisterieae is a tribe of flowering plants in the bean family Fabaceae. The tribe was first described in 1994 for the sole genus ''Wisteria'', but was greatly expanded in 2019 to include 13 genera, six of which were new. Five had previously been ...

; these are listed at the end. * ''

Aganope ''Aganope'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. Species Plants of the World Online accepts the following species within ''Aganope'': * ''Aganope agastyamalayana'' M.B.Viswan., ...

Miq. Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel (24 October 1811 – 23 January 1871) was a Dutch botanist, whose main focus of study was on the flora of the Dutch East Indies. Early life Miquel was born in Neuenhaus and studied medicine at the University of Groni ...

* '' Antheroporum'' Gagnep. * '' Apurimacia'' Harms * '' Austrosteenisia'' R. Geesink * '' Bergeronia'' Micheli * '' Burkilliodendron'' Sastry * '' Chadsia'' Bojer * ''

Craibia ''Craibia'' is a genus of legume in the family Fabaceae. It contains the following species: * '' Craibia atlantica'' * '' Craibia brevicaudata'' Craibia was named for William Grant Craib (1882–1933), a British botanist who was an Assistant fo ...

'' Harms & Dunn * '' Craspedolobium'' Harms * '' Dahlstedtia'' Malme * '' Dalbergiella'' Baker f. * '' Deguelia'' Aubl. * ''

Derris ''Derris'' is genus of leguminous plants found in Southeast Asia and the southwest Pacific islands, including New Guinea. The roots of '' D. elliptica'' contain rotenone, a strong insecticide and fish poison. Despite the secondary compounds foun ...

'' Lour. * '' Dewevrea'' Micheli * '' Disynstemon'' R. Vig. * ''

Fordia ''Fordia'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native from south China and Thailand to west and central Malesia. The genus was established by William Hemsley in 1886. Species , Plants of the World Online Plants of the Wor ...

'' Hemsl. * '' Hesperothamnus'' Brandegee * ''

Kunstleria ''Kunstleria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae The Faboideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An acceptable alternative name for the subfamily ...

Prain Sir David Prain (11 July 1857 – 16 March 1944) was a Scottish botanist who worked in India at the Calcutta Botanical Garden and went on to become Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Life Born to David Prain, a saddler, and his wife ...

* '' Leptoderris'' Dunn * ''

Lonchocarpus ''Lonchocarpus'' is a plant genus in the legume family ( Fabaceae). The species are called lancepods due to their fruit resembling an ornate lance tip or a few beads on a string. ''Cubé'' resin is produced from the roots of '' L. urucu'' an ...

Kunth Carl Sigismund Kunth (18 June 1788 – 22 March 1850), also Karl Sigismund Kunth or anglicized as Charles Sigismund Kunth, was a German botanist. He is known for being one of the first to study and categorise plants from the American continents, ...

* '' Margaritolobium'' Harms * ''

Millettia ''Millettia'' is a genus of legume in the family Fabaceae. It consists of about 150 species, which are distributed in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. The genus was formerly known by the name ''Pongamia'', but that name was r ...

'' Wight & Arn. * '' Muellera'' L. f. * ''

Mundulea ''Mundulea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 12 species of small trees and shrubs native to sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, and India. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. Species There are 12 accepted specie ...

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Benth. George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...

* '' Ostryocarpus'' Hook. f. * '' Paratephrosia'' Domin * ''

Philenoptera ''Philenoptera'' is a plant genus in the legume family (biology), family (Fabaceae). Species There are some 6 species: * ''Philenoptera bussei'' (Harms) Schrire * ''Philenoptera cyanescens'' (Schum. & Thonn.) Roberty * ''Philenoptera madagascar ...

'' Hochst. ''ex'' A.Rich. * '' Piscidia'' L. * '' Platycyamus'' Benth. * '' Platysepalum''

Welw. Friedrich Martin Josef Welwitsch (25 February 1806 – 20 October 1872) was an Austrian explorer and botanist who in Angola was the first European to describe the plant ''Welwitschia mirabilis''. His report received wide attention among the ...

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Baker A baker is a tradesperson who bakes and sometimes sells breads and other products made of flour by using an oven or other concentrated heat source. The place where a baker works is called a bakery. History Ancient history Since grains ha ...

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Pongamia ''Millettia'' is a genus of legume in the family Fabaceae. It consists of about 150 species, which are distributed in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. The genus was formerly known by the name ''Pongamia'', but that name was reje ...

'' Adans. * ''

Pongamiopsis ''Pongamiopsis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes three species of trees and shrubs endemic to Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Mada ...

'' R. Vig. * '' Ptycholobium'' Harms * '' Pyranthus'' Du Puy & Labat * '' Requienia'' DC. * '' Schefflerodendron'' Harms * ''

Solori ''Brachypterum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family (Fabaceae). It includes eleven species, which range from the Indian Subcontinent through Indochina, southern China, Malesia, New Guinea, and eastern Australia. Species 11 species ...

'' Adans. * ''

Sylvichadsia ''Sylvichadsia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae The Faboideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An acceptable alternative name for the ...

'' Du Puy & Labat * ''

Tephrosia ''Tephrosia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae. It is widespread in both the Eastern and Western Hemisphere, where it is found in tropical and warm-temperate regions. The generic name is derived from the Greek word τ ...

Pers. Christiaan Hendrik Persoon (1 February 1761 – 16 November 1836) was a German mycologist who made additions to Linnaeus' mushroom taxonomy. Early life Persoon was born in South Africa at the Cape of Good Hope, the third child of an imm ...

Genera moved to tribe

: * '' Afgekia'' Craib * ''

Callerya ''Callerya'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. Genetic analysis shows ''Callerya'' and ''Wisteria'' to be each other's closest relatives and quite distinct from other members of ...

Endl. Stephan Ladislaus Endlicher also known as Endlicher István László (24 June 1804, Pressburg, Bratislava (Pozsony) – 28 March 1849, Vienna) was an Austrian Empire, Austrian botanist, numismatist and Sinologist. He was a director of the Botan ...

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Endosamara ''Endosamara'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae, tribe Wisterieae. Its only species is ''Endosamara racemosa'', a liana found from South India through Indo-China to the Philippines. Description ''Endosa ...

'' R. Geesink * ''

Sarcodum ''Sarcodum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, tribe Wisterieae. Its three species are twining vines growing over shrubs, and are native from southeast mainland China to the So ...

'' Lour. * ''

Whitfordiodendron ''Whitfordiodendron'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, of Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.Compton, J.A., Schrire, B.D., Könyves, K., Forest, F., Malakasi, P., Mattapha, S. & Sirichamorn, Y. 2019. The Callerya G ...

Elmer Elmer is a name of Germanic British origin. The given name originated as a surname, a medieval variant of the given name Aylmer, derived from Old English ''æþel'' (noble) and ''mær'' (famous). It was adopted as a given name in the United State ...

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Wisteria ''Wisteria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae (Leguminosae), that includes ten species of woody twining vines that are native to China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Southern Canada, the Eastern United States, and north o ...

Nutt. Thomas Nuttall (5 January 1786 – 10 September 1859) was an England, English botany, botanist and zoologist who lived and worked in America from 1808 until 1841. Nuttall was born in the village of Long Preston, near Settle, North Yorkshire, S ...

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