Brongniartieae
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| Brongniartieae | |
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| Templetonia retusa | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Clade: | Meso-Papilionoideae |
| Clade: | Genistoids |
| Tribe: | Brongniartieae (Benth.) Ross and Crisp[1][2] |
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| Range of the Brongniartieae | |
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The tribe Brongniartieae is one of the subdivisions of the plant family Fabaceae, primarily found in tropical regions of the Americas and in Australia[9] The members of this tribe consistently form a monophyletic clade in molecular phylogenetic analyses.[4][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] The tribe does not currently have a node-based definition, but morphological synapomorphies have been identified:
"stamens united by filaments in an adaxially open tube; anthers alternately long and basifixed, short and versatile; anther connective inconspicuous; septa present between seeds in pods; aril lateral lobe present and fitting into heel of funicle; fine red glandular processes present in axils; and pollen tricolporate with opercula and no definite endoaperture."[4][9][19]
