Desmodieae
Encyclopedia
The tribe
Desmodieae is one of the subdivisions of the plant family
Fabaceae
. It is composed of two subtribes, Desmodiinae and Lespedezinae. Recent phylogenetics
has this tribe nested within tribe Phaseoleae
.
The following genera
are recognized by the USDA:
Subtribe Desmodiinae:
Subtribe Lespedezinae:
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...
Desmodieae 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 two subtribes, Desmodiinae and Lespedezinae. Recent phylogenetics
Phylogenetics
In biology, phylogenetics is the study of evolutionary relatedness among groups of organisms , which is discovered through molecular sequencing data and morphological data matrices...
has this tribe nested within tribe Phaseoleae
Phaseoleae
The plant tribe Phaseoleae is one of the subdivisions of the legume subfamily Faboideae. This group includes many of the beans cultivated for human and animal food, most importantly from the genera Phaseolus and Vigna....
.
The following genera
Genera
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are recognized by the USDA:
Subtribe Desmodiinae:
- AlysicarpusAlysicarpusAlysicarpus is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae.- Some species :*Alysicarpus nummularifolius; according to some same as A. vaginalis*Alysicarpus ovalifolius J. Léonard; alyce clover...
Desv. - AphyllodiumAphyllodiumAphyllodium is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
(DC.) Gagnep. - ArthroclianthusArthroclianthusArthroclianthus is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
Baill. - ChristiaChristiaChristia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
Moench - CodariocalyxCodariocalyxCodariocalyx is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
Hassk. - DendrolobiumDendrolobiumDendrolobium is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
(Wight & Arn.) Benth. - DesmodiastrumDesmodiastrumDesmodiastrum is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
(Prain) A. Pramanik & Thoth. - DesmodiumDesmodiumDesmodium is a genus in the flowering plant family Fabaceae, sometimes called tick-trefoil, tick clover or beggar lice. There are dozens of species and the delimitation of the genus has shifted much over time....
Desv. - DroogmansiaDroogmansiaDroogmansia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
De Wild. - EleiotisEleiotisEleiotis is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
DC. - LeptodesmiaLeptodesmiaLeptodesmia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
(Benth.) Benth. & Hook. f. - MecopusMecopusMecopus is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae....
Benn. - MelliniellaMelliniellaMelliniella is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae....
Harms - NephrodesmusNephrodesmusNephrodesmus is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
Schindl. - PhyllodiumPhyllodiumPhyllodium is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
Desv. - PseudarthriaPseudarthriaPseudarthria is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
Wight & Arn. - PycnosporaPycnosporaPycnospora is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae....
R. Br. ex Wight & Arn. - TadehagiTadehagiTadehagi is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
H. Ohashi - TrifidacanthusTrifidacanthusTrifidacanthus is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
Merr. - UrariaUrariaUraria is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
Desv.
Subtribe Lespedezinae:
- CampylotropisCampylotropisCampylotropis is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
Bunge - KummerowiaKummerowiaKummerowia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
Schindl. - LespedezaLespedezaLespedeza is a genus of some 40 species of flowering plants in the pea family , commonly known as bush clovers or Japanese clovers...
– bush clovers, Japanese clovers (some 40 species)