Erophaca

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Erophaca
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Inflorescence
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Galegeae
Subtribe:
Genus: Erophaca
Boiss.
Species:
E. baetica
Binomial name
Erophaca baetica
(L.), Boiss.
Synonyms
  • Astragalus lusitanicus Lam.
  • Astragalus dorycnioides Scop.
  • Colutea baetica (L.) Poir.
  • Phaca baetica L.

Erophaca is a monotypic genus of the tribe Galegeae. Its only species Erophaca baetica is an annual plant distributed in disjunct populations in the Mediterranean Region.[1]

According to nrDNA ITS analysis, Erophaca is monophyletic and related to the Astragalean clade. It is also andromonoecious (a rare sexual system among the angiosperms and a novelty for Old World papilionoid legumes).[2][3]

Erophaca baetica has two subspecies distributed at opposite ends of the Mediterranean region:

Some populations in Algeria were found to be hybrids of the two subspecies.

  • Leaves

  • Fruits

References[]

  1. ^ "Erophaca Boiss" (PDF). floraiberica.es. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  2. ^ R. Casimiro‐Soriguer, J. Herrera, S. Talavera (2013). "Andromonoecy in an Old World Papilionoid legume, Erophaca baetica". Plant Biology. 15 (2): 353–359. doi:10.1111/j.1438-8677.2012.00648.x. PMID 22823201. Retrieved September 13, 2020.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  3. ^ Casimiro-Soriguer, Ramón; Talavera, María; Balao, Francisco; Terrab, Anass; Herrera, Javier; Talavera, Salvador (2010). "Phylogeny and genetic structure of Erophaca (Leguminosae), a East–West Mediterranean disjunct genus from the Tertiary". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. RamónCasimiro-Soriguer et al. 56 (1): 441–450. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.02.025. PMID 20219686. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
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