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Genistoideae

Family
Kingdom
3Plants
Phylum
6Angiospermae
Class
4Fabanae
Subclass
4Fabidae
Phase
5Fabales
Subphase
4Mimosoideae
Stage
0
Name

Genistoideae

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Chapter

3-644.54.00

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Content: quinolizidine alkaloids.
Plant theoryGenistoideae is a clade in Papilionoideae. In the Plant theory Genistoideae is placed in Subphase 4.
In Plant theory 1 Papilionoideae was placed in Subphase 5. Papilionoideae is split in 3 subfamilies in Plant theory 2: Galegoideae, Phaseoloideae and Genistoideae.
This classification of Stages is in development.
StagesStage Remedy Remedy code Subfamily
1 Aeschynomene brasiliana 3-644.54.01 Dalbergieae
2 Arachis hypogaea 3-644.54.02 Dalbergieae
2 Arachis pintoi 3-644.54.02 Dalbergieae
3 Vatairea guianensis 3-644.54.03 Dalbergieae
4 Erinacea anthyllis 3-644.54.04 Genisteae
6 Genista tinctoria 3-644.54.06 Genisteae
6 Genista scoparia 3-644.54.06 Genisteae
6 Calicotome villosa 3-644.54.06 Genisteae
7 Lotononis lanceolata 3-644.54.07 Crotalarieae
8 Dipteryx odorata 3-644.54.08 Dipterygeae
8 Eysenhardtia polystachya 3-644.54.08 Amorpheae
8 Dalea candida 3-644.54.08 Amorpheae
8 Lupinus luteus 3-644.54.08 Genisteae
10 Ormosia nobilis 3-644.54.10 Ormosieae
11 Bowdichia virgilioides 3-644.54.11 Leptolobieae
11 Baphia nitida 3-644.54.11 Baphieae
12 Aspalathus linearis 3-644.54.12 Crotalarieae
12 Vataireopsis araroba 3-644.54.12 Dalbergieae
12 Crotalaria retusa 3-644.54.12 Crotalarieae
13 Laburnum anagyroides 3-644.54.13 Genisteae
13 Lupinus albus 3-644.54.13 Genisteae
13 Acosmium dasycarpum 3-644.54.13 Sophoreae
13 Andira inermis 3-644.54.13 Dalbergieae
13 Myrospermum frutescens 3-644.54.13 Amburaneae
13 Acosmium panamense 3-644.54.13 Sophoreae
13 Zornia diphylla 3-644.54.13 Dalbergieae
13 Zornia latifolia 3-644.54.13 Dalbergieae
14 Cytisus scoparius 3-644.54.14 Genisteae
15 Myroxylon balsamum 3-644.54.15 Amburaneae
15 Styphnolobium japonicum 3-644.54.15 Sophoreae
16 Pterocarpus marsupium 3-644.54.16 Dalbergieae
16 Pterocarpus santalinus 3-644.54.16 Dalbergieae
16 Sophora japonica 3-644.54.16 Sophoreae
16 Machaerium lunatum 3-644.54.16 Dalbergieae
17 Dalbergia pinnata 3-644.54.17 Dalbergieae
17 Ulex europaeus 3-644.54.17 Genisteae
17 Euchresta horsfieldii 3-644.54.17 Euchresteae
BotanyTrees or shrubs, some climbers.
Root: nodule morphology, "aeschynomenoid" or "dalbergioid" nodule.
Leaves: pinnate, unspecialised, 5 to numerous leaflets.
Flowers, relatively simple; free stamens free, stamens monadelphous.
Fruit: indehiscent.
Genistoideae is an extended clade, including:1. the monophyletic ADA clade
1.1 Angylocalyceae: Alexa, Angylocalyx, Monopteryx.
1.2 Dipterygeae: Dipteryx, Pterodon, Taralea.
1.3 Amburaneae: Amburana, Cordyla, Dussia, Myrocarpus, Myrospermum, Myroxylon.
2 Swartzieae: Aldina, Ateleia, Baphiopsis, Bobgunnia, Bocoa, Candolleodendron, Cyathostegia, Dupuya, Holocalyx, Mildbraediodendron, Swartzia, Trischidium.
Typical: actinomorphic; petals incompletely differentiated, single or lacking; profusion and elaboration of numerous free stamens; complete or near complete fusion of sepals.
