Cladrastis clade | |
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Pickeringia montana | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Clade: | Cladrastis clade (Wojciechowski et al. 2004 [1] ) Wojciechowski 2013 [2] |
Genera [3] | |
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The Cladrastis clade is a monophyletic clade of the flowering plant subfamily Faboideae (or Papilionaceae) that is found in eastern Asia and southern North America. [2] [3] [4] It is consistently resolved in molecular phylogenies and is sister to the Meso-Papilionoideae. [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] Evidence for the existence of this clade was first proposed based on morphological (floral), cytological, and biochemical evidence. [11] [12] It is predicted to have diverged from the other legume lineages 47.4±2.6 million years ago (in the Eocene). [13]
This clade is composed of three genera: Cladrastis , the monotypic Pickeringia , and Styphnolobium . [8] Fossils of species of Cladrastis and Styphnolobium have been discovered. [14] 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. [2] The clade is defined as:
"The most inclusive crown clade containing Cladrastis kentukea (Dum. Cours.) Rudd 1971 but not Dermatophyllum secundiflorum (Ortega) Gandhi & Reveal 2011 or Swartzia simplex Spreng. 1825." [2]
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