Biology:Phyllantheae

Short description: Tribe of flowering plants

Phyllantheae
Phyllanthus acidus fruits
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Phyllanthaceae
Subfamily:	Phyllanthoideae
Tribe:	Phyllantheae Dumort.
Genera
Subtribe Andrachinae: Andrachne (also Eraeliss, Thelypotzium) Subtribe Astrocasiinae: Astrocasia Subtribe Flueggeinae: Breynia (also Foersteria, Forsteria, Melanthes, Melanthesa, Melanthesopsis) Flueggea (also Acidoton, Bessera, Colmeiroa, Geblera, Neowawraea, Pleiostemon, Villanova) Glochidion (also Agyneia, Bradleia, Bradleja, Coccoglochidion, Diasperus, Episteira, Glochidionopsis, Glochisandra, Gynoon, Lobocarpus, Pseudoglochidion, Tetraglochidion, Zarcoa) Margaritaria (also Calococcus, Prosorus, Wurtzia, Zygospermum) Phyllanthus (also Anisonema, Aporosella, Arachnodes, Ardinghalia, Asterandra, Cathetus, Ceramanthus, Chorisandra, Cicca, Clambus, Conami, Dendrophyllanthus, Dicholactina, Dimorphocladium, Emblica, Epistylium, Eriococcus, Fluggeopsis, Genesiphylla, Hemicicca, Hemiglochidion, Kirganelia, Leichhardtia, Lomanthes, Maborea, Macraea, Menarda, Mirobalanus, Moeroris, Nellica, Niruri, Nymania, Nymphanthus, Orbicularia, Oxalistylis, Ramsdenia, Reidia, Reverchonia, Rhopium, Roigia, Scepasma, Staurothylax, Synexemia, Tricarium, Uranthera, Urinaria, Williamia, Xylophylla) Richeriella Sauropus (also Aalius, Breyniopsis, Ceratogynum, Diplomorpha, Heterocalymnantha, Hexadena, Hexaspermum, Ibina, Synastemon, Synostemon) Subtribe Leptopinae: Leptopus (also Andrachne, Chorisandrachne, Hexakestra, Hexakistra) Subtribe Pseudolachnostylidinae: Chascotheca (also Chaenotheca) Keayodendron Meineckia (also Cluytiandra, Neopeltandra, Peltandra) Pseudolachnostylis Zimmermannia Zimmermanniopsis Subtribe Securineginae: Securinega

Phyllantheae is a tribe of the family Phyllanthaceae. The taxonomy of the group is not yet clear, and work continues (see Phyllanthus for more details). A recent revision based on nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequences divides the tribe into 6 subtribes and 18 genera.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q937497 entry