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The subfamily Detarioideae is one of the subdivisions of the plant family (
The subfamily Detarioideae is one of the subdivisions of the plant family (legume
A legume () is a plant in the family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or the fruit or seed of such a plant. When used as a dry grain, the seed is also called a pulse. Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for human consumption, for livestock f ...
s). This subfamily includes many tropical trees
Tropical vegetation is any vegetation in tropical latitudes. Plant life that occurs in climates that are warm year-round is in general more biologically diverse that in other latitudes. Some tropical areas may receive abundant rain the whole ye ...
, some of which are used for timber or have ecological importance. The subfamily consists of 84 genera, most of which are native to Africa and Asia. Pride of Burma (''Amherstia nobilis'') and tamarind (''Tamarindus indica'') are two of the most notable species in Detarioideae. It has the following clade-based definition:
The most inclusive crown clade containing ''Goniorrhachis marginata ''Goniorrhachis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Detarioideae The subfamily Detarioideae is one of the subdivisions of the plant family Fabaceae (legumes). This subfamily includes ma ...'' Taub. and ''Aphanocalyx cynometroides ''Aphanocalyx'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Detarioideae The subfamily Detarioideae is one of the subdivisions of the plant family Fabaceae (legumes). This subfamily includes many tropic ...'' Oliv., but not '' Cercis canadensis'' L., ''Duparquetia orchidacea ''Duparquetia orchidacea'' is a liana which is native to tropical west Africa. It is the only species in the subfamily Duparquetioideae. It is found in humid tropical forests in West and Central Africa. It is a basal member of the Fabaceae ...'' Baill., or ''Bobgunnia fistuloides ''Bobgunnia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae The Faboideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An acceptable alternative name for the su ...'' (Harms) J. H. Kirkbr. & Wiersema.
Taxonomy
Detarioideae comprises the following tribes and genera:Schotieae
* ''Schotia
''Schotia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Detarioideae. It occurs in southern Africa. The genus was named for Richard van der Schot by Jacquin who was the director of the Imperial Gard ...
'' Jacq.
Barnebydendreae
* ''Barnebydendron
''Barnebydendron riedelii'', also known as monkey-flower tree ( th, ประดู่แดง), is a species of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Detarioideae. It is the only member of the genus ''Barn ...
'' J.H.Kirkbr.
* ''Goniorrhachis
''Goniorrhachis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Detarioideae
The subfamily Detarioideae is one of the subdivisions of the plant family Fabaceae (legumes). This subfamily includes ma ...
'' Taub.
Detarieae
* ''Augouardia
''Augouardia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Detarioideae.
The genus has only one species, ''Augouardia letestui'', which is endemic to Gabon
Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially ...
'' Pellegr.
* ''Baikiaea
''Baikiaea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae.
Species include:
*'' Baikiaea fragrantissima''
*'' Baikiaea ghesquiereana''
*'' Baikiaea insignis''
*''Baikiaea plurijuga'' – Rhodesian-teak
*'' Baikiaea robynsii' ...
'' Benth.
* ''Brandzeia
''Brandzeia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Detarioideae
The subfamily Detarioideae is one of the subdivisions of the plant family Fabaceae (legumes). This subfamily includes many ...
'' Baill.
* ''Colophospermum
''Colophospermum mopane'', commonly called mopane, mopani, balsam tree, butterfly tree, or turpentine tree, is a tree in the legume family (Fabaceae), that grows in hot, dry, low-lying areas, in elevation, in the far northern parts of southern A ...
'' J. Kirk ex J. Léonard
* ''Copaifera
''Copaifera'' is a genus of tropical plants in the legume family Fabaceae.
The scientific name means "copal-bearer" (or more accurately, ''copaiba''-bearer), since economically important resins and essential oils can be acquired from them. They ...
'' L.
* ''Daniellia
''Daniellia'' is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae, named after William Freeman Daniell.
It contains the following species:
*''Daniellia alsteeniana
''Daniellia'' is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae, named after William Free ...
'' Benn.
* ''Detarium
''Detarium'' is a plant genus of the family Fabaceae. It contains 3 species of tree in west African forests.
The genus produces timber that may serve as a mahogany substitute. The fruit is edible.
References
* Mabberley, D. J. (1987). ''Th ...
'' Juss.
