Bossiaeeae

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Bossiaeeae
Goodia lotifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Bossiaeeae
Genera

Goodia
Bossiaea
Platylobium
Muelleranthus
Ptychosema
Aenictophyton

The bossiaeeae are plants with red and yellow flowers endemic to Australia. These pea-flowered shrubs, also called "The Egg-and-Bacon Peas of Australia," make up a tribe of legumes related to the mirbelieae. In fact, phylogenetic analysis suggests that the tribe bossiaeeae is monophyletic with the mirbelieae.

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