Indigofereae
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The tribe Indigofereae is a subdivision of the plant family Fabaceae. It is consistently recovered as a monophyletic clade in molecular phylogenies.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][4][15][16][17][18][19][excessive citations] The Indigofereae arose 30.0 ± 3.3 million years ago (in the Oligocene).[20]
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Indigofereae | |
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Indigofera astragalina | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Clade: | Meso-Papilionoideae |
Clade: | Non-protein amino acid-accumulating clade |
Tribe: | Indigofereae (Benth.) Hutch.[1] |
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This tribe does not currently have a node-based, phylogenetic definition, but it can be distinguished by the following morphological synapomorphies: the presence of biramous hairs, keel spurs, short free staminal filaments, and short fruiting pedicels; and the loss of stipels and seed arils.[3]