Trifolieae

{{Short description|Tribe of legumes}}

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| taxon = Trifolieae

| authority = (Bronn) Endl.

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The tribe Trifolieae is one of the subdivisions of the plant family Fabaceae. It is included within the inverted repeat-lacking clade (IRLC).{{cite web |url=http://tolweb.org/IRLC_%28Inverted_Repeat-lacking_clade%29/60358 |title=IRLC (Inverted Repeat-lacking clade) |author=Martin F. Wojciechowski |publisher=Tree of Life Web Project |date=July 11, 2006 |accessdate=November 12, 2013}} All of the members of this tribe are trifoliate.

These genera are recognized by the USDA:{{cite web |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/family.pl?1558 |title=Trifolieae |date=January 17, 2003 |accessdate=July 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021012940/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/family.pl?1558 |archivedate=October 21, 2013 }}

• Medicago L. – alfalfas, medicks
• Melilotus Mill. – sweetclovers
• Ononis L. – restharrows
• Parochetus Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don – shamrock pea, blue oxalis
• Trifolium L. – clovers
• Trigonella L. – fenugreeks