Loteae

Loteae
Lotus hirsutus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Clade:	Meso-Papilionoideae
Clade:	Non-protein amino acid-accumulating clade
Clade:	Hologalegina
Clade:	Robinioids
Tribe:	Loteae DC.
Synonyms
Coronilleae

The tribe Loteae is a subdivision of the plant family Fabaceae, in the Robinioids. These genera are recognized by the USDA:[1][2]

• Acmispon Raf. 1832
• Anthyllis L. 1753
• Antopetitia A.Rich. 1840
• Coronilla L. 1753
• Cytisopsis Jaub. & Spach 1844
• Dorycnium Mill. 1754 – included in Lotus
• Dorycnopsis Boiss. 1839[Note 1]
• Hammatolobium Fenzl 1842
• Hippocrepis L. 1753—horseshoe vetches
• Hosackia Douglas ex Lindl. 1829[Note 2]
• Hymenocarpos Savi
• Kebirita Kramina & D.D.Sokoloff 2001[Note 2]
• Lotus L. 1753—bird's-foot trefoils
• Ornithopus L. 1753
• Ottleya D.D.Sokoloff 1999[Note 3]
• Podolotus Royle 1835[Note 2]
• Pseudolotus Rech.f. 1958
• Scorpiurus L. 1753—scorpion's tails
• Securigera DC. 1805[Note 4]—crown vetches
• Syrmatium Vogel 1836[Note 3]
• Tetragonolobus Scop. 1772[Note 2]
• Tripodion Medik. 1787[Note 1]
• Vermifrux J.B.Gillett 1966[Note 1]

Notes

1. Possibly synonymous with Anthyllis
2. Possibly synonymous with Lotus
3. Possibly synonymous with Acmispon
4. Possibly synonymous with Coronilla

References

1. "Loteae". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. January 17, 2003. Retrieved January 31, 2009.
2. Allan GJ, Zimmer EA, Wagner WL, Sokoloff DD (2003). "Molecular phylogenetic analyses of tribe Loteae (Leguminosae): Implications for classification and biogeography". In Klitgaard BB, Bruneau A (eds.). Advances in Legume Systematics, Part 10: Higher Level Systematics. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. pp. 371–393. ISBN 978-1-842-46054-2.

External links

• Media related to Loteae at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Loteae at Wikispecies