Lasiantheae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae and contains 239 species in 3 genera. Its representatives are found in Central America, the Caribbean, tropical Africa, and tropical and subtropical Asia.[1]
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| Lasianthus fordii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Rubioideae |
| Tribe: | Lasiantheae B.Bremer & Manen |
Genera
editCurrently accepted names[1][2][3][4]
- Lasianthus Jack (203 sp) - distribution of the tribe
- Saldinia A.Rich. ex DC. (22 sp) - Comoros, Madagascar
- Trichostachys Hook.f. (14 sp) - West and West-Central tropical Africa
Synonyms
- Dasus Lour. = Lasianthus
- Dressleriopsis Dwyer = Lasianthus
- Litosanthes Blume = Lasianthus
- Mephitidia Reinw. ex Blume = Lasianthus
- Octavia DC. = Lasianthus
- Santia Wight & Arn. = Lasianthus
References
edit- ^ a b "World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ^ Bremer B (2009). "A review of molecular phylogenetic studies of Rubiaceae". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 96: 4–26. doi:10.3417/2006197.
- ^ Bremer B, Eriksson E (2009). "Time tree of Rubiaceae: phylogeny and dating the family, subfamilies, and tribes". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 170: 766–793. doi:10.1086/599077.
- ^ Robbrecht E, Manen J-F (2006). "The major evolutionary lineages of the coffee family (Rubiaceae, angiosperms). Combined analysis (nDNA and cpDNA) to infer the position of Coptosapelta and Luculia, and supertree construction based on rbcL, rps16, trnL-trnF and atpB-rbcL data. A new classification in two subfamilies, Cinchonoideae and Rubioideae". Systematic Geography of Plants. 76: 85–146.
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