Baphieae Explained

The tribe Baphieae is one of the subdivisions of the plant family Fabaceae. The Baphieae tribe arose 55.3 ± 0.4 million years ago (in the early Eocene).^[1]

Genera

The Baphieae tribe has been circumscribed to include the following genera, which used to be placed in tribes Sophoreae and Swartzieae:^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

• Airyantha Brummitt
• Baphia Afzel. ex Lodd. et al.
• Baphiastrum Harms
• Baphiopsis Benth. ex Baker
• Bowringia Champ. ex Benth.
• Dalhousiea Wall. ex Benth.
• Leucomphalos Benth. ex Planch.

This clade does not currently have a node-based, phylogenetic definition. Members of the Baphieae exhibit the following synapomorphies:

…free stamens and poorly differentiated lower petals, or flowers sometimes appearing radially symmetrical,…simple or unifoliolate leaves, anthers more or less basifixed, and the calyx splitting to the base either down one side only and so appearing spathaceous, or down both sides and so becoming bilabiate.

Notes and References

1. Lavin M, Herendeen PS, Wojciechowski MF . 2005 . Evolutionary rates analysis of Leguminosae implicates a rapid diversification of lineages during the tertiary . . 54 . 4 . 575–94 . 10.1080/10635150590947131 . 16085576 . free .
2. Wojciechowski MF, Lavin M, Sanderson MJ . 2004 . A phylogeny of legumes (Leguminosae) based on analysis of the plastid matK gene resolves many well-supported subclades within the family . . 91 . 11 . 1846–862 . 10.3732/ajb.91.11.1846 . 21652332. free .
3. Book: Ireland HE . 2005 . Tribe Swartzieae . http://www.kew.org/science-research-data/lowo/TaxonomicView/SubFamily/Tribe/index.htm?kew_lowo_accepted_name_path=Swartzieae . Lewis G, Schrire B, MacKinder B, Lock M . Legumes of the world . Kew, UK . Royal Botanic Gardens . 214–225 . 978-1900347808 . 2016-11-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202160032/http://www.kewbooks.com/asps/ShowDetails.asp?id=506 . 2014-02-02 . dead .
4. Book: Pennington RT, Stirton CH, Schrire BD . 2005 . Tribe Sophoreae . http://www.kew.org/science-research-data/lowo/TaxonomicView/SubFamily/Tribe/index.htm?kew_lowo_accepted_name_path=Sophoreae . Lewis G, Schrire B, Mackinder B, Lock M . Legumes of the World . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . 227–249 . 978-1900347808 . 2016-11-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202160032/http://www.kewbooks.com/asps/ShowDetails.asp?id=506 . 2014-02-02 . dead .
5. Cardoso D, de Queiroz LP, Pennington RT, de Lima HC, Fonty É, Wojciechowski MF, Lavin M . 2012 . Revisiting the phylogeny of papilionoid legumes: new insights from comprehensively sampled early-branching lineages . . 99 . 12 . 1991–2013 . 10.3732/ajb.1200380 . 23221500 .
6. Web site: Sophoreae p. p. 8 . Legumes of the World . . November 2, 2016.