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Galegeae

Galegeae is a tribe of the subfamily Faboideae. The tribe is found mostly in the northern hemisphere, but can also be found in Australia, Africa, and South America. The type genus is Galega.[1]

Classification

The tribe Galegeae contains roughly twenty genera.[2] Indigofereae and Psoraleeae were once included as subtribes, but have since been elevated as distinct tribes.[3]

Subtribe Astragalinae

Clade Carmichaelinae[4]
Clade Coluteinae[4]
Insertae sedis

Subtribe Galeginae

Subtribe Glycyrrhizinae

References

  1. ^ Dassanayake, M D, et al. (1980). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon. Taylor & Francis. p. 109. ISBN 90-6191-064-1. 
  2. ^ "GRIN Taxonomy for Plants; tribe Galegeae". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Retrieved 2007-09-09. 
  3. ^ Rydberg, P A (November 1923). "Genera of North American Fabaceae. I. Tribe Galegeae". American Journal of Botany (Botanical Society of America) 10 (9): 485–498. doi:10.2307/2446388. JSTOR 2446388. 
  4. ^ a b Wagstaff, Steven J.; Peter B. Heenan and Michael J. Sanderson (1999). "Classification, origins, and patterns of diversification in New Zealand Carmichaelia (Fabaceae)". American Journal of Botany 86 (9): 1346–1356. doi:10.2307/2656781. JSTOR 2656781. PMID 10487821. Retrieved 2010-08-05. 
  5. ^ NOTE: Possibly synonymous with Swainsona.
  6. ^ a b c d NOTE: Possibly synonymous with Astragalus.
  7. ^ NOTE: Possibly synonymous with Gueldenstaedtia.
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