Crotalarieae | |
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Crotalaria verrucosa | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Clade: | Meso-Papilionoideae |
Clade: | Genistoids |
Clade: | Core Genistoids |
Tribe: | Crotalarieae (Benth.) Hutch.[1] |
Genera | |
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Synonyms[2] | |
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Crotalarieae is a tribe of flowering plants belonging to the family Fabaceae. It includes rooibos (Aspalathus linearis), which is harvested for sale as a tisane.
The Crotalarieae arose 31.2 ± 3.4 million years ago (in the Oligocene).[3][4] The members of this tribe consistently form a monophyletic clade in molecular phylogenetic analyses.[3][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] The tribe does not currently have a node-based definition and no morphological synapomorphies have been identified.[5][7] Several genera in the tribe produce quinolizidine alkaloids or macrocyclic pyrrolizidine alkaloids.[12][17][18]
Crotalarieae comprises the following genera:[19][20][21][22]