Erophaca is a monotypic genus of the tribe Galegeae. Its only species, Erophaca baetica, is a perennial plant distributed in disjunct populations in the Mediterranean Region.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Tribe: | Galegeae |
| Subtribe: | Erophacinae |
| Genus: | Erophaca Boiss. |
| Species: | E. baetica
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| Erophaca baetica | |
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According to nrDNA ITS analysis, Erophaca is monophyletic and related to the Astragalean clade. It is also andromonoecious (a rare sexual system among the angiosperms and a novelty for Old World papilionoid legumes).[2][3]
Erophaca baetica has two subspecies distributed at opposite ends of the Mediterranean region:
- E. baetica subsp. baetica: Native to the southern half of the Iberian Peninsula (Portugal and Spain) and Northwest Africa (Morocco and Algeria).
- E. baetica subsp. orientalis: Native to the Eastern Mediterranean (Greece, Turkey, Cyprus and Lebanon).
Some populations in Algeria were found to be hybrids of the two subspecies.
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References
edit- ^ "Erophaca Boiss" (PDF). floraiberica.es. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
- ^ R. Casimiro-Soriguer; J. Herrera; S. Talavera (2013). "Andromonoecy in an Old World Papilionoid legume, Erophaca baetica". Plant Biology. 15 (2): 353–359. Bibcode:2013PlBio..15..353C. doi:10.1111/j.1438-8677.2012.00648.x. PMID 22823201. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
- ^ Casimiro-Soriguer, Ramón; Talavera, María; Balao, Francisco; Terrab, Anass; Herrera, Javier; Talavera, Salvador (2010). "Phylogeny and genetic structure of Erophaca (Leguminosae), a East–West Mediterranean disjunct genus from the Tertiary". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 56 (1). RamónCasimiro-Soriguer et al.: 441–450. Bibcode:2010MolPE..56..441C. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.02.025. PMID 20219686. Retrieved September 13, 2020.