Overview
The tribe Sophoreae is one of the subdivisions of the plant family Fabaceae. This subspecie, that have relatively simple flowers and unspecialized pinnate leaves and quinolizilidine alkaloids, appears as polyphyletic 1],[2]
The following genera are recognized by the USDA:[3]
- Acosmium Schott
- Airyantha Brummitt
- Alexa Moq.
- Ammodendron Fisch. ex DC.
- Amphimas Pierre ex Harms
- Angylocalyx Taub.
- Baphia Afzel. ex Lodd. et al.
- Bolusanthus Harms
- Bowdichia Kunth
- Calia Berland.
- Camoensia Welw. ex Benth. & Hook. f.
- Castanospermum A. Cunn. ex Hook.
- Cladrastis Raf.
- Clathrotropis (Benth.) Harms
- Dalhousiea Wall. ex Benth.
- Dicraeopetalum Harms
- Diplotropis Benth.
- Dussia Krug & Urb. ex Taub.
- Guianodendron Sch. Rodr. & A. M. G. Azevedo[4]
- Haplormosia Harms
- Leptolobium Vogel[4]
- Leucomphalos Benth. ex Planch.
- Luetzelburgia Harms
- Maackia Rupr.
- Monopteryx Spruce ex Benth.
- Myrocarpus Allem?o
- Myrospermum Jacq.
- Myroxylon L. f.
- Neoharmsia R. Vig.
- Ormosia Jacks
- Panurea Spruce ex Benth. & Hook. f.
- Pericopsis Thwaites
- Petaladenium Ducke
- Platycelyphium Harms
- Sakoanala R. Vig.
- Salweenia Baker f.
- Sophora L.
- Spirotropis Tul.
- Styphnolobium Schott
- Sweetia Spreng.
- Uleanthus Harms
- Uribea Dugand & Romero
- Xanthocercis Baill.
References
- ^ K?ss E. and M. Wink 1995. Molecular phylogeny of Papilionoideae (Family Leguminosae): RbcL gene sequences versus chemical taxonomy. Bot. Acta 108: 149-162
- ^ http://tolweb.org/Cladrastis_clade/60329
- ^ United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) (2003): Germplasm Resources Information Network ? Sophoreae. Version of 2003-JAN-17. Retrieved 2010-AUG-04 .
- ^ a b NOTE: Possibly synonymous with Acosmium.
Taxonomy
The Tribe Sophoreae is a member of the Subfamily Papilionoideae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Sophoreae:
- 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: Sophoreae
- 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 Sophoreae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (22): Acosmium · Alexa · Ammodendron · Ateleia · Baphia · Bonia · Cadia · Camoensia · Castanospermum · Cladrastis · Cladrastris · Diplotropis · Dussia · Luetzelburgia · Maackia · Myrocarpus · Myroxylon · Ormosia · Pericopsis · Salweenia · Sophora · Sweetia
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 749 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Tribe Sophoreae.
Genera
Acosmium
Acosmium Schott is a South America genus of Leguminosae (Fabaceae). Three species are currently recognized. Most Acosmium species have been recently transferred to Leptolobium Vogel (Fabaceae), and one species to the South American Guianodendron Sch. Rodr. & A.M.G. Azevedo (Fabaceae). [more]
Alexa
Alexa can refer to: [more]
Ammodendron
Ammodendron is a genus of flowering plants, called the sand acacias, in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. Its name is derived from the Greek ammos ("sand") and d??d??? dendron ("tree"). [more]
Ateleia
Ateleia is a genus of legume in the Fabaceae family. [more]
Baphia
Baphia is a genus of in the Fabaceae family. It contains the following species: [more]
Bonia
Bonia is a of bamboo. [more]
Cadia
Cadia is an American Christian pop band composed of long-time best friends Courtney Myers and Tori Smith. They both went to school at Christ Presbyterian Academy. Their name, Cadia, is derived from the Greek word Arcadia, meaning place of peace, symbolizing the peace found when fears, insecurities, and trials are released. [more]
Camoensia
Camoensia is a genus of 2 species of in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae, native to the Gulf of Guinea, Africa. [more]
Castanospermum
Castanospermum australe (Moreton Bay Chestnut or Blackbean), the only species in the genus Castanospermum, is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to the east coast of Australia in Queensland and New South Wales, and to the Pacific islands of Vanuatu and New Caledonia. [more]
Cladrastis
Cladrastis (Yellowwood) is a genus of seven species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, six native to eastern Asia, and one to southeastern North America. [more]
Cladrastris
Diplotropis
Diplotropis is a of trees (family Fabaceae) found in Brazil and parts of northern Argentina. [more]
Dussia
Dussia is a genus of in the Fabaceae family. It contains the following species: [more]
Luetzelburgia
Maackia
Maackia is a genus of 11 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to eastern Asia. [more]
Myrocarpus
Myrocarpus is a genus of in the Fabaceae family. It contains the following species: [more]
Myroxylon
Myroxylon is a genus of two species of Central American and South American trees in the Fabaceae (Leguminosae). The tree is well known in the western world as the source for Peru balsam and Tolu balsam. The tree is often called Quina or Balsamo. Other names include Tolu in Colombia, Quina quina in Argentina; in lumber trade, sometimes named Santos Mahogany. [more]
Ormosia
Ormosia is a genus of legumes (family Fabaceae). The more than 110 living species, mostly trees or large shrubs, are distributed throughout the tropical regions of the world, some extending into temperate zones, especially in East Asia. A few species are threatened by habitat destruction, while the Hainan Ormosia (O. howii) is probably extinct already. [more]
Pericopsis
Pericopsis is a genus of in the Fabaceae family. It contains the following species: [more]
Salweenia
Sophora
Perennial herbs, shrubs or trees. Leaves imparipinnate; stipules minute or absent. Inflorescence a many flowered terminal racemes or panicle. Bracts linear, minute or absent. Calyx campanulate, teeth five, unequal, shortly triangular. Corolla cream or yellow, vexillum somewhat longer than the wings and keel. Stamens free or connate at the base. Ovary shortly stipitate, ovules many, style incurved, stigma terminal. Fruit a moniliform lomentum.[1] [more]
Sweetia
At least 21 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Sweetia.
More info about the Genus Sweetia may be found here.
References
- ^ K?ss E. and M. Wink 1995. Molecular phylogeny of Papilionoideae (Family Leguminosae): RbcL gene sequences versus chemical taxonomy. Bot. Acta 108: 149-162
- ^ http://tolweb.org/Cladrastis_clade/60329
- ^ United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) (2003): Germplasm Resources Information Network ? Sophoreae. Version of 2003-JAN-17. Retrieved 2010-AUG-04.
- ^ a b NOTE: Possibly synonymous with Acosmium.
Footnotes
- "Sophora". in Flora of Pakistan Page 23. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
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