* ''Eperua
''Eperua'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Detarioideae. The fifteen species belonging to this genus are distributed in the tropical zones of Africa and South America, living in the jungl ...
'' Aubl.
* ''Eurypetalum
''Eurypetalum'' is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae
The Fabaceae or Leguminosae,Gilletiodendron
''Gilletiodendron'' is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes five species native to sub-Saharan Africa, which range from Côte d'Ivoire to DR Congo and Angola.
Species accepted by the Plants of the World Online
Plants of the ...
'' Vermoesen
* ''Guibourtia
''Guibourtia'' is a flowering plant genus in the family Fabaceae, also known by the common names as Rhodesian copalwood, African Rosewood, Amazique, Bubinga, Kevazingo, and Ovangkol. Scientific Name being Guibourtia spp.
Description
''Guibourt ...
'' Benn.
* ''Hardwickia
''Hardwickia'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the subfamily Detarioideae of the legumes. The only species is the Anjan, ''Hardwickia binata'', a tree which is native to India, and which grows to height of 25-30 meters. This plant gen ...
'' Roxb.
* ''Hylodendron
''Hylodendron'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae
The Fabaceae or Leguminosae,Hymenaea'' L.
* ''
Neoapaloxylon
''Neoapaloxylon'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Detarioideae
The subfamily Detarioideae is one of the subdivisions of the plant family Fabaceae (legumes). This subfamily includes many trop ...
'' Rauschert
* '' Peltogyne'' Vogel
* ''Prioria
''Prioria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. Members of this genus are found in Central America, Africa, southern Asia, and Oceania.
Species
''Prioria'' comprises the following species
African species
* '' Prioria balsami ...
'' Griseb.
* ''Sindora
''Sindora''Miquel (1861) ''Fl. Ned. Ind., Suppl.'' 1: 287. is a genus of legume in the family Fabaceae.
Species
''Sindora'' comprises the following species:
* '' Sindora affinis''
* '' Sindora beccariana''
* '' Sindora bruggemanii''
* '' Sindora ...
'' Miq.
* ''Sindoropsis
''Sindoropsis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family, Fabaceae
The Fabaceae or Leguminosae,Stemonocoleus
''Stemonocoleus micranthus'' is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is a tree native to western and west-central tropical Africa, ranging from Côte d'Ivoire to the Central African Republic and Republic of the Congo. I ...
'' Harms
* ''Tessmannia
''Tessmannia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae.
It is native to Tropical Africa, and is found in the countries of Angola, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, ...
'' Harms
Saraceae
* ''Endertia
''Endertia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Detarioideae
The subfamily Detarioideae is one of the subdivisions of the plant family Fabaceae (legumes). This subfamily includes many tropical ...
'' Steenis & de Wit
* ''Leucostegane
''Leucostegane'' is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae
The Fabaceae or Leguminosae,Lysidice'' Hance
* ''
Saraca
''Saraca'' L. is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae ( legume family) of about 20 plant species of trees native to the lands from India, China and Ceylon to Malaysia and Sulawesi.
This plant can be grown outdoors in distinc ...
'' L.
Afzelieae
* '' Afzelia'' Sm. * ''Brodriguesia
''Brodriguesia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Detarioideae. It contains a single species, ''Brodriguesia santosii''. It is a tree native to eastern Bahia state in northeastern Brazil.
'' R.S. Cowan
* '' Intsia'' Thouars
Amherstieae
* '' Amherstia'' Wall. * '' Annea'' Mackinder & Wieringa * ''Anthonotha
''Anthonotha'' is a genus within the subfamily Detarioideae of the plant family Fabaceae.
Taxonomic history
The first species of the genus was described in 1806 by Palisot de Beauvois based on a specimen collected in West Africa and named ''Anth ...
'' P. Beauv.
* ''Aphanocalyx
''Aphanocalyx'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Detarioideae.
Species
''Aphanocalyx'' includes the following species:
* ''Aphanocalyx hedinii''
* ''Aphanocalyx heitzii''
* ''Aphanocalyx microph ...
'' Oliver
* ''Berlinia
''Berlinia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 21 species of trees native to sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from Guinea to Chad, Tanzania, Mozambique, and Angola.
Species of ''Berlina'' grow in the Guineo–Congol ...
'' Sol. ex Hook. f.
* ''Bikinia
''Bikinia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Detarioideae.
