Crotalarieae

Crotalarieae
Crotalaria verrucosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Clade: Meso-Papilionoideae
Clade: Genistoids
Clade: Core Genistoids
Tribe: Crotalarieae
(Benth.) Hutch.[1]
Genera

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Synonyms[2]
  • Crotalarieae L.
  • Borbonieae Hutch. 1964
  • Genisteae subtribe Crotalariinae Benth. 1865
  • Lotononideae Hutch. 1964

Crotalarieae is a tribe of flowering plants belonging to the family Fabaceae. It includes rooibos (Aspalathus linearis), which is harvested for sale as a tisane.

  1. ^ Wojciechowski MF (2013). "Towards a new classification of Leguminosae: Naming clades using non-Linnaean phylogenetic nomenclature". S Afr J Bot. 89: 85–93. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2013.06.017.
  2. ^ van Wyk B.-E. (2013). "Kew entry for Crotalarieae". www.kew.org. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, England. Retrieved 31 March 2014.[permanent dead link]