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Galegeae
Galegeae is a tribe in the flowering plant family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. The tribe is found mostly in the northern hemisphere, but can also be found in Australia, Africa, and South America. Recent molecular phylogenetic work has determined that tribe Galegeae is paraphyletic, and that its members are scattered throughout the IR-lacking clade. Classification The tribe Galegeae contains roughly twenty genera. Indigofereae and Psoraleeae were once included as subtribes, but have since been elevated as distinct tribes. Subtribe Astragalinae ''Carmichaelinae'' Clade * ''Carmichaelia'' R. Br. * ''Clianthus'' Sol. ''ex'' Lindl. * ''Montigena'' (Hook. f.) Heenan * †'' Streblorrhiza'' Endl. * '' Swainsona'' Salisb. ''Coluteinae'' Clade * ''Astragalus'' L. * ''Biserrula'' L. * ''Colutea'' L. * '' Eremosparton'' Fisch. & C.A.Mey. * '' Erophaca'' Boiss. * '' Lessertia'' DC. * '' Ophiocarpus'' (Bunge) Ikonn. * '' Phyllolobium'' Fisch. ''ex'' Spreng. * '' Podlechiella'' Maas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sutherlandia
''Sutherlandia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae containing six known living species. The genus was once organized as having a single species, ''S. frutescens'', but later expanded to include more based on morphological characteristics. However, later analysis found more genetic variation between populations than between taxa. The genus ''Sutherlandia'' is sometimes included in the genus '' Lessertia'' and it is morphologically and chemically similar to ''Lessertia'', ''Astragalus'', and other genera of the tribe Galegeae. Species *'' Sutherlandia frutescens'' (L.) R.Br. cancerbush, balloon pea (Australia, Botswana, Kenya, Lesotho, Mauritius, Namibia, South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...) *'' Sutherlandia humilis'' E.Phillips & R.A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lessertia (plant)
''Lessertia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. The genus contains some 55 species and belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. Species list Selected species include: * '' Lessertia affinis'' * '' Lessertia annularis'' * '' Lessertia benguellensis'' * '' Lessertia brachypus'' * '' Lessertia brachystachya'' * '' Lessertia capitata'' * '' Lessertia depressa'' * '' Lessertia diffusa'' * '' Lessertia emarginata'' * '' Lessertia excisa'' * '' Lessertia falciformis'' * ''Lessertia frutescens ''Sutherlandia frutescens'' (cancer bush, balloon pea, sutherlandia, phetola ("it changes") in seTswana, and insiswa ("the one that drives away the darkness") in isiZulu; syn. ''Colutea frutescens'' L., ''Lessertia frutescens'' (L.) Goldblatt & ...'' * '' Lessertia harveyana'' * '' Lessertia herbacea'' * '' Lessertia incana'' * '' Lessertia inflata'' * '' Lessertia macrostachya'' * '' Lessertia microphylla'' * '' Lessertia pauciflora'' * '' Lessertia perennans'' * '' Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IR-lacking Clade
The inverted repeat-lacking clade (IRLC) is a monophyletic clade of the flowering plant subfamily Faboideae (or Papilionaceae). Faboideae includes the majority of agriculturally-cultivated legumes. The name of this clade is informal and is not assumed to have any particular taxonomic rank like the names authorized by the ICBN or the ICPN. The clade is characterized by the loss of one of the two 25-kb inverted repeats in the plastid genome that are found in most land plants. It is consistently resolved in molecular phylogenies. The clade is predicted to have diverged from the other legume lineages 39.0±2.4 million years ago (in the Eocene). It includes several large, temperate genera such as ''Astragalus'' L., ''Hedysarum'' L., ''Medicago'' L., ''Oxytropis'' DC., '' Swainsona'' Salisb., and ''Trifolium'' L.. Description This clade is composed of five traditional tribes ( Cicereae Alef., Fabeae Rchb., Galegeae Dumort., Hedysareae DC., Trifolieae Endl.) and several genera that were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eremosparton
''Eremosparton'' 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 subfamily is Papilionoideae, or Papilionaceae when this group of plants is treated as a family. This subfamily is wide .... References Galegeae Fabaceae genera {{Faboideae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oreophysa
''Oreophysa'' 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 subfamily is Papilionoideae, or Papilionaceae when this group of plants is treated as a family. This subfamily is wide .... The first species in this genus to be discovered, in 1843 by H. F. Jaubert & E. Spach, was initially mis-classified as belonging to a different genus. However as it differed in suffruticose growth, and other characteristics so was later identified as belonging to a different species, to be named Oreophysa. References Galegeae Fabaceae genera {{Faboideae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erophaca
''Erophaca'' is a monotypic genus of the tribe Galegeae. Its only species ''Erophaca baetica'' is a perennial plant distributed in disjunct populations in the Mediterranean Region. According to nrDNA ITS analysis, ''Erophaca'' is monophyletic and related to the Astragalean clade. It is also andromonoecious (a rare sexual system among the angiosperms and a novelty for Old World papilionoid legumes). ''Erophaca baetica'' has two subspecies distributed at opposite ends of the Mediterranean region: *''E. baetica subsp. baetica'': Native to the southern half of the Iberian Peninsula (Portugal and Spain) and Northwest Africa (Morocco and Algeria). *''E. baetica subsp. orientalis'': Native to the Eastern Mediterranean (Greece, Turkey, Cyprus and Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montigena
