Adesmia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Adesmia clade within the Dalbergieae.[2][3]

Adesmia
Adesmia salicornioides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Dalbergieae
Genus: Adesmia
DC. (1825)
Type species
Adesmia muricata
(Jacq.) DC.
Species

Over 200; see text.

Synonyms[1]
  • Heteroloma Desv. ex Rchb. (1828)
  • Patagonium Schrank (1808 publ. 1809)
  • Streptodesmia A.Gray (1853)

The species range across southern South America, from Peru and southeastern Brazil to Argentina and Chile.[1]

Species edit

Adesmia comprises the following species:[4][5]

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References edit

  1. ^ a b Adesmia DC. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  2. ^ Lavin M, Pennington RT, Klitgaard BB, Sprent JI, de Lima HC, Gasson PE (2001). "The dalbergioid legumes (Fabaceae): delimitation of a pantropical monophyletic clade". Am J Bot. 88 (3): 503–33. doi:10.2307/2657116. JSTOR 2657116. PMID 11250829.
  3. ^ Cardoso D, Pennington RT, de Queiroz LP, Boatwright JS, Van Wyk B-E, Wojciechowskie MF, Lavin M (2013). "Reconstructing the deep-branching relationships of the papilionoid legumes". S Afr J Bot. 89: 58–75. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2013.05.001.
  4. ^ "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Adesmia". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  5. ^ National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Adesmia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  6. ^ Fortuna-Perez, AP (2021). "Secretory structures of the Adesmia clade (Leguminosae): Implications for evolutionary adaptation in dry environments". Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics. 48: 125588. doi:10.1016/j.ppees.2020.125588. S2CID 234014546.