Overview
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A Tribe in the Kingdom Plantae.
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Taxonomy
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The Tribe Abreae is a member of the Subfamily Faboideae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Abreae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Cronquist, Takhtajan & W. Zimmermann, 1966 - Flowering Plants
- Subphylum: Spermatophytina
(Auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Seed Plants
- Infraphylum: Angiospermae
Auct.
- Class: Magnoliopsida Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
- Infraphylum: Angiospermae
Auct.
- Subphylum: Spermatophytina
(Auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Seed Plants
- Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Cronquist, Takhtajan & W. Zimmermann, 1966 - Flowering Plants
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866
The Tribe Abreae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (1): Abrus
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 43 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Tribe Abreae.
Genera
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Abrus
Abrus is a genus of in the pea family, Fabaceae. It contains, 13–18 species, but is best known for a single species, Jequirity (A. precatorius). The highly toxic seeds of that species are used to make jewellery. [more]
At least 54 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Abrus.
More info about the Genus Abrus may be found here.
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