Kingdom Plantae Family Fabaceae Higher classification Caesalpinioideae | Order Fabales Subfamily Caesalpinioideae Rank Tribe | |
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Lower classifications Parkinsonia, Parkinsonia aculeata | ||
The tribe Caesalpinieae is one of the subdivisions of the plant family Fabaceae.
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Genera
Caesalpinieae once included many more genera, but modern molecular phylogenetics indicated that these should be transferred to other clades. Caesalpinieae currently comprises the following genera:
Phylogenetics
Caesalpinia, as traditionally circumscribed, was paraphyletic, so it was recently recircumscribed to produce many new genera:
References
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