Aeschynomeneae
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The tribe
Aeschynomeneae is one of the subdivisions of the plant family
Fabaceae
. It is composed of the following subtribes and genera.
Subtribe Aeschynomeninae:
Subtribe Discolobiinae:
Subtribe Ormocarpinae:
Subtribe Poiretiinae:
Subtribe Stylosanthinae:
Tribe (biology)
In biology, a tribe is a taxonomic rank between family and genus. It is sometimes subdivided into subtribes.Some examples include the tribes: Canini, Acalypheae, Hominini, Bombini, and Antidesmeae.-See also:* Biological classification* Rank...
Aeschynomeneae is one of the subdivisions of the plant family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Fabaceae
Fabaceae
The Fabaceae or Leguminosae, commonly known as the legume, pea, or bean family, is a large and economically important family of flowering plants. The group is the third largest land plant family, behind only the Orchidaceae and Asteraceae, with 730 genera and over 19,400 species...
. It is composed of the following subtribes and genera.
Subtribe Aeschynomeninae:
- AeschynomeneAeschynomeneAeschynomene is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. They are known commonly as jointvetches. These legumes are most common in warm regions and many species are aquatic...
L. - BryaspisBryaspisBryaspis is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
P. A. Duvign. - CyclocarpaCyclocarpaCyclocarpa is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
Afzel. ex Urb. - GeissaspisGeissaspisGeissaspis is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
Wight & Arn. - HumulariaHumulariaHumularia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
P. A. Duvign. - KotschyaKotschyaKotschya is a genus of about 30 species of legumes in the Fabaceae family.It contains the following species:* Kotschya platyphylla...
Endl. - SmithiaSmithiaSmithia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
Aiton - SoemmeringiaSoemmeringiaSoemmeringia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
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Subtribe Discolobiinae:
- DiscolobiumDiscolobiumDiscolobium is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
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Subtribe Ormocarpinae:
- ChaetocalyxChaetocalyxChaetocalyx is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
DC. - DiphysaDiphysaDiphysa is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae....
Jacq. - FiebrigiellaFiebrigiellaFiebrigiella is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
Harms - NissoliaNissoliaNissolia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
Jacq. - OrmocarpopsisOrmocarpopsisOrmocarpopsis is a genus of legume in the Fabaceae family.It contains the following species:* Ormocarpopsis aspera* Ormocarpopsis calcicola* Ormocarpopsis itremoensis* Ormocarpopsis mandrarensis* Ormocarpopsis parvifolia...
R. Vig. - OrmocarpumOrmocarpumOrmocarpum is a genus of legume in the Fabaceae family.It contains the following species:* Ormocarpum dhofarense* Ormocarpum klainei...
P. Beauv. - PeltieraPeltieraPeltiera is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
Du Puy & Labat - PictetiaPictetiaPictetia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
DC. - ZygocarpumZygocarpumZygocarpum is a genus of legume in the Fabaceae family.It contains the following species:* Zygocarpum caeruleum...
Thulin & Lavin
Subtribe Poiretiinae:
- AmiciaAmiciaAmicia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae. It is named in honor of the Italian astronomer, mathematician and microscopist Giovanni Battista Amici ....
Kunth - PoiretiaPoiretiaPoiretia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
Vent. - WeberbauerellaWeberbauerellaWeberbauerella is a South American genus of herb, currently containing a single accepted species Weberbauerella brongniartioides....
Ulbr. - ZorniaZorniaZornia is a cosmopolitan genus of herbs from the legume family Fabaceae.-Species:*Zornia albiflora Mohlenbr.*Zornia bracteata J. F...
J. F. Gmel.
Subtribe Stylosanthinae:
- ArachisArachisArachis is a genus of about 70 species of annual and perennial flowering plants in the pea family , native to South America. At least one species, the peanut , is a major food crop species of global importance; some of the other species are cultivated for food to a small extent in South America....
L. - ChapmanniaChapmanniaChapmannia is a genus of legume in the Fabaceae family.It contains the following species:* Chapmannia gracilis* Chapmannia reghidensis* Chapmannia sericea* Chapmannia tinireana...
Torr. & A. Gray - StylosanthesStylosanthesStylosanthes is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
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