Lasiantheae

Lasiantheae
	Lasianthus fordii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Rubioideae
Tribe:	Lasiantheae ; B.Bremer & Manen

Last updated March 02, 2021

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]

Genera

Currently 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
DressleriopsisDwyer = Lasianthus
Litosanthes Blume = Lasianthus
Mephitidia Reinw. ex Blume = Lasianthus
Octavia DC. = Lasianthus
Santia Wight & Arn. = Lasianthus

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References

1 2 "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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[WCSP-1] 1 2 "World Checklist of Rubiaceae" . Retrieved 13 April 2016.

[Bremer2009a-2] Bremer B (2009). "A review of molecular phylogenetic studies of Rubiaceae". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 96: 4–26. doi:10.3417/2006197.

[Bremer2009b-3] 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.

[Robbrecht2006-4] 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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