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Table 1 Overview of morphology-based sections in Fabeae compared to molecular results.

From: Systematics, biogeography, and character evolution of the legume tribe Fabeae with special focus on the middle-Atlantic island lineages

Genus

Subgenus

Section

Geographic range

No. of accepted species

No. of sequenced species

Monophyletic?

Lathyrus

 

Aphaca

Eurasia, Mediterranean region

2

1

?

  

Clymenum

Mediterranean region

4

3

No

  

Lathyrus

Eurasia

31

15

No

  

Lathyrostylis

Eurasia

16

6

No

  

Linearicarpus

Eurasia, Mediterranean region

7

3

No

  

Neurolobus

Crete

1

1

NA

  

Nissolia

Eurasia, Mediterranean region

1

1

NA

  

Notolathyrus

S America, Southern N America

22

14

Yes

  

Orobastrum

Eurasia, Mediterranean region

1

1

NA

  

Orobon

Caucasus Mts.

1

1

NA

  

Orobus

Eurasia, Mediterranean region, N & C America

44

36

No

  

Pratensis

Eurasia, Mediterranean region

6

2

Yes

  

Viciopsis

S Europe, Turkey, NW Africa

1

1

NA

Lens

  

Mediterranean region, Asia Minor

5

5

Yes

Pisum

  

Mediterranean region, Asia Minor

2

2

Yes

Vavilovia

  

Caucasus Mts.

2

2

Yes

Vicia

Vicia

Atossa

Eurasia, Mediterranean region

4

2

No

  

Faba

Eurasia, Mediterranean region

2

2

Yes

  

Bithynicae

Mediterranean region

1

1

NA

  

Wiggersia

Eurasia, Mediterranean region

2

2

No

  

Microcarinae

Mediterranean region

1

1

NA

  

Narbonensis

Mediterranean region, Asia Minor

7

7

Yes

  

Hypechusa

Eurasia, Mediterranean region

13

11

No

  

Peregrinae

Mediterranean region, Asia Minor

3

3

Yes

  

Vicia

Eurasia, Mediterranean region

5

5

No

 

Vicilla

Americanae

East Asia, N America

2

2

Yes

  

Anatropostylia

Asia

1

0

NA

  

Australes

Mexico, C & S America

17

6

No

  

Cassubicae

Eurasia, Mediterranean region, Pacific coast of N & S America

7

7

No

  

Cracca

Eurasia, Mediterranean region, N America

45

29

No

  

Ervilia

Mediterranean region, Asia Minor

2

1

?

  

Ervoides

Mediterranean region, Asia Minor

1

1

NA

  

Ervum

Eurasia, Mediterranean region

3

3

Yes

  

Lentopsis

Turkey

1

1

NA

  

Mediocinctae

Southern USA

1

1

NA

  

Panduratae

Mediterranean region, Asia Minor

3

2

No

  

Pedunculatae

S Europe, Asia Minor, NW Africa

3

2

No

  

Perditae

Azores

1

1

NA

  

Subvillosae

Asia

1

1

NA

  

Trigonellopsis

Mediterranean region, Asia Minor

3

2

Yes

  

Variegatae

S Europe, Caucasus Mts., Asia

3

1

?

  

Vicilla

Eurasia, Mediterranen region

15

13

No

  

Volutae

Southeastern Europe, Caucasus Mts.

1

1

NA

  1. List of the sections based on Kupicha’s system [7, 8] and Maxted’s modifications in Vicia[14] with total species number, number of species included in our analyses and status as monophyletic or not based on the molecular results.