Sophoreae

Sophoreae
Sophora tetraptera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Sophoreae
Genera

See text.

The tribe Sophoreae is one of the subdivisions of the plant family Fabaceae. This subspecie, that have relatively simple flowers and unspecialized pinnate leaves and quinolizilidine alkaloids, appears as polyphyletic [1],[2]

The following genera are recognized by the USDA:[3]

References

  1. ^ Käss E. and M. Wink 1995. Molecular phylogeny of Papilionoideae (Family Leguminosae): RbcL gene sequences versus chemical taxonomy. Bot. Acta 108: 149-162
  2. ^ http://tolweb.org/Cladrastis_clade/60329
  3. ^ United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) (2003): Germplasm Resources Information NetworkSophoreae. Version of 2003-JAN-17. Retrieved 2010-AUG-04.
  4. ^ a b NOTE: Possibly synonymous with Acosmium.