The

tribe The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English language, English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in p ...

Dalbergieae is an early-branching

clade A clade (), also known as a monophyletic group or natural group, is a group of organisms that are monophyletic – that is, composed of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants – on a phylogenetic tree. Rather than the English term, ...

within the

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

subfamily

Faboideae The Faboideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An acceptable alternative name for the subfamily is Papilionoideae, or Papilionaceae when this group of plants is treated as a family. This subfamily is wide ...

(or Papilionaceae). Within that subfamily, it belongs to an unranked clade called the

dalbergioids The dalbergioids are an early-branching monophyletic clade of the flowering plant subfamily Faboideae or Papilionaceae. They are pantropical, particularly being found in the neotropics and sub-Saharan Africa. This clade is consistently resolved a ...

. It was recently revised to include many genera formerly placed in tribes Adesmieae and Aeschynomeneae and to be included in a

monophyletic In cladistics for a group of organisms, monophyly is the condition of being a clade—that is, a group of taxa composed only of a common ancestor (or more precisely an ancestral population) and all of its lineal descendants. Monophyletic gro ...

group informally known as the dalbergioids ''sensu lato''. The members of this tribe have a distinctive

root nodule Root nodules are found on the roots of plants, primarily legumes, that form a symbiosis with nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Under nitrogen-limiting conditions, capable plants form a symbiotic relationship with a host-specific strain of bacteria known a ...

morphology, often referred to as an "aeschynomenoid" or "dalbergioid" nodule.

Subclades and genera

''Adesmia'' clade

* '' Adesmia'' DC. * ''

Amicia ''Amicia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Adesmia'' clade. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It is named in honor of the Italian astronomer, mathemat ...

'' Kunth * '' Chaetocalyx'' DC. * ''

Nissolia ''Nissolia'', the yellowhoods, is a genus of lianas in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Adesmia'' clade of the Dalbergieae The tribe Dalbergieae is ...

'' Jacq. * '' Poiretia'' Vent. * ''

Zornia ''Zornia'' is a cosmopolitan genus of herbs from the legume family Fabaceae. It was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Adesmia'' clade of the Dalbergieae. Species ''Zornia'' comprises the following species: * '' Zornia acuta'' S ...

'' J. F. Gmel. Fortuna-Perez AP, Silva MJ, Queiroz L, Lewis GP, Simoes AO, Tozzi A, Sarkinen T, Souza AP (2013). "Phylogeny and biogeography of the genus Zornia (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae: Dalbergieae)". Taxon. 62 (4): 723–32. doi:10.12705/624.35.

''Dalbergia'' clade

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Aeschynomene ''Aeschynomene'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Dalbergia'' clade of the Dalbergieae. They are known commonly as jointvetches. These legumes are most common in wa ...

'' L. * '' Bryaspis'' P. A. Duvign. * ''

Cyclocarpa ''Cyclocarpa stellaris'' is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Dalbergia'' clade of the Dalbergieae The tribe Dalbergi ...

'' Afzel. ''ex'' Urb. * ''

Dalbergia ''Dalbergia'' is a large genus of small to medium-size trees, shrubs and lianas in the pea family, Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. It was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Dalbergia'' clade (or tribe): the Dalbergieae. T ...

'' L. f. * ''

Diphysa ''Diphysa'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Dalbergia'' clade of the Dalbergieae The tribe Dalbergieae is an earl ...

'' Jacq. * ''

Geissaspis ''Geissaspis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Dalbergia'' clade of the Dalbergieae The tribe Dalbergieae is an e ...

'' Wight & Arn. * ''

Humularia ''Humularia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Dalbergia'' clade of the Dalbergieae The tribe Dalbergieae is an ea ...

'' P. A. Duvign. * ''

Kotschya ''Kotschya'' is a genus of legumes in the family Fabaceae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Dalbergia'' clade of the Dalbergieae The tribe Dalbergieae is an early-branching clade within the flowering plant subfamily ...

'' Endl. * '' Machaerium'' Pers. * '' Ormocarpopsis'' R. Vig. * ''

Ormocarpum ''Ormocarpum'' is a genus of legume in the family Fabaceae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Dalbergia'' clade of the Dalbergieae. Species ''Ormocarpum'' comprises the following species: * '' Ormocarpum bernierianum'' ...

'' P. Beauv. * ''

Pictetia ''Pictetia'' is a genus of about eight species of trees and shrubs in the legume family with Thorns, spines, and prickles, spiny stems and (in six of the eight species) spine-tipped leaflets.Beyra & Lavin (1999), pp.36–38 The genus is endemism, ...

'' DC. * ''

Smithia ''Smithia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Dalbergia'' clade of the Dalbergieae The tribe Dalbergieae is an earl ...

'' Aiton * ''

Soemmeringia ''Soemmeringia semperflorens'' is a species of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Dalbergia'' clade of the Dalbergieae The tribe D ...

'' Mart. * '' Steinbachiella'' Harms. * '' Weberbauerella'' Ulbr. * '' Zygocarpum'' Thulin & Lavin

''Pterocarpus'' clade

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Acosmium ''Acosmium'' is a South America genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. Three species are currently recognized. Most ''Acosmium'' species have been recently transferred to ''Leptolobium'' and one species to the South American ''Guianode ...

'' Schott * ''

Arachis ''Arachis'' is a genus of about 70 species of annual and perennial flowering plants in the family (Fabaceae), native to South America, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Pterocarpus'' clade of the Dalbergieae. At least one ...

'' L. * ''

Brya ''Brya'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyly, monophyletic ''Pterocarpus'' clade of the Dalbergieae. Species include ''Brya eben ...

'' P. Browne * '' Cascaronia''

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Centrolobium ''Centrolobium'' is a Neotropical genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Pterocarpus'' clade of the Dalbergieae The tribe Dalbergieae is an early-branching clade within the flowering plant s ...

'' Mart. ex

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Chapmannia ''Chapmannia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Pterocarpus'' clade of the Dalbergieae The tribe Dalbergieae is an early-branching clade within the flowering plant ...

'' Torr. & A. Gray * '' Cranocarpus'' Benth. * '' Discolobium'' Benth. * '' Etaballia'' Benth. * '' Fiebrigiella'' Harms * '' Fissicalyx'' Benth. * '' Geoffroea'' Jacq. * ''

Grazielodendron ''Grazielodendron riodocensis'' is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Pterocarpus'' clade within the Dalbergieae. It is t ...

'' H. C. Lima * '' Inocarpus'' J. R. Forst. & G. Forst. * '' Maraniona'' C.E.Hughes, G.P.Lewis, Daza, & Reynel * '' Paramachaerium'' Ducke * '' Platymiscium'' Vogel * '' Platypodium'' Vogel * ''

Pterocarpus ''Pterocarpus'' is a pantropical genus of trees in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Pterocarpus'' clade within the Dalbergieae. Most species of ''Pterocarpus'' ...

'' Jacq. * '' Ramorinoa'' Speg. * '' Riedeliella'' Harms * ''

Stylosanthes ''Stylosanthes'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae and contains numerous highly important pasture and forage species. It was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Pterocarpus'' clade of the Dalbergieae. The ...

'' Sw. * ''

Tipuana ''Tipuana tipu'', also known as tipa, rosewood and pride of Bolivia, is a South American tree. It is the only member of the genus ''Tipuana''. It was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Pterocarpus'' clade within the Dalbergieae ...

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References

External links

* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q901278 Fabaceae tribes