See text The tribe Amorpheae is an early-branching clade within the flowering plant subfamily Faboideae or Papilionaceae.

[2] It was recently found to belong in a larger clade known informally as the dalbergioids sensu lato.

[2][3][4] This tribe is consistently resolved as monophyletic in molecular phylogenetic analyses.

[6] A node-based definition for Amorpheae is: "the MRCA of Psorothamnus arborescens and Eysenhardtia orthocarpa.

"[6] The tribe exhibits the following morphological synapomorphies: "epidermal glands throughout the plant body; dry, indehiscent fruits that are single-seeded; and terminal inflorescences.