Calophaca

Calophaca is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes nine species, which range from Ukraine through southern Russia and Central Asia to Xinjiang and Pakistan.^[1] It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae and is closely related to the genus Caragana.^[2] Nine species are accepted:^[1]

• Calophaca chinensis Boriss.
• Calophaca grandiflora Regel
• Calophaca pskemica Gorbunova
• Calophaca reticulata Sumnev.
• Calophaca sericea B.Fedtsch. ex Boriss.
• Calophaca soongorica Kar. & Kir.
• Calophaca tianschanica (B.Fedtsch.) Boriss.
• Calophaca tomentosa Blatt. & Hallb.
• Calophaca wolgarica (L.f.) Pall. ex Fisch.

Calophaca
Calophaca wolgarica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Tribe:	Hedysareae
Genus:	Calophaca Fisch. (1812)
Species[1]
9; see text

Caragana lidou, formerly known as Calophaca sinica, was economically profitable historically, but as an effect of overexploitation is becoming less profitable.^[3]