Cercidoideae Temporal range: | |
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Cercis siliquastrum | |
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Phanera variegata | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Cercidoideae Legume Phylogeny Working Group [3] |
Type genus | |
Cercis L. | |
Genera | |
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Cercidoideae is a subfamily in the pea family, Fabaceae. Well-known members include Cercis (redbuds), including species widely cultivated as ornamental trees in the United States and Europe, Bauhinia , widely cultivated as an ornamental tree in tropical Asia, and Tylosema , a semi-woody genus of Africa. The subfamily occupies a basal position within the Fabaceae and is supported as monophyletic in many molecular phylogenies. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] At the 6th International Legume Conference, the Legume Phylogeny Working Group proposed elevating the tribe Cercidae to the level of subfamily within the Leguminosae (Fabaceae). [10] The consensus agreed to the change, which was fully implemented in 2017. [3] It has the following clade-based definition:
The most inclusive crown clade containing Cercis canadensis L. and Bauhinia divaricata L. but not Poeppigia procera C.Presl, Duparquetia orchidacea Baill., or Bobgunnia fistuloides (Harms) J.H.Kirkbr. & Wiersema. [3]
Many genera show unique palynology. [11] [12]
Cercidoideae comprises the following genera [3] [13] [14] organized into tribes: [15]
Molecular phylogenetics suggest the following relationships: [13] [15] [16] [19]
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