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Crotalarieae

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Fabaceae

Order
  
Fabales

Subfamily
  
Faboideae

Crotalarieae

Tribe
  
Crotalarieae (Benth.) Hutch

Crotalarieae is a tribe of flowering plants belonging to the bean family Fabaceae.

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Description

The Crotalarieae arose 31.2 ± 3.4 million years ago (in the Oligocene). The members of this tribe consistently form a monophyletic clade in molecular phylogenetic analyses. The tribe does not currently have a node-based definition and no morphological synapomorphies have been identified. Several genera in the tribe produce quinolizidine alkaloids or macrocyclic pyrrolizidine alkaloids.

Genera

Crotalarieae comprises the following genera:

  • Aspalathus L.
  • Bolusia Benth.
  • Calobota Eckl. & Zeyh.
  • Crotalaria L.
  • Euchlora (Eckl. & Zeyh.) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.
  • Ezoloba B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.
  • Lebeckia Thunb.
  • Leobordea Del.
  • Listia E. Mey.
  • Lotononis (DC.) Eckl. & Zeyh.
  • Pearsonia Dummer
  • Rafnia Thunb.
  • Robynsiophyton R.Wilczek
  • Rothia Pers.
  • Wiborgia Thunb.
  • Wiborgiella Boatwr. & B.-E. van Wyk

    • References

    Crotalarieae Wikipedia
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