Amorpheae
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The tribe Amorpheae is an early-branching clade within the flowering plant subfamily Faboideae or Papilionaceae. It is found from Mexico to Argentina.[2] It was recently found to belong in a larger clade known informally as the dalbergioids sensu lato.[2][3][4] This tribe is consistently resolved as monophyletic in molecular phylogenetic analyses.[2][3][4][1][5][6][7][8][9][10] It is estimated to have arisen 36.9 ± 3.0 million years ago (in the Eocene).[6] A node-based definition for Amorpheae is: "the MRCA of Psorothamnus arborescens and Eysenhardtia orthocarpa."[6] The tribe exhibits the following morphological synapomorphies: "epidermal glands throughout the plant body; dry, indehiscent fruits that are single-seeded; and terminal inflorescences."[1]
Amorpheae | |
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Amorpha fruticosa | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Clade: | Meso-Papilionoideae |
Clade: | Dalbergioids |
Tribe: | Amorpheae Boriss. 1964 emend. Barneby 1977[1] |
Subclades and genera | |
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