Crotalarieae | |
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Crotalaria verrucosa | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Clade: | Meso-Papilionoideae |
Clade: | Genistoids |
Clade: | Core Genistoids |
Tribe: | Crotalarieae (Benth.) Hutch. [1] |
Genera | |
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Synonyms [2] | |
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Crotalarieae is a tribe of flowering plants belonging to the family Fabaceae. It includes rooibos (Aspalathus linearis), which is harvested for sale as a tisane.
The Crotalarieae arose 31.2 ± 3.4 million years ago (in the Oligocene). [3] [4] The members of this tribe consistently form a monophyletic clade in molecular phylogenetic analyses. [3] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] The tribe does not currently have a node-based definition and no morphological synapomorphies have been identified. [5] [7] Several genera in the tribe produce quinolizidine alkaloids or macrocyclic pyrrolizidine alkaloids. [12] [17] [18]
Crotalarieae comprises the following genera: [19] [20] [21] [22]
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