inverted repeat-lacking clade

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Etymology

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Proper noun

inverted repeat-lacking clade

A taxonomic clade within the family Fabaceae – most of the economically important legumes, characterized by the loss of one the two 25-kb inverted repeats in the plastid genome that are found in most land plants.

Synonyms

(clade): IRLC, inverted repeat loss clade

Hypernyms

(clade): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids - clades; Fabales - order; Fabaceae - family; Faboideae - subfamily; Canavanine, Hologalegina - clades

Hyponyms

(clade): Astragaleae (syn. Galegeae), Hedysareae, Fabeae - tribes; Glycyrrhiza, Callerya, Wisteria - genera incertae sedis
- Astragalus, Oxytropis, Lupinus, Trifolium, Hedysarum, Lathyrus, Vicia, Onobrychis, Medicago, Swainsonia, Caragana, Ononis, Lessertia, Caragana - selected genera

References

inverted repeat-lacking clade on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Faboideae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
inverted repeat loss clade at APWeb

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