Pongamia
| Pongamia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Tribe: | Millettieae |
| Genus: | Pongamia Adans. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Pongamia is a genus of plant in the family Fabaceae.[1] The genus, formerly treated as monotypic,[2] was extended to include 54 species in 2025,[1] following research that showed the genus Millettia was paraphyletic.[3] This expanded genus also includes the former genera Fordia and Ibatiria.[3]
Species
[edit]The following 54 species are recognised by Plants of the World Online:[1]
- Pongamia ademae Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia ahernii (Merr. & Rolfe) Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia borneensis (Adema) Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia brachybotrys (Merr.) Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia brachycarpa (Merr.) Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia brandisiana (Kurz) Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia calcicola (Mattapha, G.P.Lewis & Hawkins) Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia cana (Benth. ex Baker) Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia caudata (Benth.) Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia cauliflora (Hemsl.) Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia chrysamaryssa (Adema) Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia craibii Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia cubittii (Dunn) Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia densiflora (Mattapha, Lanors. & Lamxay) Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia diptera (Gagnep.) Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia erythrocalyx (Gagnep.) Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia furfuracea (W.E.Cooper) Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia glaucescens (Kurz) Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia griffithii (Dunn) Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia harmandii (Gagnep.) Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia kangensis (Craib) Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia lanceolata (Ridl.) Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia longipes (Perkins) Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia macrostachya (Collett & Hemsl.) Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia merrillii (Perkins) Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia multiflora (Collett & Hemsl.) Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia nepalensis (R.Parker) Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia nigrescens (Gagnep.) Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia ophirensis (Ridl.) Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia oraria (Hance) Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia pauciflora (Dunn) Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia peguensis (Ali) Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia penicillata (Gagnep.) Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia phuwuaensis (Mattapha & Suddee) Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre
- Pongamia platyphylla (Merr. ex Dunn) Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia principis (Gagnep.) Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia pterocarpa (Dunn) Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia puerarioides (Prain) Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia pulchra (Voigt) Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia pyrrhocarpa (Mattapha, F.Forest & Hawkins) Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia rheophytica (Buijsen) Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia sirindhorniana (Mattapha, Thananth., Kaewmuan & Suddee) Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia solomonensis (Verdc.) Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia splendidissima (Blume ex Miq.) Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia stipularis (Prain) Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia stipulata (Dunn) Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia suddeei (Mattapha & Tetsana) Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia tecta (Craib) Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia tenuipes (Merr.) Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia tetraptera (Kurz) Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia tomentosa (Mattapha & Tetsana) Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia xylocarpa (Miq.) Z.Q.Song
- Pongamia yunnanensis (Pamp.) Z.Q.Song
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "Pongamia Adans". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 9 September 2026.
- ↑ Wendy E. Cooper, Darren M. Crayn, Frank A. Zich, Rebecca E. Miller, Melissa Harrison, Lars Nauheimer. "A review of Austrocallerya and Pongamia (Leguminosae subfamily Papilionoideae) in Australia, and the description of a new monotypic genus, Ibatiria". Australian Systematic Botany 32(4), 363-384 (29 August 2019) https://doi.org/10.1071/SB18039
- 1 2 Song, Zhuqiu; Xu, Liansheng; Balan, Anoop Puthuparampil; Gaudeul, Myriam; Zhao, Yiyong; Jiang, Kaiwen; Li, Tian; Li, Shijin (2025). "Phylogenomics reveals a new generic delimitation of Asian Millettia, with reinstatements of Pongamia and Otosema (Fabaceae: Millettieae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 204 108254. Bibcode:2025MolPE.20408254S. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2024.108254. PMID 39615640. Retrieved 2026-09-10.
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