Helenieae

Helenieae
Gaillardia × grandiflora; a hybrid of Gaillardia aristata and Gaillardia pulchella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Helenieae Lindl.
Genera [1]
Amblyolepis Baileya Balduina Gaillardia Helenium Hymenoxys Marshallia Ovicula Pelucha Plateilema Psathyrotes Psilostrophe Tetraneuris Trichoptilium

Helenieae is a tribe of the plant family Asteraceae. The type genus is Helenium , but the best known members of the tribe are the Gaillardia . Helenieae are usually placed in their own tribe, but some authors include this and several other tribes as subtribes within a broader definition of the tribe Heliantheae. ^[2]

Subtribes and genera

Helenieae subtribes and genera recognized by the Global Compositae Database: ^[1]

• Subtribe Gaillardiinae Less. ^[3]
  • Balduina Nutt.
  • Gaillardia Foug.
  • Helenium L.

• Subtribe Marshalliinae H.Rob. ^[4]
  • Marshallia Schreb.

• Subtribe Plateileminae B.G.Baldwin ^[5]
  • Plateilema (A.Gray) Cockerell

• Subtribe Psathyrotinae B.G.Baldwin ^[6]
  • Pelucha S.Watson
  • Psathyrotes (Nutt.) A.Gray
  • Trichoptilium A.Gray

• Subtribe Tetraneurinae Rydb. ^[7]
  • Amblyolepis DC.
  • Baileya Harv. & A.Gray ex Torr.
  • Hymenoxys Cass.
  • Ovicula Manley ^[8]
  • Psilostrophe DC.
  • Tetraneuris Greene

References

1. "Helenieae Lindl". Global Compositae Database. Compositae Working Group (CWG). Retrieved 2022-04-08.
2. "187. Asteraceae". Flora of North America. Retrieved 2007-12-07.
3. "Gaillardiinae Less". Global Compositae Database. Compositae Working Group (CWG). Retrieved 2022-04-15.
4. "Marshalliinae H.Rob". Global Compositae Database. Compositae Working Group (CWG). Retrieved 2022-04-15.
5. "Plateileminae B.G.Baldwin". Global Compositae Database. Compositae Working Group (CWG). Retrieved 2022-04-15.
6. "Psathyrotinae B.G.Baldwin". Global Compositae Database. Compositae Working Group (CWG). Retrieved 2022-04-15.
7. "Tetraneurinae Rydb". Global Compositae Database. Compositae Working Group (CWG). Retrieved 2022-04-15.
8. Manley, Debra L.; Marck, Isaac H. Lichter; Peralta, Keily; Castro, Arturo Castro; Wogan, Kelsey A.; Whiting, Carolyn V.; Powell, A. Michael (2025-02-18). "Ovicula biradiata, a new genus of Compositae from Big Bend National Park in Trans-Pecos Texas". PhytoKeys (252): 141–162. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.252.137624 . ISSN   1314-2003.

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