millettioid
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- A clade within the subfamily Faboideae, comprised of three main branches: the tribe Indigofereae, the tribes Abreae and Millettieae, and the tribes Desmodieae, Phaseoleae, and Psoraleae.
- 2008, Michael J. Dilworth, Euan K. James, Janet I. Sprent, Nitrogen-fixing Leguminous Symbioses, page 14:
- The millettioid crown node is dated at 45Ma bp and is both large and complex, especially with respect to nodulation […]
- 2017, Deepak G. Panpatte, Yogeshvari K. Jhala, Rajababu V. Vyas, Microorganisms for Green Revolution: Volume 1, page 66:
- The millettioid group involves the unequivocally sustained millettioid and phaseoloid clades including numerous vital crop species, for example, the cultivated soybean […]