Ormosieae

Ormosia sp., copyright Mark Coode.

Belongs within: Papilionoideae.

The Ormosieae are a clade of leguminous plants that are most diverse in northern South America with species of Ormosia also found in southeast Asia and northern Australia. Members of the clade have mostly dehiscent pods with woody valves (Cardoso et al. 2013).

<==OrmosieaeCP13
| i. s.: HaplormosiaCP13
| PetaladeniumCP13
|--+--Panurea longifoliaCP13
| `--+--Clathrotropis nitidaCP13
| `--Spirotropis longifoliaCP13
`--OrmosiaCP13
| i. s.: O. monospermaSWK87
|--O. semicastrataCP13
|--+--O. fordianaCP13
| |--O. formosanaCP13
| |--O. glaberrimaCP13
| `--O. henryiCP13
`--+--+--O. coutinhoiCP13
| `--O. macrocalyxCP13
`--+--+--O. nitidaCP13
| `--+--O. bahiensisCP13
| `--O. limaeCP13
`--+--+--O. krugiiCP13
| `--O. paraensisCP13
`--+--+--O. coccineaCP13
| `--O. timboensisCP13
`--+--O. excelsaCP13
|--+--O. arboreaCP13
| `--O. fastigiataCP13
`--+--O. colombianaCP13
|--O. costulataCP13
|--O. smithiiCP13
`--O. stipularisCP13

*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.

[SWK87] Snyder, N. F. R., J. W. Wiley & C. B. Kepler. 1987. The Parrots of Luquillo: Natural history and conservation of the Puerto Rican parrot. Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology: Los Angeles.

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