''Calophaca'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s in the

legume Legumes are plants in the pea family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or the fruit or seeds of such plants. When used as a dry grain for human consumption, the seeds are also called pulses. Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for human consum ...

family,

Fabaceae Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomen ...

. It includes nine species, which range from

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through southern Russia and Central Asia to Xinjiang and Pakistan. It belongs to the subfamily

Faboideae The Faboideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An acceptable alternative name for the subfamily is Papilionoideae, or Papilionaceae when this group of plants is treated as a family. This subfamily is widely ...

and is closely related to the genus ''

Caragana ''Caragana'' is a genus of about 80–100 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to Asia and eastern Europe. They are shrubs or small trees growing tall. They have even-pinnate leaves with small leaflets, and solitary or cl ...

''. Nine species are accepted: *'' Calophaca chinensis'' *'' Calophaca grandiflora'' *'' Calophaca pskemica'' *'' Calophaca reticulata'' *'' Calophaca sericea'' *'' Calophaca soongorica'' *'' Calophaca tianschanica'' *'' Calophaca tomentosa'' *'' Calophaca wolgarica'' ''Caragana lidou'', formerly known as ''Calophaca sinica'', was economically profitable historically, but as an effect of

overexploitation Overexploitation, also called overharvesting or ecological overshoot, refers to harvesting a renewable resource to the point of diminishing returns. Continued overexploitation can lead to the destruction of the resource, as it will be unable to ...

is becoming less profitable.

References

Hedysareae Fabaceae genera {{Faboideae-stub