Calophaca is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes nine species, which range from Ukraine through southern Russia and Central Asia to Xinjiang and Pakistan.[1] It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae and is closely related to the genus Caragana.[2] Nine species are accepted:[1]
- Calophaca chinensis Boriss.
- Calophaca grandiflora Regel
- Calophaca pskemica Gorbunova
- Calophaca reticulata Sumnev.
- Calophaca sericea B.Fedtsch. ex Boriss.
- Calophaca soongorica Kar. & Kir.
- Calophaca tianschanica (B.Fedtsch.) Boriss.
- Calophaca tomentosa Blatt. & Hallb.
- Calophaca wolgarica (L.f.) Pall. ex Fisch.
| Calophaca | |
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| Calophaca wolgarica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Tribe: | Hedysareae |
| Genus: | Calophaca Fisch. (1812) |
| Species[1] | |
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9; see text | |
Caragana lidou, formerly known as Calophaca sinica, was economically profitable historically, but as an effect of overexploitation is becoming less profitable.[3]
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Calophaca.
- ^ a b c Calophaca Fisch. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ Zhang M, Fritsch PW, Cruz BC (2009). "Phylogeny of Caragana (Fabaceae) based on DNA sequence data from rbcL, trnS–trnG, and ITS". Mol Phylogenet Evol. 50 (3): 547–59. Bibcode:2009MolPE..50..547Z. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.12.001. PMID 19100848.
- ^ Guo, Bin; Zheng, Zhi-Li; Gao, Kai; Ma, Jia-Lin; Wang, Jian-Yi; Yang, Fei; An, Xin-Min (2020-01-02). "Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of Calophaca sinica Rehd". Mitochondrial DNA Part B. 5 (1): 614–615. doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1710608. PMC 7748687. PMID 33366671.
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