Species
Species accepted by the Plants of the World Online as of February 2021:
*''Bikinia aciculifera''
*''Bikinia breynei''
*''Bik ...
'' Wieringa
* ''Brachycylix
''Brachycylix'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Detarioideae. It contains a single species, ''Brachycylix vageleri''.
Detarioideae
Monotypic Fabaceae genera
{{Detarioideae-stub ...
'' (Harms) R.S. Cowan
* '' Brachystegia'' Benth.
* ''Brownea
''Brownea'' is a genus of about 30 species in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Detarioideae. The genus is native to tropical regions of the Americas. The species are shrubs and trees growing to 20 m tall.LegumeWeb''Brownea''/ref>Germplasm Resources ...
'' Jacq.
* ''Browneopsis
''Browneopsis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae
The Fabaceae or Leguminosae,Crudia
''Crudia'' is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae.
Species
Species accepted by the Plants of the World Online as of February 2021:
*''Crudia abbreviata''
*''Crudia acuminata''
*''Crudia acuta''
*''Crudia aequalis''
*''Crudia amazonica ...
'' Schreb.
* ''Cryptosepalum
''Cryptosepalum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. There are 12 species, mostly trees. They are native to sub-Saharan Africa,Van Der Burgt, X. M., Poundje, M., & Sene, O. (2014)''Cryptosepalum korupense'' Burgt, sp. nov.(Le ...
'' Benth.
* '' Cynometra'' L.
* ''Dicymbe
''Dicymbe'' is a genus of 20 species of canopy trees in the family Fabaceae, within subfamily Detarioideae. It is found throughout the Guyana Shield region and parts of W Amazonia. Certain species within the genus are strongly associated with ect ...
'' Spruce ex Benth. & Hook. f.
* ''Didelotia
''Didelotia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 13 species native to western and west-central tropical Africa, ranging from Sierra Leone to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
13 species are accepted:
*''Didelo ...
'' Baill.
* ''Ecuadendron
''Ecuadendron'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae, containing the single species ''Ecuadendron acosta-solisianum''.Neill, D. A. (1998)''Ecuadendron'' (Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae: Detarieae): A new arborescen ...
'' D.A. Neill
* ''Elizabetha
''Elizabetha'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Detarioideae
The subfamily Detarioideae is one of the subdivisions of the plant family Fabaceae (legumes). This subfamily includes many tropica ...
'' Schomb. ex Benth.
* ''Englerodendron
''Englerodendron'' is a small genus of legumes belonging to the family Fabaceae, that are native to tropical Africa.
It is found in the countries of Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Congo ...
'' Harms
* ''Gabonius
''Gabonius'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Fabaceae. The only species is ''Gabonius ngouniensis''.
Its native range is Western Central Tropical Africa
Although tropical Africa is mostly familiar to the West for its ...
'' Wieringa & Mackinder
* ''Gilbertiodendron
''Gilbertiodendron'' is a genus of legume in the family Fabaceae. It consists of about 25 species of tree native to tropical Africa. Members of this genus were formerly considered to be in the genus ''Macrolobium'' but that genus is now restricte ...
'' J. Léonard
* ''Heterostemon
''Heterostemon'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes eight species native to northern South America, from Colombia and Venezuela to the Guianas and northern Brazil. It belongs to the subfamily Detarioideae. It is u ...
'' Desf.
* ''Humboldtia
''Humboldtia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. Most species are endemic to India.Gaume, L., Zacharias, M., Grosbois, V., & Borges, R. M. (2005)The fitness consequences of bearing domatia and having the right ant partner: e ...
'' Vahl
* ''Hymenostegia
''Hymenostegia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. They are native to Africa.Mackinder, B. A., & Wieringa, J. (2013)''Annea'' gen. nov.(Detarieae, Caesalpinioideae, Leguminosae): a home for two species long misplaced in ''Hym ...
'' (Benth.) Harms
* ''Icuria
''Icuria'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Fabaceae
The Fabaceae or Leguminosae,Isoberlinia'' Craib & Stapf ex Holland
* ''
Isomacrolobium
''Englerodendron'' is a small genus of legumes belonging to the family Fabaceae, that are native to tropical Africa.
It is found in the countries of Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Congo, ...
'' Aubrév. & Pellegr.
* '' Julbernardia'' Pellegr.
