Genistoids
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The Genistoids are one of the major radiations in the plant family Fabaceae. Members of this phylogenetic clade are primarily found in the Southern hemisphere.[2][4][5] Some genera are pollinated by birds.[4] The genistoid clade is consistently resolved as monophyletic in molecular phylogenetic analyses.[2][4][5][11][12][13][14][15] It is estimated to have arisen 56.4 ± 0.2 million years ago (in the Paleocene).[12] A node-based definition for the genistoids is: "the MRCA of Poecilanthe parviflora and Lupinus argenteus."[2] One morphological synapomorphy has been tentatively identified: production of quinolizidine alkaloids.[2][16][17][18] Some genera also accumulate pyrrolizidine.[4][5] A new genus, to be segregated from Clathrotropis, has also been proposed to occupy an undetermined position within the genistoid clade.[4][5]
Genistoids | |
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Genista hirsuta | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Clade: | Meso-Papilionoideae |
Clade: | Genistoids Wojciechowski et al. 2004[2][3] |
Tribes[4][5] | |
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