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 Fisch. ex DC.Caragana Fabr.Halimodendron Fisch. ex DC.

Chesneyean clade

Chesneya Lindl. ex Endl.Gueldenstaedtia Fisch.Spongiocarpella Yakovlev & N. Ulziykh.Tibetia H. P. Tsui

Hedysaroid clade

Alhagi GagnebinCorethrodendron Fisch. ex BashinerEbenus L.Eversmannia BungeGreuteria Amirahmadi & Kaz. Osaloo.Hedysarum L.Onobrychis Mill.Sartoria Boiss. & Heldr.Sulla Medik.Taverniera DC.

Systematics

Molecular phylogenetics have uncovered the following relationships: