Erophaca

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Galegeae
Genus: Erophaca
Species: E. baetica
Name

Erophaca Boiss., Voy. Bot. Espagne 2: 176 (1840).

Type species: Erophaca baetica (L.) Boiss.

References
Primary references

Boissier, P.E. 1839–1845. Voyage botanique dans le midi de l'Espagne pendant l'année 1837. Tome II. 757 pp. Paris: Gide. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 176.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Erophaca in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jan 04. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. 04. Published online. Accessed: Jan 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Erophaca. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jan 04.
Hassler, M. 2021. Erophaca. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jan 04. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Erophaca in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names
English: Iberian Milk Vetch

Erophaca is a monotypic genus of the tribe Galegeae. Its only species Erophaca baetica is an annual 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

"Erophaca Boiss" (PDF). floraiberica.es. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
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. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
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. Retrieved September 13, 2020.