Angylocalyceae

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Angylocalyceae
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
Tribe: Angylocalyceae
Yakovlev
Type genus
Angylocalyx
Taub.
Genera

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Synonyms
  • Angylocalyx clade Cardoso et al. 2012[1]
  • Angylocalyx group sensu Polhill 1994
  • Angylocalyceae clade
  • Sophoreae sensu Polhill 1981 pro parte 1

The

genera, which had been placed in tribe Sophoreae:[2][3][1][4]

This tribe does not currently have a node-based,

synapomorphy: "an ornithophilous floral syndrome in which the calyx and hypanthium are enlarged, the petals thickened and often red or orange, the standard often distinctly large, the lower petals undifferentiated or sometimes highly reduced, and the stamens and gynoecium exserted."[2][1] Also, members of this tribe accumulate iminosugars in their leaves, whereas other members of the ADA clade do not.[6]

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