Leptolobieae

Leptolobieae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
(unranked): Genistoids
Tribe: Leptolobieae
(Benth.) Cardoso et al. 2013[1]
Genera
Synonyms
  • Bowdichia clade Cardoso et al. 2012

Leptolobieae is a Neotropical, early-branching monophyletic clade of the flowering plant subfamily Faboideae or Papilionaceae that are mostly found in South America.

Description

This tribe is composed of five genera, two of which were originally included in the genus Acosmium (Guianodendron[2] and Leptolobium[3]) and one of which was originally assigned to the genus Diplotropis (Staminodianthus[4]). All of these genera were traditionally included in the tribe Sophoreae. However, recent molecular phylogenetic analyses resolved these five genera into a strongly-supported monophyletic clade, which warranted the reinstatement of the tribe Leptolobieae.[1][5] A potential morphological synapomorphy for the tribe is: "tufts of minute colleter-like glands in the axils of bract and bracteoles".[1][5][6]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Cardoso D, Pennington RT, de Queiroz LP, Boatwright JS, Van Wyk B-E, Wojciechowskie MF, Lavin M. (2013). "Reconstructing the deep-branching relationships of the papilionoid legumes". South African Journal of Botany 89: 58–75. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2013.05.001.
  2. ↑ Schütz Rodrigues R, de Azevedo Tozzi AMG. (2006). "Guianodendron, a new genus of Leguminosae from South America". Novon 16 (1): 130–133. doi:10.3417/1055-3177(2006)16[129:GANGOL]2.0.CO;2.
  3. ↑ Schütz Rodrigues R, de Azevedo Tozzi AMG. (2008). "Reinstatement of the name Leptolobium Vogel (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae, Sophoreae)". Taxon 57 (3): 980–984. JSTOR 27756725.
  4. ↑ Cardoso D, de Lima HC, de Queiroz, LP. (2013). "Staminodianthus, a new neotropical Genistoid legume genus segregated from Diplotropis". Phytotaxa 110 (1): 1–16. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.110.1.1.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Cardoso D, de Lima HC, Rodrigues RS, de Queiroz LP, Pennington RT, Lavin M. (2012). "The Bowdichia clade of Genistoid legumes: Phylogenetic analysis of combined molecular and morphological data and a recircumscription of Diplotropis". Taxon 61 (5): 1074–1087.
  6. ↑ Schütz Rodrigues R, de Azevedo Tozzi AMG. (2007). "Morphological analysis and re-examination of the taxonomic circumscription of Acosmium (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae, Sophoreae)". Taxon 56 (2): 439–452. JSTOR 25065799.