Biology:Massoniinae

Short description: Subtribe of flowering plants

Massoniinae
Massonia pustulata in cultivation
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Asparagaceae
Subfamily:	Scilloideae
Tribe:	Hyacintheae
Subtribe:	Massoniinae Benth. & Hook.f.,Gen. Pl. 3: 750, 758 (1883)
Type genus
Massonia Thunb. ex Houtt. Nat. Hist. 2(12): 424. (1780)
Genera
See text
Synonyms
Eucomidaceae Salisb. Lachenaliaceae Salisb. Lachenaliinae U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies, Feddes Repert. 108(1-2): 65. 1997. Ledebouriinae U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies, Feddes Repert. 108(1-2): 56. 1997. Massonieae

Massoniinae is a flowering plant subtribe in the tribe Hyacintheae.

Genera

• Daubenya
• Drimiopsis
• Eucomis
• Lachenalia
• Ledebouria
• Massonia
• Merwilla
• Resnova
• Schizocarphus
• Spetaea
• Veltheimia

References

• Manning, J.C., Goldblatt, P., & Fay, M.F. (2004) A revised generic synopsis of Hyacintheaceae in sub-Saharan Africa, based on molecular evidence, including new combinations and the new tribe Pseudoprospereae. Edinburgh Journal of Botany, 60: 533–568. Includes Resnova and Drimiopsis in Ledebouria s.l..
• Lebatha, P., Buys, M.H. & Stedje, B. (2006) Ledebouria, Resnova and Drimiopsis: A tale of three genera. Taxon 55: 643–652. Does not support the inclusion of Resnova and Drimiopsis in Ledebouria s.l.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q16601674 entry