The
tribe
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Caesalpinieae is one of the subdivisions of the plant
family
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: subfamily
Caesalpinioideae
Caesalpinioideae is a botanical name at the rank of subfamily, placed in the large family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. Its name is formed from the generic name ''Caesalpinia''. It is known also as the peacock flower subfamily. The Caesalpinioideae ...
.
Genera
Caesalpinieae once included many more genera, but modern
molecular phylogenetics
Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. From these analyses, it is possible to ...
indicated that these should be transferred to other clades.
Caesalpinieae currently comprises the following genera:
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Arquita''
E. Gagnon, G. P. Lewis & C. E. Hughes 2015
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Balsamocarpon''
Clos 1846
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Biancaea''
(Tod. 1860) E. Gagnon & G. P. Lewis 2016
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Caesalpinia
''Caesalpinia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. Historically, membership within the genus has been highly variable, with different publications including anywhere from 70 to 165 species, depending largely on the inclusion o ...
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(L. 1753) E. Gagnon & G. P. Lewis 2016
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Cenostigma''
(Tul. 1843) E. Gagnon & G. P. Lewis 2016
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Cordeauxia
''Cordeauxia edulis'' is a plant in the family Fabaceae and the monotypic, sole species in the genus ''Cordeauxia''. Known by the common name yeheb bush, it is one of the economically most important wild plants of the Horn of Africa, but it is l ...
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Hemsl. 1907
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Coulteria''
(Kunth 1824) E. Gagnon, Sotuyo & G. P. Lewis 2016
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Denisophytum
''Denisophytum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Caesalpinioideae
Caesalpinioideae is a botanical name at the rank of subfamily, placed in the large family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. Its name ...
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(R. Vig. 1948) E. Gagnon & G. P. Lewis 2016
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Erythrostemon''
(Klotzsch 1844) E. Gagnon & G. P. Lewis 2016
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Gelrebia''
E. Gagnon & G. P. Lewis 2016
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Guilandina''
L. 1753
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Haematoxylum''
L. 1753
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Hererolandia''
E. Gagnon & G. P. Lewis 2016
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Hoffmannseggia
''Hoffmannseggia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, known generally as rushpeas. These are pod-bearing herbs and subshrubs native to the Americas and southern Africa.
The generic name honors Johann Centurius, Count of ...
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Cav. 1798
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Hultholia''
E. Gagnon & G. P. Lewis 2016
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Libidibia
''Libidibia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.
Species
''Libidibia'' comprises the following species:
* ''Libidibia coriaria'' (Jacq.) Schltdl.—divi-divi (Mexico, Central Amer ...
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(DC. 1825) E. Gagnon & G. P. Lewis 2016
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Lophocarpinia''
Burkart 1957
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Mezoneuron''
Desf. 1818
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Moullava''
(Adans. 1763) E. Gagnon & G. P. Lewis 2016
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Paubrasilia
''Paubrasilia echinata'' is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae, that is endemic to the Atlantic Forest of Brazil. It is a Brazilian timber tree commonly known as Pernambuco wood or brazilwood ( pt, pau-de-pernambuco, ...
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E. Gagnon, H. C. Lima & G. P. Lewis 2016
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Pomaria''
Cav. 1799
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Pterolobium
The genus, ''Pterolobium'' (from Gr. πτερόν ''pterón'', meaning "wing", and λόβιον ''lóbion'', meaning "pod" or "capsule", alluding to the winged fruit), consists of 10 species of perennial flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, ...
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R. Br. ex Wight & Arn. 1834
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Stenodrepanum''
Harms 1921
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Stuhlmannia''
Taub. 1895
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Tara''
(Molina 1789) E. Gagnon & G. P. Lewis 2016
*''Ticanto''
Adans. 1763
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Zuccagnia''
Cav. 1799
Phylogenetics
''Caesalpinia'', as traditionally circumscribed, was
paraphyletic
In taxonomy (general), taxonomy, a group is paraphyletic if it consists of the group's most recent common ancestor, last common ancestor and most of its descendants, excluding a few Monophyly, monophyletic subgroups. The group is said to be pa ...
, so it was recently
recircumscribed to produce many new genera:
Notes
References
External links
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Caesalpinioideae
Fabaceae tribes
Taxa named by Ludwig Reichenbach