Biology:Lycorideae

Short description: Tribe of flowering plants

Lycorideae
Lycoris sanguinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Amaryllidoideae
Tribe:	Lycorideae Herb.
Type genus
Lycoris L.
Genera
Lycoris Ungernia
Synonyms
Lycoreae

Lycorideae are a small tribe of subfamily Amaryllidoideae (family Amaryllidaceae). They are herbaceous monocot perennial flowering plants endemic to Asia, and consisting of two genera including the type genus, Lycoris.

Taxonomy

Phylogeny

The placement of Lycorideae within subfamily Amaryllidoideae is shown in the following cladogram:

Cladogram: Tribes of subfamily Amaryllidoideae

Subfamily Amaryllidoideae Africa  Tribe Amaryllideae       Africa  Tribe Cyrtantheae     Africa  Tribe Haemantheae   Australasia Tribe Calostemmateae         Eurasian clade Asia Tribe Lycorideae   Mediterranean   Tribe Galantheae       Tribe Pancratieae     Tribe Narcisseae         American clade Hippeastroid clade   Tribe Griffineae     Tribe Hippeastreae     Andean clade     Tribe Eustephieae         Tribe Eucharideae/Stenomesseae         Tribe Clinantheae     Tribe Hymenocallideae

Subdivision

There are two genera:

• Lycoris
• Ungernia

Bibliography

• Meerow, Alan W.; Snijman, Deirdre A. (2006). "The never-ending story: multigene approaches to the phylogeny of Amaryllidaceae". Aliso 22: 355–366. doi:10.5642/aliso.20062201.29. http://naldc-legacy.nal.usda.gov/naldc/download.xhtml?id=2425&content=PDF. Retrieved 25 January 2015. 
• Vigneron, Pascal. "Amaryllidaceae" (in French). http://www.amaryllidaceae.org//index.htm. 
• "Amaryllidaceae: A taxonomic tool for the Amaryllidaceae of the world". eMonocot. http://amaryllidaceae.e-monocot.org/. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q9025725 entry