The
tribeOrmosieae is one of the subdivisions of the plant
familyFabaceae, primarily found in tropical regions of the
Americas, but also in southeast
Asia and northern
Australia.[1][3] The members of this tribe were formerly included in tribe
Sophoreae,[4] but were recently
circumscribed into a new tribe.[2][1][5] The members of this tribe consistently form a
monophyletic clade in
molecular phylogenetic analyses.[1][6][7][8][9][10][11] The tribe does not currently have a node-based definition, but morphological
synapomorphies have been tentatively identified: "mostly dehiscent pods with woody valves"[1] and "tufts of minute colleter-like glands in the axils of bract and bracteoles".[1] Like other genistoids, members of tribe Ormosieae are known to produce
quinolizidine alkaloids.[12]
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