Villosocallerya bonatiana is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to south-central and southeastern mainland China, Laos and Vietnam.[1] It is the sole species in genus Villosocallerya. The species was first described in 1910 as Millettia bonatiana.[3]

Villosocallerya
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Wisterieae
Genus: Villosocallerya
L.Duan, J.Compton & Schrire (2021)
Species:
V. bonatiana
Binomial name
Villosocallerya bonatiana
(Pamp.) L.Duan, J.Compton & Schrire (2021)
Synonyms[2]
  • Millettia bonatiana Pamp. (1910)[1]
  • Callerya bonatiana (Pamp.) L.K.Phan (1996)

Taxonomy

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Villosocallerya bonatiana was first described by Renato Pampanini in 1910 as Millettia bonatiana. A 2019 molecular phylogenetic study found it to be the first diverging member of a narrowly circumscribed genus Callerya, and so placed in that genus.[4] A 2021 study obtained different results using chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) and nuclear ribosomal DNA (nrDNA). The cpDNA results agreed with the 2019 study where Callerya bonatiana was sister to the rest of the genus Callerya; the nrDNA results placed Callerya bonatiana as sister to a larger clade, including Kanburia, Whitfordiodendron and Afgekia sericea. The left hand cladogram shows the tree using cpDNA, the right hand one the tree using nrDNA (with other genera omitted in both trees).[5]

cpDNA

Afgekia

Whitfordiodendron

Kanburia

Rest of Callerya

Callerya bonatiana

Afgekia

Kanburia

Whitfordiodendron

Rest of Callerya

Callerya bonatiana

nrDNA

Given the position of Callerya bonatiana in the nrDNA tree, a new genus, Villosocallerya was established, and Callerya bonatiana treated as Villosocallerya bonatiana.[5] As of September 2023, Villosocallerya is recognized by Plants of the World Online.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Callerya bonatiana (Pamp.) L.K.Phan", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2023-01-10
  2. ^ a b Villosocallerya bonatiana (Pamp.) L.Duan, J.Compton & Schrire. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Callerya bonatiana (Pamp.) L.K.Phan", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2023-01-10
  4. ^ Compton, James A.; Schrire, Brian D.; Könyves, Kálmán; Forest, Félix; Malakasi, Panagiota; Sawai Mattapha & Sirichamorn, Yotsawate (2019), "The Callerya Group redefined and Tribe Wisterieae (Fabaceae) emended based on morphology and data from nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequences", PhytoKeys (125): 1–112, doi:10.3897/phytokeys.125.34877, PMC 6610001, PMID 31303810
  5. ^ a b Duan, Lei; Li, Shi-Jin; Su, Chun; Sirichamorn, Yotsawate; Han, Li-Na; Ye, Wen; Lôc, Phan Ke; Wen, Jun; Compton, James A.; Schrire, Brian; Nie, Ze-Long & Chen, Hong-Feng (2021), "Phylogenomic framework of the IRLC legumes (Leguminosae subfamily Papilionoideae) and intercontinental biogeography of tribe Wisterieae", Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 163: 107235, Bibcode:2021MolPE.16307235D, doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107235, PMID 34146677