Biology:Erophaca

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Short description: Genus of legumes

Erophaca
Astragalus lusitanicus 056b.JPG
Inflorescence
Scientific classification edit
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
  • (L.) Poir. Lam.
  • L. Astragalus dorycnioides
  • Astragalus lusitanicus Scop.
  • Colutea baetica Phaca baetica

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.

  • Leaves

  • Fruits

References

  1. ↑ "Erophaca Boiss". floraiberica.es. http://www.floraiberica.es/floraiberica/texto/pdfs/07_29%20Erophaea.pdf. 
  2. ↑ R. Casimiro‐Soriguer; J. Herrera; S. Talavera (2013). "Andromonoecy in an Old World Papilionoid legume, Erophaca baetica". Plant Biology 15 (2): 353–359. doi:10.1111/j.1438-8677.2012.00648.x. PMID 22823201. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1438-8677.2012.00648.x. 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 (RamónCasimiro-Soriguer et al.) 56 (1): 441–450. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.02.025. PMID 20219686. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S105579031000093X. Retrieved September 13, 2020. 

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