Erophaca

Erophaca
	Inflorescence
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Tribe:	Galegeae
Subtribe:	Erophacinae
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 a perennial 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:

E. baetica subsp. baetica: Native to the southern half of the Iberian Peninsula (Portugal and Spain) and Northwest Africa (Morocco and Algeria).

E. baetica subsp. orientalis: Native to the Eastern Mediterranean (Greece, Turkey, Cyprus and Lebanon).

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

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Fruits

^ "Erophaca Boiss" (PDF). floraiberica.es. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
^ R. Casimiro-Soriguer; J. Herrera; S. Talavera (2013). "Andromonoecy in an Old World Papilionoid legume, Erophaca baetica". Plant Biology. 15 (2): 353–359. Bibcode:2013PlBio..15..353C. doi:10.1111/j.1438-8677.2012.00648.x. PMID 22823201. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
^ 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. 56 (1). RamónCasimiro-Soriguer et al.: 441–450. Bibcode:2010MolPE..56..441C. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.02.025. PMID 20219686. Retrieved September 13, 2020.

[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. Bibcode:2013PlBio..15..353C. doi:10.1111/j.1438-8677.2012.00648.x. PMID 22823201. Retrieved September 13, 2020.

[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. 56 (1). RamónCasimiro-Soriguer et al.: 441–450. Bibcode:2010MolPE..56..441C. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.02.025. PMID 20219686. Retrieved September 13, 2020.

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