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 ...
Psoraleeae is one of the subdivisions of the plant
family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
. Recent
phylogenetics
In biology, phylogenetics (; from Greek language, Greek wikt:φυλή, φυλή/wikt:φῦλον, φῦλον [] "tribe, clan, race", and wikt:γενετικός, γενετικός [] "origin, source, birth") is the study of the evolutionary his ...
has this tribe nested within tribe Phaseoleae.
Genera
Psoraleeae comprises the following genera:
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Bituminaria''
Heist. ''ex'' Fabr.
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Cullen''
Medik.
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Hoita''
Rydb.
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Ladeania''
A. N. Egan & Reveal
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Orbexilum''
Raf.
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Otholobium''
C. H. Stirt.
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Pediomelum''
Rydb.
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Psoralea
''Psoralea'' is a genus in the legume family (Fabaceae) with over 60 closely related species native to southern Africa. In South Africa they are commonly referred to as fountainbush (English); fonteinbos, bloukeur, or penwortel (Afrikaans); and u ...
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L.
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Psoralidium''
Rydb.
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Rupertia
''Rupertia'' is a small genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. There are three species native to western North America, especially California
California is a U.S. state, state in t ...
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J. W. Grimes
Systematics
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 ...
suggest the following relationships:
References
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Fabaceae tribes
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