Crotalarieae
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Crotalarieae is a tribe of flowering plant
s belonging to the bean
family Fabaceae
. It includes the following genera:
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s belonging to the bean
Bean
Bean is a common name for large plant seeds of several genera of the family Fabaceae used for human food or animal feed....
family 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 includes the following genera:
- AspalathusAspalathusAspalathus is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. The yellow flowers and spiny habit of some species have suggested a resemblance to Ulex europaeus, the thorny "English gorse" Accordingly "Cape Gorse" has been proposed as a common name although the resemblance is largely...
L. - BolusiaBolusiaBolusia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
Benth. - Calobota Eckl. & Zeyh.
- CrotalariaCrotalariaCrotalaria is a genus of herbaceous plants and woody shrubs in the Family Fabaceae commonly known as rattlepods. Some 600 or more species of Crotalaria are described worldwide, mostly from the tropics; at least 500 species are known from Africa. Some species of Crotalaria are grown as ornamentals...
L. - LebeckiaLebeckiaLebeckia is a genus of legume in the Fabaceae family.It contains the following species:* Lebeckia brevicarpa* Lebeckia brevipes* Lebeckia candolleana* Lebeckia contaminata* Lebeckia dinteri* Lebeckia pauciflora...
Thunb. - LotononisLotononisLotononis is a genus of legume in the Fabaceae family and in the Crotalarieae tribe. This is a partial list of species that belong to the genus:* Lotononis adpressa N. E. Br.* Lotononis angolensis Welw. ex Baker...
(DC.) Eckl. & Zeyh. - PearsoniaPearsoniaPearsonia is an African plant genus of some 12 species belonging to the family Fabaceae and occurring south of the equator with 1 species found on Madagascar....
Dummer - RafniaRafniaRafnia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
Thunb. - RobynsiophytonRobynsiophytonRobynsiophyton is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
R.Wilczek - RothiaRothia (legume)Rothia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
Pers. - Spartidium Pomel
- WiborgiaWiborgiaWiborgia is an African genus of the family Fabaceae. It was named for Erik Viborg by Carl Peter Thunberg.-References:Dahlgren, Rolf Studies on Wiborgia Thunb. and related species of Lebeckia Thunb. . Opera Botanica, 38, 1-83....
Thunb. - Wiborgiella Boatwr. & B.-E. van Wyk