Cercideae

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Cercideae
Bauhinia variegata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Tribe: Cercideae
Genera

Adenolobus
Barklya
Baudouinia
†Bauhcis[1]
Bauhinia
Cercis
Gigasiphon
Griffonia
Lysiphyllum
Piliostigma
Tylosema

Synonyms

Bauhiniaceae Martynov

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.[2] It may share this position with the tribe Detarieae.[2] At the recent 6th International Legume Conference, the Legume Phylogeny Working Group proposed elevating Cercidae to the level of subfamily within the Leguminosae (Fabaceae). The consensus agreed to the change, but it has not officially been implemented, yet.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Calvillo-Canadell, L; Cevallos-Ferriz, Sergio R.S (2002). "Bauhcis moranii gen. et sp. nov. (Cercideae, Caesalpinieae), an Oligocene plant from Tepexi de Rodríguez, Puebla, Mex., with leaf architecture similar to Bauhinia and Cercis". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 122 (3–4): 171. doi:10.1016/S0034-6667(02)00135-5. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wojciechowski, M. F.; Lavin, M.; Sanderson, M. J. (2004). "A phylogeny of legumes (Leguminosae) based on analysis of the plastid matK gene resolves many well-supported subclades within the family". American Journal of Botany 91 (11): 1846–62. doi:10.3732/ajb.91.11.1846. PMID 21652332. 
  3. ↑ The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (2013). "Towards a new classification system for legumes: Progress report from the 6th International Legume Conference". South African Journal of Botany 89: 3–9. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2013.07.022. 
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