Leptolobieae
Clade of legumes
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Leptolobieae is a Neotropical, early-branching monophyletic clade of the flowering plant subfamily Faboideae or Papilionaceae that are mostly found in South America.
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| Leptolobium dasycarpum | |
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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: | Leptolobieae (Benth.) Cardoso et al. 2013[2] |
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Description
This tribe is composed of five genera, two of which were originally included in the genus Acosmium (Guianodendron[3] and Leptolobium[4]) and one of which was originally assigned to the genus Diplotropis (Staminodianthus[5]). All of these genera were traditionally included in the tribe Sophoreae. However, recent molecular phylogenetic analyses resolved these five genera into a strongly-supported monophyletic clade, which warranted the reinstatement of the tribe Leptolobieae.[2][6] A potential morphological synapomorphy for the tribe is: "tufts of minute colleter-like glands in the axils of bract and bracteoles".[2][6][7]
