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Phaseoleae

(Tribe)

Overview

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A Tribe in the Kingdom Plantae.

Taxonomy

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The Tribe Phaseoleae is a member of the Subfamily Papilionoideae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Phaseoleae:

The Tribe Phaseoleae is further organized into finer groupings including:

Genera

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Abelia

A genus in the Kingdom Animalia. [more]

Adenodolichos

Adenodolichos is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae. [more]

Alistilus

Alistilus is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae. [more]

Amphicarpaea

Amphicarpaea is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae. [more]

Apios

Apios is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae. [more]

Asphodelus

Asphodelus is a genus of mainly perennial plants native to western, central and southern Europe, but now spread worldwide. Asphodels are popular garden plants, which grow in well-drained soils with abundant natural light. Now placed in the family Xanthorrhoeaceae, subfamily Asphodeloideae, like many lilioid monocots, the genus was formerly placed in the lily family (Liliaceae). [more]

Austrodolichos

Austrodolichos is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae. [more]

Butea

Butea or Flame of the Forest is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the pea family, Fabaceae. It has two species. [more]

Cajanus

The genus Cajanus is a member of the family . There are 37 species, mainly distributed across Africa, Asia and Australasia. [more]

Canavalia

Canavalia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family (Fabaceae) and comprises approximately 70-75 species of tropical vines. Members of the genus are commonly known as jack-beans. The species of Canavalia endemic to the Hawaiian Islands were named awikiwiki by the Native Hawaiians. That name means essentially "the very quick one" and comes from the Hawaiian word for "fast" that has also been appropriated into the name "Wikipedia". The genus name is derived from the Malabar word for the species, kavavali, which means "forest climber." [more]

Centrosema

Centrosema, the butterfly peas, are a genus of tropical American vines in the legume family (Fabaceae). Species include: [more]

Cleobulia

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Clitoria

Clitoria is a genus of flowering plants that are insect pollinated. [more]

Collaea

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Cratylia

Cratylia is a genus of in the Fabaceae family. It contains the following species: [more]

Decorsea

Decorsea is a genus of in the Fabaceae family. It contains the following species: [more]

Dioclea

Dioclea is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is native to the Americas. The seeds of these legumes are buoyant drift seeds, and are dispersed by rivers. [more]

Dolichos

Dolichos or Dolichus is derived from the Ancient Greek word for "long" (). It may refer to [more]

Dumasia

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Dunbaria

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Dysolobium

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Eminia

The Grey-capped Warbler (Eminia lepida) is a species of bird in the Cisticola family Cisticolidae. It is the only species in the genus Eminia. The Grey-capped warbler is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. [more]

Eranthemum

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Eriosema

Eriosema is a genus of in the Fabaceae family. It contains the following species: [more]

Erythrina

Erythrina () is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae. It contains about 130 species, which are distributed in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. They are trees, growing up to 30 m (98 ft) in height. The generic name is derived from the Greek word e?????? (erythros), meaning "red," referring to the flower color of certain species. [more]

Flemingia

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Glycine

Perennial climbing or erect annual herb. Leaf trifoliolate; stipules and stipels present. Inflorescence racemose or paniculate, sometimes flowers fascicled or solitary. Calyx 2-lipped, the upper lip composed of 2 almost united sepals, the lower lip of 3 sepals. Vexillum slightly auriculate at the base, glabrous. Stamens monadelphous, sometimes the vexillary stamen becoming free with age, anthers uniform. Ovary many ovuled, style glabrous, stigma terminal. Fruit linear or oblong, straight or falcate, more or less septate between seeds. Seed with short lateral hilum, with a small scale-like aril.[1] [more]

Hardenbergia

Hardenbergia is a small genus of leguminous vines from Australia. The genus was named in honour of , by English botanist George Bentham, in 1837. [more]

Impatiens

Impatiens () is a genus of about 850?1,000 species of flowering plants, widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere and tropics. Together with the puzzling Hydrocera triflora, this genus makes up the family Balsaminaceae. Such a situation is highly unusual, and phylogenetic studies might reveal that Impatiens needs to be split up; some of its species might be closer to Hydrocera than to their presumed congeners. [more]

Kennedia

Kennedia is a genus of plants comprising 16 species, all native to Australia. They are evergreen climbing plants with woody stems. Thet usually have trifoliate leaves and pea-type flowers of various colors from pink to dark red and yellow to black. The genus was named by ?tienne Pierre Ventenat after John Kennedy, a partner in the renowned firm of nurserymen, Lee and Kennedy of Hammersmith, London. [more]

Lablab

Lablab purpureus (syn. Dolichos lablab L., Dolichos purpureus L., L. niger Medikus, L. lablab (L.) Lyons, Vigna aristata Piper, and L. vulgaris (L.) Savi), commonly known as the hyacinth bean, Indian bean, seim (Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago), Egyptian bean, njahi (in the Kikuyu language of Kenya), bulay (Tagalog), bataw (Bisaya), or d?u v?n (Vietnamese), a species of bean in the family Fabaceae, is widespread as a food crop throughout the tropics, especially in Africa, India and Indonesia. A traditional food plant in Africa, this little-known vegetable has potential to improve nutrition, boost food security, foster rural development and support sustainable landcare. It is called avarekaalu (Kannada: ????????) in Karnataka and it is very famous for its curry (avarekalu saaru), salad (avarekaalu usli), it is added for upma (avrekaalu uppittu), and for Akki rotti (flatbread made with rice flour) to make it more delicious. Sometimes the outer peel of the seed is taken out and the inner soft part is used for a variety of dishes. That form, hitakubele avarekalu, means pressed (hitaku) hyancinth bean. It is called avarai (????) or mochai (?????? - synonymous with ????) in Tamil. In western Maharashtra, especially Konkan region, these beans are grown as vaal (???). [more]

Meizotropis

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Mucuna

Mucuna is a genus of around 100 accepted species of climbing vines and shrubs of the family Fabaceae, found worldwide in the woodlands of tropical areas. [more]

Neorautanenia

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Ophrestia

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Otoptera

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Periandra

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Phaseolus

Phaseolus (Bean, Wild Bean ) is a genus in the family Fabaceae of about fifty plant species, all native to the Americas. [more]

Phryganocydia

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Pseudeminia

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Pseudoeriosema

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Pseudovigna

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Pueraria

Pueraria is a genus of 15?20 species of plants native to Asia. Pueraria flower is used in traditional Chinese medicine to reduce reactions to alcohol consumption, and is undergoing scientific study for that use. [more]

Rhynchosia

Rhynchosia (Snoutbean) is a genus of plants in the Fabaceae family. [more]

Shuteria

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Spatholobus

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Teramnus

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Teyleria

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Vandasina

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Vigna

The genus Vigna is in the plant family Fabaceae. The genus is named after Dominico Vigna an Italian botanist of the 17th century. Many Vigna species are cultivated for food. They include some well-known and not so well known bean species formerly included in the genus Phaseolus. Common names in this genus reflect its mixed taxonomic history as some are referred to as peas and others as beans. [more]

At least 511 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Vigna.

More info about the Genus Vigna may be found here.

Footnotes

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  1. "Glycine". in Flora of Pakistan Page 255. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.

Sources

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Last Revised: August 24, 2012
2012/08/24 19:48:45