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Inflorescences of strobilate, axillary or terminal racemes or panicles with few side axes each terminated by a strobilate bud, floral bracts 8–12 mm wide, persistent, imbricate, becoming indurate, coriaceous in fruit; flower bright to golden yellow |
Serawaia
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Inflorescences never strobilate, floral bracts only as wide in Wisteria and Padbruggea where they are caducous; flowers of many colours except pure yellow |
2
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2 |
Inflorescences comprising terminal leafless panicles or a combination of racemes aggregated terminally in leafy panicles |
3
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Inflorescences comprising racemes only |
12
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3 |
Bracteoles absent |
4
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Bracteoles present |
6
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4 |
Seeds enclosed within lomented endocarp and dispersing as individual samaroid units at maturity; back of standard glabrous |
Endosamara
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Seeds not enclosed within papery endocarp or dispersing as individual units; back of standard pubescent |
5
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5 |
Flowers 1.6–2 cm long; wing petals sigmoid, longer than keel; reflexed after anthesis; back of standard densely pubescent with ferrugineous hairs |
Sigmoidala
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Flowers 1–1.5 cm long; wings ± equalling the keel, straight and not reflexed after anthesis; back of standard sericeous with golden-brown hairs |
Kanburia
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6 |
Trees; back of standard glabrous |
Adinobotrys
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Lianas; back of standard glabrous, puberulent or sericeous |
7
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7 |
Back of standard glabrous; prominent gibbosities present on stem below stipules |
8
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Back of standard pubescent; gibbosities absent on stem below stipules |
9
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8 |
Ovary glabrous; flowers 0.7–1.6 cm long; stamens visible between wings and keel at anthesis |
Wisteriopsis
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Ovary puberulent or sericeous; flowers (1.6 –)1.7–3.2 cm long; stamens enclosed within wings and keel at anthesis |
Nanhaia
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9 |
Back of standard densely sericeous; pedicels 0.5–6(– 8) mm long; seed hilum rounded to elliptic, 1–5 mm long |
10
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Back of standard sparsely pubescent; pedicels (3 –)8–25 mm long; seed hilum strap-shaped, 10–40 mm long |
11
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10 |
Wings shorter than keel; keel glabrous |
Callerya
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Wings ± equalling keel in length; keel densely sericeous especially along lower margin |
Whitfordiodendron
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11 |
Callosities on standards arched on either side of midline; pods cylindrical, torulose; surfaces finely striated or smooth; seeds slightly longer than wide or ± equal |
Austrocallerya
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Callosities on standard forming straight ridges parallel to the midline, or papillate; pods oblong-ovate; surfaces coarsely ridged; seeds ± twice as long as wide |
Padbruggea
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12 |
Leaves with (9 –)17–45 leaflets, these oblong-elliptic, apex obtuse, 6–12 mm wide; standard with boss callosities; pods with 4–10 seeds, botuliform, septate with fleshy exocarp, seeds 3–6 mm thick; seed hilum elliptic, 2–2.5 mm long |
Sarcodum
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Leaves with 9–19 leaflets, these ovate to lanceolate, apex acute, (12 –)14–40 mm wide; standard with papillate or ridge callosities; pods subseptate with coriaceous exocarp |
13
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13 |
Plants evergreen; racemes ascending to erect; stipules 10–25 mm long; standard with two pairs of callosities, a basal papillate pair and above that a corniculate pair; pods ellipsoid with 2 seeds, seeds 8–13 mm thick, seed hilum strap-shaped, 15–30 mm long |
Afgekia
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Plants deciduous; racemes descending to pendent; stipules 2–6 mm long; standard with a single pair of papillate or ridge callosities; pods linear with 2–5 seeds, seeds 2–6 mm thick, seed hilum elliptic 1–4 mm long |
Wisteria
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