Belongs within: Papilionoideae.
Contains: Crotalaria.
The Crotalarieae are a primarily African group of leguminous plants united by molecular analyses, distinguished from the closely related Genisteae by the absence of bilabiate calyces with a bifid upper lip and a trifid lower lip (Cardoso et al. 2013).
<==CrotalarieaeCP13
|--+--Euchlora hirsutaCP13
| `--+--Bolusia amboensisCP13
| `--CrotalariaCP13
`--+--LebeckiaCP13
| |--L. dinteriCV06
| |--L. obovataCV06
| `--L. sericeaCP13
`--+--Rafnia angulataCP13
`--AspalathusCP13
|--A. linearisK02
`--A. pinguisCP13
Crotalarieae incertae sedis:
CalobotaCP13
EzolobaCP13
LeobordeaCP13
LotononisCP13
|--L. bracteosaCV06
|--L. erianthaH17
|--L. lotoidesD17
| |--L. l. var. lotoidesD17
| `--L. l. var. micranthaD17
|--L. mirabilisCV06
|--L. pachycarpaCV06
|--L. pallidiroseaCV06
|--L. schreiberiCV06
|--L. stolzii Harms 1917H17
`--L. umbellataH17
PearsoniaCP13
RobynsiophytonCP13
WiborgiaCP13
WiborgiellaCP13
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[CP13] Cardoso, D., R. T. Pennington, L. P. de Queiroz, J. S. Boatwright, B.-E. Van Wyk, M. F. Wojciechowski & M. Lavin. 2013. Reconstructing the deep-branching relationships of the papilionoid legumes. South African Journal of Botany 89: 58–75.
[CV06] Craven, P., & P. Vorster. 2006. Patterns of plant diversity and endemism in Namibia. Bothalia 36 (2): 175–189.
[D17] Diels, L. 1917. Beiträge zur Flora der Zentral-Sahara und ihrer Pflanzengeographie. Nach der Sammelausbeute des Freiherrn Hans Geyr von Schweppenburg. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 54 (Beiblatt 120): 51–155.
[H17] Harms, H. 1917. Leguminosae africanae. IX. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 54: 379–392.
[K02] Krüger, M. 2002. Revision of the Afrotropical Ennominae of the Drepanogynis group IV: the genus Drepanogynis Guenée (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Transvaal Museum Monograph 13: 1–220.