Overview
Crotalarieae is a tribe of flowering plants belonging to the bean family Fabaceae. It includes the following genera:1][2]
- Aspalathus L.
- Bolusia Benth.
- Calobota Eckl. & Zeyh.[3]
- Crotalaria L.
- Lebeckia Thunb.
- Lotononis (DC.) Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Pearsonia Dummer
- Rafnia Thunb.
- Robynsiophyton R.Wilczek
- Rothia Pers.
- Spartidium Pomel
- Wiborgia Thunb.
- Wiborgiella Boatwr. & B.-E. van Wyk[3]
References
- ^ Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). "GRIN Genera of Fabaceae tribe Crotalarieae". Taxonomy for Plants. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/gnlist.pl?1540. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
- ^ UniProt. "Tribe Crotalarieae". http://beta.uniprot.org/taxonomy/163724. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
- ^ a b NOTE: Possibly synonymous with Lebeckia.
External links
- Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) (2003-01-17). "Family: Fabaceae Lindl., nom. cons. subfam. Faboideae tribe Crotalarieae". Taxonomy for Plants. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/f amily.pl?1540. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
Taxonomy
The Tribe Crotalarieae is a member of the Subfamily Papilionoideae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Crotalarieae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subphylum: Euphyllophytina
- Class: Magnoliopsida
Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
- Subclass: Rosidae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder: Rosanae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Order: Fabales
Bromhead, 1838
- Family: Leguminosae
A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Subfamily: Papilionoideae
- Tribe: Crotalarieae
- Subfamily: Papilionoideae
- Family: Leguminosae
A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Order: Fabales
Bromhead, 1838
- Superorder: Rosanae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Subclass: Rosidae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Class: Magnoliopsida
Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
- Subphylum: Euphyllophytina
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
The Tribe Crotalarieae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (5): Aspalathus · Crotalaria · Lebeckia · Lotononis · Rafnia
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2,001 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Tribe Crotalarieae.
Genera
Aspalathus
Aspalathus is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. The yellow flowers and spiny habit of some species have suggested a resemblance to Ulex europaeus, the thorny "English gorse" Accordingly "Cape Gorse" has been proposed as a common name although the resemblance is largely superficial; for instance, gorse is thorny, whereas Aspalathus species are variously spiny or unarmed. The genus belongs to the sub family Faboideae. There are over 270 species, mainly endemic to southwestern fynbos regions in South Africa, with over fifty occurring on the Cape Peninsula alone. The species Aspalathus linearis is commercially important, being farmed as the source of Rooibos tea. [more]
Crotalaria
Crotalaria is a genus of herbaceous plants and woody shrubs in the Family Fabaceae (Subfamily Faboideae) commonly know as rattlepods. Some 600 or more species of Crotalaria are described world-wide, mostly from the tropics; at least 500 species are known from Africa. Some species of Crotalaria are grown as ornamentals. The common name rattlepod or rattlebox is derived from the fact that the seeds become loose in the pod as they mature, and rattle when the pod is shaken. The name derives from the Greek, κÏοταλον, meaning "castanet", and is the same root as the name for the rattlesnakes (Crotalus). [more]
Lebeckia
Lebeckia is a genus of in the Fabaceae family. It contains the following species: [more]
Lotononis
Lotononis is a genus of legume in the Fabaceae family. It contains the following species: [more]
Rafnia
At least 45 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Rafnia.
More info about the Genus Rafnia may be found here.
References
- ^ Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). "GRIN Genera of Fabaceae tribe Crotalarieae". Taxonomy for Plants. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/gnlist.pl?1540. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
- ^ UniProt. "Tribe Crotalarieae". http://beta.uniprot.org/taxonomy/163724. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
- ^ a b NOTE: Possibly synonymous with Lebeckia.
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