Baphieae

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).^[3]

Baphieae
Baphia nitida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Clade:	Meso-Papilionoideae
Tribe:	Baphieae (Yakovlev 1991) Cardoso et al. 2013[1]
Type genus
Baphia Afzel. ex Lodd. et al.
Genera
See text
Synonyms
Baphia group sensu Polhill, 1981 Baphioid clade Pennington et al. 2001[2] Sophoreae sensu Polhill, 1981 pro parte 8 Swartzieae sensu Cowan, 1981 pro parte D

Genera

The Baphieae tribe has been circumscribed to include the following genera, which used to be placed in tribes Sophoreae and Swartzieae:^{[1][2][4][5][6][7][8]}

• 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.^[7][8]