Leptolobieae

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Leptolobieae
Temporal range:
Late Paleocene - recent[1]
Leptolobium dasycarpum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Clade: Meso-Papilionoideae
Clade: Genistoids
Tribe: Leptolobieae
(Benth.) Cardoso et al. 2013[2]
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
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Description

This tribe is composed of five genera, two of which were originally included in the genus

synapomorphy for the tribe is: "tufts of minute colleter-like glands in the axils of bract and bracteoles".[2][6][7]

References

  1. ^ "Fabales". www.mobot.org. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
  2. ^
    doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2013.05.001
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  3. S2CID 86258758
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  4. JSTOR 27756725
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  5. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.110.1.1
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  6. ^
    doi:10.1002/tax.615012
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  7. JSTOR 25065799
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