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Genus of legumes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Erophaca is a monotypic genus of the tribe Galegeae. Its only species, Erophaca baetica, is a perennial plant distributed in disjunct populations in the Mediterranean Region.[1]
Erophaca | |
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Inflorescence | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Tribe: | Galegeae |
Subtribe: | Erophacinae |
Genus: | Erophaca Boiss. |
Species: | E. baetica |
Binomial name | |
Erophaca baetica | |
Synonyms | |
According to nrDNA ITS analysis, Erophaca is monophyletic and related to the Astragalean clade. It is also andromonoecious (a rare sexual system among the angiosperms and a novelty for Old World papilionoid legumes).[2][3]
Erophaca baetica has two subspecies distributed at opposite ends of the Mediterranean region:
Some populations in Algeria were found to be hybrids of the two subspecies.
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