Ormosieae

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Ormosieae
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: Ormosieae
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Genera[1]
Synonyms
  • Ormosia clade Cardoso et al. 2012[2]
  • Ormosia group sensu Polhill 1994
  • Sophoreae sensu Polhill 1981 pro parte 6

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synapomorphies have been tentatively identified: "mostly dehiscent pods with woody valves"[1] and "tufts of minute colleter-like glands in the axils of bract and bracteoles".[1] Like other genistoids, members of tribe Ormosieae are known to produce quinolizidine alkaloids.[12]

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