''Montigena'' is a genus of flowering plant in the legume family (biology), family Fabaceae, comprising a single species of dicotyledonous herb native plant, native to New Zealand, known as ''Montigena novae-zelandiae'' or more commonly the scree pea. The plant is small and woody, arising from thin, branched stems that extend to the surface from a deeply buried root stock. The flowers vary from purple to brown, while fruits appear between January and April. ''M. novae-zelandiae'' was previously classified as ''Swainsona novae-zelandiae'' until 1998 when the genus Montigena was created based on the morphological features of the plant. Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, it is classified as "At Risk - Declining". Its decline is predicted to be from 10% to 50% from a population of from 20, 000 to 100, 000 mature plants. Further comments are that it is sparse and that there are recruitment failures. Montigena is one of the four genera of native legumes in New Zealan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colutea
''Colutea'' is a genus of about 25 species of deciduous flowering shrubs in the legume family Fabaceae, growing from 2–5 m tall, native to southern Europe, north Africa and southwest Asia. The leaves are pinnate and light green to glaucous grey-green. The flowers are yellow to orange, pea-shaped and produced in racemes throughout the summer. These are followed by the attractive inflated seed pods which change from pale green to red or copper in colour. '' Colutea arborescens'', known as Bladder Senna— John Gerard cautioned, however, that they are not true senna, "though we have followed others in giving it to name Bastard Sena, which name is very unproper to it"— is indigenous to the Mediterranean; it has yellow flowers. It has a height and spread of up to 5 m. Other species include ''Colutea orientalis'', with grey leaves and coppery flowers. Cultivation and uses ''Colutea arborescens'', is in general cultivation in the UK. It was imported early, before 1568, probably ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clianthus
''Clianthus'', commonly known as kakabeak (''kōwhai ngutukākā'' in Māori), is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae, comprising two species of shrubs native to New Zealand. They have striking clusters of red flowers which resemble the beak of the kaka, a New Zealand parrot. The plants are also known as parrot's beak, parrot's bill and lobster claw – all references to the distinctive flowers. There is also a variety with white to creamy coloured flowers called: "Albus," and a variety with rosy pink flowers called: "Roseus." The two species are the critically endangered ''Clianthus puniceus'' which is now known in the wild only on Moturemu Island in the Kaipara Harbour, and the endangered '' Clianthus maximus''. In a 2005 survey, only 153 plants of ''C. maximus'' were found (down from over 1000 in 1996), mainly in the East Cape region. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Streblorrhiza
''Streblorrhiza speciosa'' was a perennial shrub endemic to Phillip Island. A species of legume in the family Fabaceae, and the sole species of the genus ''Streblorrhiza'', it is now presumed extinct. The plant was first described by Stephan Endlicher in 1833, using two specimens collected by Ferdinand Bauer as the type for a new monotypic genus. One of these is the only known fruiting specimen. The species became extinct in 1860 in its native habit, but the plant was known to have been cultivated. An appeal was made in 2007 to discover the plant in historic gardens. The species was declared extinct worldwide in 1998. A DNA study found it to be most closely related to ''Carmichaelia'', ''Clianthus'', ''Montigena ''Montigena'' is a genus of flowering plant in the legume family (biology), family Fabaceae, comprising a single species of dicotyledonous herb native plant, native to New Zealand, known as ''Montigena novae-zelandiae'' or more commonly the scre ...'' and '' Swainso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galega Officinalis
''Galega officinalis'', commonly known as galega or goat's-rue, is an herbaceous plant in the subfamily Faboideae of the legume family Fabaceae. It is native to parts of northern Africa, western Asia and Europe, but is widely cultivated and naturalised elsewhere. The plant has been extensively cultivated as a forage crop, an ornamental, a bee plant, and as green manure. ''G. officinalis'' is rich in galegine, a substance with blood glucose-lowering activity and the foundation for the discovery of metformin, Italian fitch, a treatment for managing symptoms of diabetes mellitus. In ancient herbalism, goat's-rue was used as a diuretic. It can be poisonous to mammals, but is a food for various insects. Etymology The English name "goat's-rue" is a translation of the Latin ''Ruta capraria'', used for the plant in 1554 when it was considered to be related to ''Ruta graveolens'', or common rue. The Latin specific epithet ''officinalis'' refers to plants with some medicinal, culinary or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phyllolobium
''Phyllolobium'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Fabaceae. Its native range is Central Asia to Himalaya The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the planet's highest peaks, including the very highest, Mount Everest. Over 100 ... and China. Species: *'' Phyllolobium balfourianum'' *'' Phyllolobium camptodontum'' *'' Phyllolobium chapmanianum'' *'' Phyllolobium chinense'' *'' Phyllolobium dolichochaete'' *'' Phyllolobium donianum'' *'' Phyllolobium enneaphyllum'' *'' Phyllolobium eutrichus'' *'' Phyllolobium flavovirens'' *'' Phyllolobium heydei'' *'' Phyllolobium lachungense'' *'' Phyllolobium lasaense'' *'' Phyllolobium lineariaurifer'' *'' Phyllolobium milingense'' *'' Phyllolobium pastorium'' *'' Phyllolobium petri-primi'' *'' Phyllolobium prodigiosum'' *'' Phyllolobium sanbilingense'' *'' Phyllolobium siccane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
