Mirbelioids

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Mirbelioids
Mirbelia floribunda
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: Non-protein amino acid-accumulating clade
Clade: Mirbelioids
Wojciechowski et al. 2004[1][2]
Type genus
Mirbelia
Sm.
Genera and subclades

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Synonyms
  • Bossiaeeae (Benth.) Hutch 1964
  • Genisteae subtribe Bossiaeinae Benth. 1865
  • Mirbelieae (Benth.) Polhill & Crisp 1982
  • Podalyrieae subtribe Mirbeliinae Benth. 1837

The Mirbelioids are an informal subdivision of the plant

ICBN or the ICPN.[2] Members of this clade exhibit unusual embryology compared to other legumes, either enlarged antipodal cells in the embryo sac or the production of multiple embryo sacs.[3][4][13][14] There has been a shift from bee pollination to bird pollination several times in this clade.[15] Mirbelioids produce quinolizidine alkaloids,[16] but unlike most papilionoids, they do not produce isoflavones.[17] Many of the Mirbelioids have pseudoraceme inflorescences.[18]

Genera

The Mirbelioids have been

Giant antipodals group

Multiple embryo-sac group

Basal grade

Callistachys group

Oxylobium grade

Pultenaea group

It has been proposed that many of these genera be subsumed into Pultenaea.[21][22][23]

References