Leptolobieae

Leptolobieae is a Neotropical, early-branching monophyletic clade of the flowering plant subfamily Faboideae or Papilionaceae that are mostly found in South America.

Leptolobieae Temporal range: Late Paleocene - recent[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Leptolobium dasycarpum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Clade:	Meso-Papilionoideae
Clade:	Genistoids
Tribe:	Leptolobieae (Benth.) Cardoso et al. 2013[2]
Genera
Bowdichia Kunth Diplotropis Benth. Guianodendron Sch. Rodr. & A. M. G. Azevedo Leptolobium Vogel Staminodianthus D.B.O.S. Cardoso, H.C. Lima & L.P. Queiroz
Synonyms
Bowdichia clade Cardoso et al. 2012

Description

This tribe is composed of five genera, two of which were originally included in the genus Acosmium (Guianodendron^[3] and Leptolobium^[4]) and one of which was originally assigned to the genus Diplotropis (Staminodianthus^[5]). All of these genera were traditionally included in the tribe Sophoreae. However, recent molecular phylogenetic analyses resolved these five genera into a strongly-supported monophyletic clade, which warranted the reinstatement of the tribe Leptolobieae.^[2][6] A potential morphological synapomorphy for the tribe is: "tufts of minute colleter-like glands in the axils of bract and bracteoles".^[2][6][7]