Sophoreae

Sophora denudata

Sophoreae is a tribe in the subfamily of the Fabaceae ( Faboideae ) within the legume family ( Fabaceae ). The species of this tribe are among the most pristine in this subfamily.

Description

There are woody plants: evergreen or deciduous shrubs and trees, rarely lianas are :; (example Bowringia callicarpa Champ ex Benth. ). or perennial herbaceous plants. The leaves are often pinnate or fingered. Stipules are present or absent.

There shall be lateral or terminal, racemose or Rispige inflorescences. The flowers and zygomorphic to nearly radial symmetry and often fünfzählig with double perianth. The five sepals are fused to different extents. The (rarely one to ) usually five petals can be white, yellow or purple. There are usually ten (six to thirty) stamens present. The stamens can all be completely free or be grown up to half their length, the outermost, are rarely nine to far grown up. The anthers are all the same. The single carpel containing one to several ovules.

Are formed legumes, which are sometimes winged. The kidney-shaped, elliptical or spherical seeds have a small hilum and sometimes an aril.

The chromosome number in the tribe extends from x = 8 to 14, the most common are x = 11 and x = 9

Occurrence

Species of the tribe are found in the tropical and temperate regions of America, Africa, Australia, Europe and Asia.

System

The Tribe Sophoreae consists of 42 to 46 genera ( full list after GRIN) with about 370 to 400 species:

• Acosmium Schott: with about 16 species: Acosmium bijugum ( Vogel) Yakovlev
• Acosmium Brachystachyum ( Benth. ) Yakovlev
• Acosmium dasycarpum ( Vogel) Yakovlev
• Acosmium diffusissimum ( Mohlenbr. ) Yakovlev
• Acosmium fallax ( Taub. ) Yakovlev
• Acosmium glaziovianum ( Harms ) Yakovlev
• Acosmium lentiscifolium Schott
• Acosmium mohlenbrockii Yakovlev
• Acosmium nitens ( Vogel) Yakovlev
• Acosmium panamense ( Benth. ) Yakovlev
• Acosmium parvifolium ( Harms ) Yakovlev
• Acosmium praeclarum ( Sandwith ) Yakovlev
• Acosmium subelegans ( Mohlenbr. ) Yakovlev
• Acosmium tenuifolium ( Vogel) Yakovlev
• Acosmium tomentellum ( Mohlenbr. ) Yakovlev
• Acosmium trichonema Rizzini

• Airyantha borneensis ( Oliv. ) Brummitt
• Airyantha schweinfurthii ( Taub. ) Brummitt

• Alexa bauhiniiflora
• Alexa canaracunensis
• Alexa confusa
• Alexa cowanii
• Alexa grandiflora
• Alexa herminiana
• Alexa imperatricis
• Alexa surinamensis
• Alexa wachenheimii

• Ammodendron bifolium ( Pall. ) Yakovlev
• Ammodendron conollyi Boiss.
• Ammodendron eichwaldii Ledeb.
• Ammodendron karelinii fish. & C.A.Mey.

• Amphimas ferrugineus Pellegr.
• Amphimas pterocarpoides Harms
• Amphimas tessmannii Harms

• Angylocalyx boutiqueanus L.Touss.
• Angylocalyx braunii Harms
• Angylocalyx oligophyllus ( Baker) Baker f
• Angylocalyx pynaertii De Wild.
• Angylocalyx schumannianus Taub.

• Baphia capparidifolia Baker
• Baphia madagascariensis C.H.Stirt. & Du Puy

• Bolusanthus speciosus ( Bolus ) Harms: With home in Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

• Bowdichia nitida Benth.
• Bowdichia virgilioides Kunth

• Cadia commersoniana Baill.
• Cadia ellisiana Baker
• Cadia emarginatior M.Pelt.
• Cadia pedicellata Baker
• Cadia pubescens Boii ex Baker
• Cadia purpurea ( G.Piccioli ) Aiton (Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia)
• Cadia rubra R.Vig.

• Calia arizonica ( S.Watson ) Yakovlev
• Meskalbohne ( Calia secundiflora ( Ortega) Yakovlev )

• Camoensia brevicalyx Benth.
• Camoensia scandens ( Welw. ) J.B.Gillett

• Australian chestnut ( Castanospermum australe A.Cunn. & C.Fraser )

• American yellowwood ( Cladrastis kentukea ( Dum. Cours. ) Rudd )
• Cladrastis parvifolia C.Y.Ma
• Cladrastis platycarpa ( Maxim. ) Makino
• Cladrastis scandens C.Y.Ma
• Cladrastis sikokiana ( Makino ) Makino
• Cladrastis sinensis Hemsl.
• Cladrastis wilsonii Takeda

• Aromata ( Clathrotropis brachypetala ( Tul. ) Kleinhoonte )
• Clathrotropis brunnea Amshoff
• Clathrotropis glaucophylla Cowan
• Clathrotropis macrocarpa Ducke
• Clathrotropis nitida ( Benth. ) Harms

• Dalhousiea africana S.Moore
• Dalhousiea bracteata ( Roxb. ) Benth.
• Dalhousiea paucisperma handle.

