Subfamily: Faboideae.
Phylogenetic Number: 3.11.26.
Tribe: Desmodieae.
Subtribe: Lespedezinae.
Species Studied - Species in Genus: 0 studied; 1 in genus.
Bailey and Doyle (1997), using the chloroplast rpl2 intron, suggested that Neocollettia is not a member of Desmodieae, but did not indicate where it should be placed. Fruits and seeds of N. wallichii (W.S. Kurz) A.K. Schindler are unknown.
Tribe Desmodieae
Ohashi et al. (1981) started their treatment of the Desmodieae with these thoughts: "A sensible classification of Desmodieae is prejudiced by the traditional over-weighting of fruit characters." (sic) "The fruit normally consists of indehiscent jointed articles, but fruits that open have arisen at least seven times..." They supplemented their text with a fruit-seed plate. They placed Brya and Cranocarpus (11.02), the only two New World endemic genera, in the new subtribe Bryinae, "characterized most notably by glochidiate hairs." Bailey et al. (1997), using the chloroplast rpl2 intron and ORF184, suggested that Brya, Cranocarpus, Phylacium (11.22), and Neocollettia (11.26) are not members of Desmodieae and that they probably belong in Aeschynomeneae (14).
Authors: J.H. Kirkbride, Jr., C.R. Gunn, A.L. Weitzman, M.J. Dallwitz, K.R. Thiele
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