A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny: The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG)

• DOI: 10.12705/661.3
• Publication Date: 2017-03-10T03:04:03Z
• Authors: Nasim Azani; Marielle Babineau; C. Donovan Bailey; Hannah Banks; Ariane R. Barbosa; Rafael Barbosa Pinto; James S. Boatwright; Leonardo M. Borges; Gillian K. Brown; Anne Bruneau; Elisa Candido; Domingos Cardoso; Kuo-Fang Chung; Ruth P. Clark; Adilva de S. Conc...; Michael Crisp; Paloma Cubas; Alfonso Delgado-S...; Kyle G. Dexter; Jeff J. Doyle; Jérôme Duminil; Ashley N. Egan; Manuel de la Estr...; Marcus J. Falcão; Dmitry A. Filatov; Ana Paula Fortuna...; Renée H. Fortunato; Edeline Gagnon; Peter Gasson; Juliana Gastaldel...; Ana Maria Goulart...; Bee Gunn; David Harris; Elspeth Haston; Julie A. Hawkins; Patrick S. Herendeen; Colin E. Hughes; João R.V. Iganci; Firouzeh Javadi; Sheku Alfred Kanu; Shahrokh Kazempou...; Geoffrey C. Kite; Bente B. Klitgaard; Fábio J. Kochanovski; Erik J.M. Koenen; Lynsey Kovar; Matt Lavin; Marianne le Roux; Gwilym P. Lewis; Haroldo C. de Lima; Maria Cristina Ló...; Barbara Mackinder; Vitor Hugo Maia; Valéry Malécot; Vidal F. Mansano; Brigitte Marazzi; Sawai Mattapha; Joseph T. Miller; Chika Mitsuyuki; Tania Moura; Daniel J. Murphy; Madhugiri Nageswa...; Bruno Nevado; Danilo Neves; Dario I. Ojeda; R. Toby Pennington; Darién E. Prado; Gerhard Prenner; Luciano Paganucci...; Gustavo Ramos; Fabiana L. Ranzat...; Pétala G. Ribeiro; María de Lourdes ...; Michael J. Sanderson; Juliana Santos-Silva; Wallace M.B. São-...; Marcos J.S. Silva; Marcelo F. Simon; Carole Sinou; Cristiane Snak; Élvia R. de Souza; Janet Sprent; Kelly P. Steele; Julia E. Steier; Royce Steeves; Charles H. Stirton; Shuichiro Tagane; Benjamin M. Torke; Hironori Toyama; Daiane Trabuco da...; Mohammad Vatanparast; Jan J. Wieringa; Michael Wink; Martin F. Wojciec...; Tetsukazu Yahara; Tingshuang Yi; Erin Zimmerman
• Keywords: Caesalpinioideae; Subfamily; Monophyly

Abstract The classification of the legume family proposed here addresses long‐known non‐monophyly traditionally recognised subfamily Caesalpinioideae, by recognising six robustly supported monophyletic subfamilies. This new uses as its framework most comprehensive phylogenetic analyses legumes to date, based on plastid matK gene sequences, and including near‐complete sampling genera (698 currently 765 genera) ca. 20% (3696) known species. region has been widely sequenced across legumes, in lineages, this is sufficiently variable yield well‐supported clades. analysis resolves same major clades other phylogenies whole nuclear sets (with much sparser taxon sampling). Our improves upon previous studies that have used large Leguminosae for addressing evolutionary questions, because it maximises generic provides a tree fully curated set sequences are vouchered taxonomically validated. trees obtained underlying data available browse download, facilitating subsequent require trees. Here we propose community‐endorsed reflects structure consistently resolved recognises subfamilies Leguminosae: recircumscribed Caesalpinioideae DC., Cercidoideae Legume Phylogeny Working Group (stat. nov.), Detarioideae Burmeist., Dialioideae Duparquetioideae Papilionoideae DC. Mimosoideae distinct clade nested within referred informally mimosoid pending forthcoming formal tribal and/or clade‐based Caesalpinioideae. We provide key identification, descriptions with diagnostic charactertistics subfamilies, figures illustrating their floral fruit diversity, lists subfamily. represents consensus view international systematics community; invokes both compromise practicality use.