Hedysareae is a tribe of plants in the subfamily Faboideae. Hedysareae species have loments, a type of modified legume that breaks apart at constrictions occurring between the segments of the seeds.
Genera The tribe consists of the following genera:United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) (2003): Germplasm Resources Information Network – Hedysareae. Version of 17 January 2003. Retrieved 2010-08-05.
Caraganean clade Calophaca Fisch. ex DC. Caragana Fabr. Halimodendron Fisch. ex DC.
Chesneyean clade Chesneya Lindl. ex Endl. Gueldenstaedtia Fisch. Spongiocarpella Yakovlev & N. Ulziykh. Tibetia (Ali) H. P. Tsui
Hedysaroid clade Alhagi Gagnebin Corethrodendron Fisch. ex Bashiner Ebenus L. Eversmannia Bunge Greuteria Amirahmadi & Kaz. Osaloo. Hedysarum L. Onobrychis Mill. Sartoria Boiss. & Heldr. Sulla Medik. Taverniera DC.
Systematics Molecular phylogenetics have uncovered the following relationships:
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