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.
Description The Crotalarieae arose 31.2 ± 3.4 million years ago (in the Oligocene). The members of this tribe consistently form a monophyletic clade in molecular phylogenetic analyses. The tribe does not currently have a node-based definition and no morphological synapomorphies have been identified. Several genera in the tribe produce quinolizidine alkaloids or macrocyclic pyrrolizidine alkaloids.
Genera Crotalarieae comprises the following genera:
Aspalathus L. Bolusia Benth.
Calobota Eckl. & Zeyh. Crotalaria L.
Euchlora Eckl. & Zeyh. Ezoloba B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.
Lebeckia Thunb. Leobordea Del.
Listia E. Mey. Lotononis (DC.) Eckl. & Zeyh.
Pearsonia Dummer
Rafnia Thunb. Robynsiophyton R.Wilczek Rothia Pers.
Wiborgia Thunb. Wiborgiella Boatwr. & B.-E. van Wyk
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