Cajaninae

Pigeon pea Cajanus cajan, copyright Tauʻolunga.

Belongs within: Papilionoideae.

The Cajaninae are a group of legumes characterised by the production of distinctive secretory structures such as vesicular glands and/or bulbous-based trichomes.

<==Cajaninae CP13
    |--+--Eriosema CP13
    |  |    |--E. chinense LK14
    |  |    |--E. diffusum CP13
    |  |    `--E. harmsiana CV06
    |  `--Rhynchosia CP13
    |       |--R. australis LK14
    |       |--R. edulis CP13
    |       |--R. erythrinoides J87
    |       |--R. minima LK14
    |       `--R. rostrata LK14
    `--Cajanus CP13
         |--C. acutifolius LK14
         |--C. cajan CP13
         |--C. cinereus LK14
         |--C. confertiflorus B00
         |--C. geminatus LK14
         |--C. hirtopilosus LK14
         |--C. indicus R35
         |--C. lanceolatus LK14
         |--C. latisepalus LK14
         |--C. marmoratus LK14
         |--C. pubescens LK14
         |--C. reticulatus LK14
         |    |--C. r. var. reticulatus LK14
         |    `--C. r. var. grandiflorus LK14
         |--C. scarabaeoides LK14
         |    |--C. s. var. scarabaeoides LK14
         |    `--C. s. var. pedunculatus LK14
         `--C. viscidus LK14

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[B00] Braby, M. F. 2000. Butterflies of Australia: their identification, biology and distribution vol. 2. CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood (Victoria).

[CP13] Cardoso, D., R. T. Pennington, L. P. de Queiroz, J. S. Boatwright, B.-E. Van Wyk, M. F. Wojciechowski & M. Lavin. 2013. Reconstructing the deep-branching relationships of the papilionoid legumes. South African Journal of Botany 89: 58–75.

[CV06] Craven, P., & P. Vorster. 2006. Patterns of plant diversity and endemism in Namibia. Bothalia 36 (2): 175–189.

[J87] Judd, W. S. 1987. Floristic study of Morne La Visite and Pic Macaya National Parks, Haiti. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum—Biological Sciences 32 (1): 1–136.

[LK14] Lyons, M. N., G. J. Keighery, L. A. Gibson & T. Handasyde. 2014. Flora and vegetation communities of selected islands off the Kimberley coast of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 81: 205–244.

[R35] Rayment, T. 1935. A Cluster of Bees: Sixty essays on the life-histories of Australian bees, with specific descriptions of over 100 new species. Endeavour Press: Sydney.