ADA clade

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ADA clade
Castanospermum australe
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Clade: ADA clade
Cardoso et al. 2012[1][2]
Tribes
Synonyms
  • aldinoid clade Ireland et al. 2000

The ADA clade is the earliest-branching monophyletic clade of the flowering plant subfamily Faboideae (or Papilionaceae). Evidence for this clade was sparse[3] until recent molecular phylogenies that included basal faboid genera that previously had been poorly sampled.[1][4]

Description

This clade is composed of a morphologically eclectic collection of genera.

synapomorphies
have been identified.

References