Amburaneae, Baphieae, and Exostyleae were formerly included in Swartzieae
3. Cladrastiae, N-AMerica, Asia: Cladrastis, Pickeringia, Styphnolobium.
4. Exosyleae: Exostyles, Harleyodendron, Lecointea, Zollernia.
Formerly these genera were inculded in Swartzieae.
5. Vataireae: Luetzelburgia, Sweetia, Vatairea, Vataireopsis.
6. Andireae: Andira, Hymenolobium.
7 Genistoideae
7.1 Ormosiae: Clathrotropis, Ormosia, Panurea, Spirotropis
Formely in Sophoreae. Tropical Americas, also southeast Asia, Australia.
7.2 Brongniartieae: Brongniartia, Cristonia, Cyclolobium, Harpalyce, Hovea, Lamprolobium, Limadendron, Plagiocarpus, Poecilanthe, Tabaroa, Templetonia, Thinicola.
Formely in Sophoreae. Tropical America Australia.
Typical: stamens united by filaments in an adaxially open tube; anthers alternately long and basifixed, short and versatile; anther connective inconspicuous; septa between seeds; aril lateral lobe present and fitting into heel of funicle; fine red glandular processes present in axils; and pollen tricolporate with opercula and no definite endoaperture.
7.3 Leptolobieae: Bowdichia, Diplotropis, Guianodendron, Leptolobium, Staminodianthus.
Formely in Sophoreae. Neotropical, S-America.
7.4 Camoensieae: Camoensia.
Formely in Sophoreae.
7.5 Sophoreae: Acosmium, Airyantha, Ammodendron, Amphimas, Baphiastrum, Bolusanthus, Bowringia, Castanospermum, Dalhousiea, Dermatophyllum, Dicraeopetalum, Dussia, Etaballia, Haplormosia, Inocarpus, Leucomphalos, Maackia, Neoharmsia, Pericopsis, Petaladenium, Platycelyphium, Riedeliella, Sakoanala, Salweenia, Sophora, Staminodianthus, Uleanthus, Uribea, Xanthocercis.
Traditionally Sophoreae has been used as a wastebasket calde to accommodate genera of Faboideae which are actinomorphic and have incompletely differentiated petals and free stamens. Morphological and molecular analyses indicated that Sophoreae as traditionally circumscribed was polyphyletic. This led to a re-circumscription of Sophoreae. Many genera were transferred to other tribes: Amburaneae, Angylocalyceae, Baphieae, Camoensieae, Cladrastiae, Exostyleae, Leptolobieae, Ormosieae, Podalyrieae, and Vataireoids. Two former tribes, Euchresteae and Thermopsideae, were included in Sophoreae.
7.6 Podalyrieae: Amphithalea, Cadia, Calpurnia, Cyclopia, Liparia, Podalyria, Stirtonanthus, Virgilia, Xiphotheca.
7.7 Crotalarieae: Aspalathus, Bolusia, Calobota, Crotalaria, Euchlora, Ezoloba, Lebeckia, Leobordea, Listia, Lotononis, Pearsonia, Rafnia, Robynsiophyton, Rothia, Spartidium, Wiborgia, Wiborgiella.
Typical: containing quinolizidine alkaloids or macrocyclic pyrrolizidine alkaloids.
Africa, South Africa.
7.8 Genisteae: Adenocarpus, Anarthrophyllum, Argyrocytisus, Argyrolobium, Calicotome, Cytisophyllum, Cytisus, Dichilus, Echinospartum, Erinacea, Genista, Gonocytisus, Hesperolaburnum, Laburnum, Lupinus, Melolobium, Petteria, Podocytisus, Polhillia, Retama, Sellocharis, Spartium, Stauracanthus, Ulex.
Region: Mediterranean, Europe, Africa, Canary Islands, India, southwest Asia; North and South America.
