Crotalarieae

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.

Description

The Crotalarieae arose 31.2 ± 3.4 million years ago (in the Oligocene). The members of this tribe consistently form a monophyletic clade in molecular phylogenetic analyses. The tribe does not currently have a node-based definition and no morphological synapomorphies have been identified. Several genera in the tribe produce quinolizidine alkaloids or macrocyclic pyrrolizidine alkaloids.

Genera

Crotalarieae comprises the following genera:

• Aspalathus <small>L.</small>
• Bolusia <small>Benth.</small>

• Calobota <small>Eckl. & Zeyh.</small>
• Crotalaria <small>L.</small>

• Euchlora <small>Eckl. & Zeyh.</small>
• Ezoloba <small>B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.</small>

• Lebeckia <small>Thunb.</small>
• Leobordea <small>Del.</small>

• Listia <small>E. Mey.</small>
• Lotononis <small>(DC.) Eckl. & Zeyh.</small>

• Pearsonia <small>Dummer</small>

• Rafnia <small>Thunb.</small>
• Robynsiophyton <small>R.Wilczek</small>
• Rothia <small>Pers.</small>

• Wiborgia <small>Thunb.</small>
• Wiborgiella <small>Boatwr. & B.-E. van Wyk</small>

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