Genus: Millettia Wight & Arn.

Also sometimes placed in: Papilionaceae

• conserved (nom. cons.) against the heterotypic synonym (Vienna ICBN Art. 14.4 & App. III) Pongamia Adans., nom. rej.
• review history of nomenclature proposal concerning this name from the Smithsonian Institution's database

List of Species Records in GRIN.

References for genus:

• Adema, F. 2001. Millettia and Pongamia (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae) in Malesia. In: Saw, L. G. et al., eds., Taxonomy, the Cornerstone of Biodiversity, Proceedings of the fourth International Flora Malesiana Symposium 1998. (Proc 4th F Mal Symp) 41–50.
  
• Adema, F. 2000. Notes on Malesian Fabaceae (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae) 7. The genus Millettia. Blumea 45:403–425.
  
• Brummitt, R. K. 1984. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 27. Taxon 33:298. [proposal recommended].
  
• Geesink, R. 1981. (549)-(550) Proposals to conserve Millettia W. & A. and revise the conservation of Pongamia Vent. (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae). Taxon 30:327–329.
  
• Lewis, G. et al., eds. 2005. Legumes of the world. (Leg World) 383.
  

More:

KBD: Kew Bibliographic Databases of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Note: Log on to KBD for better access.

Synonyms (=), probable synonyms (=~), and possible synonyms (~) for genus:

• (= ) Berrebera Hochst.
• (= ) Galedupa Lam.
• (~ ) Hesperothamnus Brandegee
• (=~) Neodunnia R. Vig.
• (= ) Otosema Benth.
• (=~) Pongamia Adans.

Check other nomenclature databases for Millettia:

• ING: Index Nominum Genericorum
• NCU-3e: Names in Current Use for Extant Plant Genera

Check other databases for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• H. D. Wilson's Vascular Plant Image Library (Texas A. & M. University)

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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