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The genus Dalbergia has a pantropical distribution and comprises approximately 250 species. Previous phylogenetic studies on the genus revealed that Dalbergia is monophyletic and is sister to Machaerium and Aeschynomene sect. Ochopodium. However, due...

Lotus dorycnium s.l. is a complex of taxa traditionally regarded as members of Dorycnium. It has a wide Mediterranean range, extending in the north to Central and Eastern Europe, and in the east to the Crimea, the Caucasus, and the Western Caspian re...

Lotus, with about 120 species, is the largest genus of Leguminosae–Loteae. The last global classification recognized 14 sections, of which 13 were then sampled in molecular phylogenetic analyses. The section remaining unsampled is Lotus sect. B...

The Astragalus subgenus Hypoglottis Bunge, which consists of several sections, is one of the taxonomically most complicated groups in the genus. The Astragalus section Stereothrix Bunge belongs to this subgenus and is a significant element of the Ira...

The classification and phylogenetic relationships within the Phaseoleae tribe (Leguminosae) have consistently posed challenges to botanists. This study addresses these taxonomic intricacies, with a specific focus on the Glycininae subtribe, by conduc...

A new species of Bauhinia from the Brazilian Cerrado is described. Based on floral morphology, it can be assigned to Bauhinia sect. Pauletia ser. Cansenia, but its vegetative characters distinguish it from all other known members of the group. To elu...

The tribe Loteae (Papilioniodeae-Leguminosae), according to plastid data, belongs to the Robinioid clade, which also includes the tribes Robinieae and Sesbanieae. The tribe Loteae contains 16 genera and about two hundred seventy-five species, of whic...