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. 2019 Jun 26;125:1–112. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.125.34877
1 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
Inflorescences never strobilate, floral bracts only as wide in Wisteria and Padbruggea where they are caducous; flowers of many colours except pure yellow 2
2 Inflorescences comprising terminal leafless panicles or a combination of racemes aggregated terminally in leafy panicles 3
Inflorescences comprising racemes only 12
3 Bracteoles absent 4
Bracteoles present 6
4 Seeds enclosed within lomented endocarp and dispersing as individual samaroid units at maturity; back of standard glabrous Endosamara
Seeds not enclosed within papery endocarp or dispersing as individual units; back of standard pubescent 5
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
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
6 Trees; back of standard glabrous Adinobotrys
Lianas; back of standard glabrous, puberulent or sericeous 7
7 Back of standard glabrous; prominent gibbosities present on stem below stipules 8
Back of standard pubescent; gibbosities absent on stem below stipules 9
8 Ovary glabrous; flowers 0.7–1.6 cm long; stamens visible between wings and keel at anthesis Wisteriopsis
Ovary puberulent or sericeous; flowers (1.6 –)1.7–3.2 cm long; stamens enclosed within wings and keel at anthesis Nanhaia
9 Back of standard densely sericeous; pedicels 0.5–6(– 8) mm long; seed hilum rounded to elliptic, 1–5 mm long 10
Back of standard sparsely pubescent; pedicels (3 –)8–25 mm long; seed hilum strap-shaped, 10–40 mm long 11
10 Wings shorter than keel; keel glabrous Callerya
Wings ± equalling keel in length; keel densely sericeous especially along lower margin Whitfordiodendron
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
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
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
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
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
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