Hedysareae

Hedysareae is a tribe of plants in the subfamily Faboideae. Hedysareae species have loments, a type of modified legume that breaks apart at constrictions occurring between the segments of the seeds.

Genera

The tribe consists of the following genera:

Caraganean clade

• Calophaca <small>Fisch. ex DC.</small>
• Caragana <small>Fabr.</small>
• Halimodendron <small>Fisch. ex DC.</small>

Chesneyean clade

• Chesneya <small>Lindl. ex Endl.</small>
• Gueldenstaedtia <small>Fisch.</small>
• Spongiocarpella <small>Yakovlev & N. Ulziykh.</small>
• Tibetia <small>(Ali) H. P. Tsui</small>

Hedysaroid clade

• Alhagi <small>Gagnebin</small>
• Corethrodendron <small>Fisch. ex Bashiner</small>
• Ebenus <small>L.</small>
• Eversmannia <small>Bunge</small>
• Greuteria <small>Amirahmadi & Kaz. Osaloo.</small>
• Hedysarum <small>L.</small>
• Onobrychis <small>Mill.</small>
• Sartoria <small>Boiss. & Heldr.</small>
• Sulla <small>Medik.</small>
• Taverniera <small>DC.</small>

Systematics

Molecular phylogenetics have uncovered the following relationships:

References