* ''Lebruniodendron
''Lebruniodendron'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Detarioideae
The subfamily Detarioideae is one of the subdivisions of the plant family Fabaceae (legumes). This subfamily includes many tr ...
'' J. Léonard
* ''Leonardoxa
''Leonardoxa'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae
The Fabaceae or Leguminosae,Librevillea
''Librevillea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Detarioideae
The subfamily Detarioideae is one of the subdivisions of the plant family Fabaceae (legumes). This subfamily includes many tropic ...
'' Hoyle
* ''Loesenera
''Loesenera'' is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes four species of trees or shrubs native to west and west-central Africa, including Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, and Republic of the Congo. Its habitat is ...
'' Harms
* ''Macrolobium
''Macrolobium'' is a legume genus in the subfamily Detarioideae. It is a tropical genus with about 80 species. Half occur in Brazil, where they are common in the floodplains of the Amazonian Basin. Members of the genus are used as ornamentals an ...
'' Schreb.
* ''Maniltoa
''Maniltoa'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae.
It contains the following species:
* '' Maniltoa floribunda''
* '' Maniltoa grandiflora''
* '' Maniltoa lenticellata''
* '' Maniltoa minor''
* '' Maniltoa rosea''
* '' Maniltoa ...
'' Scheff.
* ''Michelsonia
''Michelsonia'' is a genus of tree in the legume family, Fabaceae, where it is classified in the subfamily Detarioideae. It is a monotypic genus, the only species being ''Michelsonia microphylla''. It is native to the tropical rain forests of th ...
'' Hauman
* ''Micklethwaitia
''Micklethwaitia'' is a monotypic genus of legume in the family Fabaceae. Its only species, ''Micklethwaitia carvalhoi'', is endemic to Mozambique. It is closely related to ''Annea'', ''Gabonius'', and '' Scorodophloeus''.
Description
''Mickleth ...
'' G.P. Lewis & Schrire
* ''Microberlinia
''Microberlinia'' is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae (legume family). It includes two species of tree native to Cameroon and Gabon in West Africa. The common name is ''zingana'' or zebrawood.
References
* Mabberley, D. J. (1987). ''The ...
'' A. Chev.
* ''Neochevalierodendron
''Neochevalierodendron'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae
The Fabaceae or Leguminosae,Normandiodendron
''Normandiodendron'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Fabaceae. It only contains one known species, Normandiodendron bequaertii (De Wild.) J.Léonard
It is native to Angola, the Central African Republic, Congo, Ga ...
'' J. Léonard
* ''Oddoniodendron
''Oddoniodendron'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae
The Fabaceae or Leguminosae,Paloue
''Paloue'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae
The Fabaceae or Leguminosae,Paloveopsis
''Paloveopsis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae
The Fabaceae or Leguminosae,Paramacrolobium
''Paramacrolobium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae
The Fabaceae or Leguminosae,Plagiosiphon
''Plagiosiphon'' is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae.
Species accepted by the Plants of the World Online
Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It was launched in March 20 ...
'' Harms
* ''Polystemonanthus
''Polystemonanthus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae
The Fabaceae or Leguminosae,Pseudomacrolobium
''Englerodendron'' is a small genus of legumes belonging to the family Fabaceae, that are native to tropical Africa.
It is found in the countries of Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Con ...
'' Hauman
* ''Scorodophloeus
''Scorodophloeus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes three species of trees native to tropical Africa, ranging from Cameroon to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, and Mozambique. Habitats include tropica ...
'' Harms
* ''Talbotiella
''Talbotiella'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. There are 9 species. Five are endemic to Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, l ...
'' Baker f.
* ''Tamarindus
Tamarind (''Tamarindus indica'') is a leguminous tree bearing edible fruit that is probably indigenous to tropical Africa. The genus ''Tamarindus'' is monotypic, meaning that it contains only this species. It belongs to the family Fabaceae.
...
'' L.
* ''Tetraberlinia
''Tetraberlinia'' is a genus of plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes species of trees native to west and west-central tropical Africa, including Liberia, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Cabinda, and DR Con ...
'' (Harms) Hauman
* '' Zenkerella'' Taub.
Phylogenetics
Detarioideae exhibits the following phylogenetic relationships:References
* {{Taxonbar, from1=Q60412965, from2=Q85556098 Rosid subfamilies Afrotropical realm flora