Erophaca

Erophaca
Inflorescence
Scientific classification Edit this 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
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:

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

  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.