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South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences

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The molecular phylogenetic study resurrected and re-delimited the high diversity leguminous tribe Astragaleae. Astragaleae is described, and a generic key was proposed. We recognized 16 genera within Astragaleae: Astragalus, Biserrula, Carmichaelia,  Clianthus, Colutea, Eremosparton, Erophaca, Lessertia,  Montigena, Oxytropis, Phyllolobium, Podlechiella,  Smirnowia, Sphaerophysa, Streblorrhiza, and Swainsona.

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Lei Duan, Chun Su, Jun Wen, Yu-Wen Ji, Yan Jiang, Ting Zhang, Joseph L. M. Charboneau, Lin Fu, Qi-Fei Yi, Fa-Guo Wang, Tie-Yao Tu, Shi-Jin Li, Kai-Wen Jiang, Yu-Han Fang, Hong-Feng Chen

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