• Dicraeopetalum capuronianum ( M.Pelt. ) Yakovlev
• Dicraeopetalum mahafaliense ( M.Pelt. ) Yakovlev

• Dussia coriacea Pierce
• Dussia cuscatlanica ( Standl. ) Standlschmaus. & Steyerm.
• Dussia discolor ( Benth. ) Amshoff
• Dussia foxii Rudd
• Dussia lehmannii Harms
• Dussia macroprophyllata ( Donn. Sm ) Harms
• Dussia martinicensis Taub.
• Dussia mexicana ( Standl. ) Harms
• Dussia sanguinea Urb. Ekman &
• Dussia tessmannii Harms

• Haplormosia monophylla ( Harms ) Harms

• Leucomphalos mildbraedii ( Harms ) Breteler

• Luetzelburgia andrade - limae H.C: Lima
• Luetzelburgia auriculata ( Allemão ) Ducke
• Luetzelburgia bahiensis Yakovlev
• Luetzelburgia guaissara Toledo
• Luetzelburgia pallidiflora ( Rizzini ) H.C. Lima
• Luetzelburgia praecox ( Harms ) Harms
• Luetzelburgia reitzii Burkart
• Luetzelburgia trialata ( Ducke ) Ducke

• Monopteryx angustifolia Benth.
• Monopteryx inpae W.A.Rodrigues
• Monopteryx uaucu Benth.

• Myrocarpus emarginatus ALBSartori & AMGAzevedo
• Myrocarpus fastigiatus Allemão
• Myrocarpus frondosus Allemão
• Myrocarpus leprosus pimples
• Myrocarpus venezuelensis Rudd

• Myrospermum frutescens Jacq.

• Myroxylon balsamum (L.) Harms
• Myroxylon peruiferum L. f

• Neoharmsia baronii ( Drake ) R.Vig. emend Peltier
• Neoharmsia madagascariensis R.Vig.

• Panurea longifolia Benth.

• Pericopsis angolensis ( Baker) Meeuwen
• Pericopsis elata ( Harms ) Meeuwen
• Pericopsis laxiflora ( Baker) Meeuwen
• Pericopsis mooniana Thwaites

• Petaladenium urceoliferum Ducke

• Sakoanala madagascariensis R.Vig.
• Sakoanala villosa R.Vig.

• Salweenia wardii Baker f

• Sophora affinis Torr. & A. Gray
• Sophora albescens ( Rehder ) C.Y.Ma
• Sophora albo- petiolulata Léonard
• Sophora alopecuroides L.
• Sophora arizonica S.Watson
• Sophora bakeri Prain
• Sophora benthamii Steenis
• Sophora brachygyna C.Y.Ma
• Sophora chrysophylla ( Salisb. ) Seem.
• Sophora conzattii Standlschmaus.
• Sophora davidii ( Franch. ) Pavol.
• Sophora denudata Bory
• Sophora microphylla Ait.
• Sophora tetraptera J.F.Mill. Sophora tomentosa
• Sophora tomentosa L.
• Sophora tonkinensis Gagnep.
• Toromiro ( Sophora toromiro Skottsb. ), Endemic to Easter Island.

• Styphnolobium affine
• Styphnolobium burseroides
• Styphnolobium caudatum M.Sousa & Rudd
• Styphnolobium conzattii
• Japanese pagoda tree ( Styphnolobium japonicum (L.) Schott)
• Styphnolobium monteviridis
• Styphnolobium parviflorum
• Styphnolobium protantherum
• Styphnolobium sporadicum

• Sweetia atrata Mohlenbr.
• Sweetia fruticosa Spreng.

• Uleanthus erythrinoides Harms

• Uribea tamarindoides Dugand & Romero: With only one in Costa Rica and Colombia native species:

• Xanthocercis madagascariensis Baill. ( Syn: Cadia anomala Vatke, Pseudocadia anomala ( Vatke ) Harms ): In the provinces of Antsiranana, Mahajanga and Toamasina at altitudes between 0 and 500 m.