| Cercideae | |
|---|---|
| Bauhinia variegata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Tribe: | Cercideae |
| Genera | |
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Adenolobus |
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Cercideae is a tribe in the pea family, Fabaceae. Well-known members include Cercis (redbuds), including species widely cultivated as ornamental trees in the United States and Europe, Bauhinia, widely cultivated as an ornamental tree in tropical Asia, and Tylosema esculentum (Maramba bean), a traditional food crop in Africa.
The tribe occupies a basal position within the Fabaceae, diverging before, for example, the split between the Faboideae, the Mimosoideae, and genera such as Senna.[1] It may share this position with the tribe Detarieae.[1] Sometimes, some authors mistake it for a subfamily, for instance, Souza & Lorenzi (2005)[1], a widely used and cited textbook by Brazilian botanists and biologists.