Sophora Sophora

Sophora - Definition and Overview

Sophora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Division:Magnoliophyta
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Fabales
Family:Fabaceae
Subfamily:Faboideae
Tribe:Sophoreae
Genus:Spohora
Species

Including:
Sophora alopecuroides - Sophora Root
Sophora microphylla - Kowhai
Sophora secundiflora - Mescalbean
Sophora tetraptera - Kowhai

Sophora is a genus of small trees and shrubs in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae.

The genus formerly had a broader interpretation including many other species now treated in other genera, notably Styphnolobium, which differs in lacking nitrogen fixing bacteria (rhizobia) on the roots.

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