Amherstieae

Life-forms

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: Detarioideae
Tribus: Amherstieae
Genera: Amherstia – Annea – Anthonotha – Aphanocalyx – Berlinia – Bikinia – Brachycylix – Brachystegia – Brownea – Browneopsis – Crudia – Cryptosepalum – Cynometra – Dicymbe – Didelotia – Ecuadendron – Englerodendron – Gabonius – Gilbertiodendron – Heterostemon – Humboldtia – Hymenostegia – Icuria – Isoberlinia – Julbernardia – Lebruniodendron – Leonardoxa – Librevillea – Loesenera – Macrolobium – Maniltoa – Michelsonia – Micklethwaitia – Microberlinia – Neochevalierodendron – Normandiodendron – Oddoniodendron – Paloue – Paramacrolobium – Plagiosiphon – Polystemonanthus – Pseudomacrolobium – Scorodophloeus – Talbotiella – Tamarindus – Tetraberlinia – Zenkerella
Name

Amherstieae Benth., J. Bot. (Hooker) 2: 73. (1840)

Type genus: Amherstia Wall., Phil. Mag. n.s., 3: 233. (1826)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Cynometreae Benth. (1840)
Phyllocarpeae Britton & Rose (1930)
Brachystegioideae Hutch. (1964)
Macrolobieae Breteler (1995)

References
Primary references

Bentham, G. 1840. Journal of Botany, being a second series of the Botanical Miscellany 2: 73.

Additional references

Breteler, F.J. 2008. Anthonotha and Isomacrolobium (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae): two distinct genera. Systematics and Geography of Plants 8: 137–144. JSTOR Reference page.
de la Estrella, M., Forest, F., Klitgård, B., Lewis, G.P., Mackinder, B.A., de Queiroz, L.P., Wieringa, J.J. & Bruneau, A. 2018. A new phylogeny-based tribal classification of subfamily Detarioideae, an early branching clade of florally diverse tropical arborescent legumes. Scientific Reports 8(1): 6884. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-24687-3 Open access PDF Reference page.
de la Estrella, M., Wieringa, J.J., Breteler, F.J. & Ojeda, D.I. 2019. Re-evaluation of the genus Englerodendron (Leguminosae–Detarioideae), including Isomacrolobium and Pseudomacrolobium. Australian Systematic Botany 32(6): 564-571. DOI: 10.1071/SB18075 Open access Reference page.
Legume Phylogeny Working Group 2017. A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny. Taxon 66(1): 44–77. DOI: 10.12705/661.3 PDF. Reference page.
Redden, K.M., Herendeen, P.S. & Lewis, G.P. 2018. Understanding Paloue (Leguminosae: Detarioideae): revision of a predominantly Guiana Shield endemic. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 109: 1–44. PDF Reference page.

Links

International Plant Names Index. 2019. Amherstieae. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 21 2019. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Amherstieae. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Feb. 2019. Reference page.