Typical: bilabiate calyces with a bifid upper lip and a trifid lower lip; aril lacking or on the short side of the seed; stamen filaments fused in a closed tube with markedly dimorphic anthers; presence of α-pyridone alkaloids, 5-O-methylgenistein, quinolizidine alkaloids, ammodendrine-type dipiperidine alkaloids, macrocyclic pyrrolizidine alkaloids; thorny shrub; used for sweeping with brooms, ornamental landscape plants, wasteland reclamation, sand dune stabilising.
8 Dalbergioidae
Pantropical, neotropics, sub-Saharan Africa.
Indehiscent pods may be a morphological synapomorphy for the clade.
8.1 Amorpheae: Amorpha, Apoplanesia, Dalea, Errazurizia, Eysenhardtia, Marina, Parryella, Psorothamnus.
Formerly in Dalbergioidae. Mexico to Argentina.
Typical: epidermal glands throughout the plant body; dry, indehiscent fruits that are single-seeded; terminal inflorescences.
8.2 Dalbergieae: Adesmia, Aeschynomene, Amicia, Andira, Arachis, Brya, Bryaspis, Cascaronia, Centrolobium, Chaetocalyx, Chapmannia, Cranocarpus, Cyclocarpa, Dalbergia, Diphysa, Discolobium, Fiebrigiella, Fissicalyx, Geissaspis, Geoffroea, Grazielodendron, Humularia, Hymenolobium, Kotschya, Machaerium, Maraniona, Nissolia, Ormocarpopsis, Ormocarpum, Paramachaerium, Peltiera, Pictetia, Platymiscium, Platypodium, Poiretia, Pterocarpus, Ramorinoa, Smithia, Soemmeringia, Steinbachiella, Stylosanthes, Tipuana, Vatairea, Vataireopsis, Weberbauerella, Zornia, Zygocarpum.
LiteratureCardoso, D & others; Reconstructing the deep-branching relationships of the papilionoid legumes; South African Journal of Botany, 89, page 58–75; 2013.
  • Kingdoms
  • ›3 Plants
  • ›6 Angiospermae
  • ›4 Fabanae
  • ›4 Fabidae
  • ›5 Fabales
  • 1Aeschynomene brasiliana
  • 1Ateleia herbert-smithii
  • 2Arachis pintoi
  • 3Arachis hypogaea
  • 3Vatairea guianensis
  • 4Myroxylon balsamum
  • 4Erinacea anthyllis
  • 6Genista tinctoria
  • 6Genista scoparia
  • 6Calicotome villosa
  • 7Laburnum anagyroides
  • 7Lotononis lanceolata
  • 7Amorpha canescens
  • 8Dipteryx odorata
  • 8Eysenhardtia polystachya
  • 8Dalea candida
  • 8Lupinus luteus
  • 9Spirotropis candollei
  • 10Ormosia nobilis
  • 11Bowdichia virgilioides
  • 11Baphia nitida
  • 12Aspalathus linearis
  • 12Vataireopsis araroba
  • 12Crotalaria retusa
  • 13Lupinus albus
  • 13Acosmium dasycarpum
  • 13Andira inermis
  • 13Myrospermum frutescens
  • 13Acosmium panamense
  • 13Zornia diphylla
  • 13Zornia latifolia
  • 13Andira anthelmia
  • 14Cytisus scoparius
  • 15Dalbergia pinnata
  • 15Styphnolobium japonicum
  • 16Pterocarpus marsupium
  • 16Sophora japonica
  • 16Machaerium lunatum
  • 17Ulex europaeus
  • 17Euchresta horsfieldii
  • xSpartium junceum
  • xLiparia splendens
  • xPodalyria calyptrata
  • xAmorpha fruticosa
  • xRetama monosperma
  • xGeoffroea decorticans
  • xSophora microphylla
  • xCalpurnia villosa
  • xDiphysa americana
  • xInocarpus fagifer
  • xMelolobium alpinum
  • xOrmocarpum cochinchinense
  • xOrmosia calavensis
  • xSmithia conferta
  • xStylosanthes fruticosa
  • xBobgunnia madagascariensis
  • xRetama raetam
  • xAdenocarpus decorticans
  • xHovea rosmarinifolia
  • xCentrolobium tomentosum
  • xHolocalyx balansae
  • xTipuana tipu
  • xAmburana cearensis
  • xVirgilia divaricata
  • xAmmopiptanthus mongolicus
  • xCastanospermum australe
  • xSwartzia langsdorffii
  • xGenista canariensis
  • xCrotalaria laburnifolia