Caesalpinieae

Caesalpinieae
Caesalpinia sappan
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Tribe: Caesalpinieae
Rchb. 1832
Type genus
Caesalpinia
L. 1753
Genera

See text.

Synonyms
  • Ceratonieae Rchb. 1832
  • Dimorphandreae Benth. 1840
  • Sclerolobieae Benth. 1865
  • Moreae Britton & Rose 1930

The tribe Caesalpinieae is one of the subdivisions of the plant family Fabaceae.

Genera

Caesalpinieae once included many more genera, but modern molecular phylogenetics indicated that these should be transferred to other clades.[1][2][3] Caesalpinieae currently comprises the following genera:

References

  1. Bruneau A, Forest F, Herendeen PS, Klitgaard BB, Lewis GP (2001). "Phylogenetic Relationships in the Caesalpinioideae (Leguminosae) as Inferred from Chloroplast trnL Intron Sequences". Syst Bot. 26 (3): 487–514. doi:10.1043/0363-6445-26.3.487.
  2. Bruneau A, Mercure M, Lewis GP, Herendeen PS (2008). "Phylogenetic patterns and diversification in the caesalpinioid legumes". Botany. 86 (7): 697–718. doi:10.1139/B08-058.
  3. Cardoso D, Pennington RT, de Queiroz LP, Boatwright JS, Van Wykd BE, Wojciechowskie MF, Lavin M (2013). "Reconstructing the deep-branching relationships of the papilionoid legumes". S. Afr. J. Bot. 89: 58–75. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2013.05.001.
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