Plukenetieae

Plukenetieae
Plukenetia volubilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:	Acalyphoideae
Tribe:	Plukenetieae Hutch.
Subtribes and genera
Subtribe Dalechampiinae Dalechampia Subtribe Plukenetiinae Angostylis Astrococcus Haematostemon Plukenetia Romanoa Subtribe Tragiinae Acidoton Bia Cnesmone Megistostigma Pachystylidium Platygyna Sphaerostylis Tragia Tragiella

Plukenetieae is a tribe of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae. It comprises 3 subtribes and 14 genera. ^[1] Tribe Plukenetieae (Benth.) Hutch. (Euphorbiaceae, Acalyphoideae) is a diverse pantropical lineage of ca. 17 genera and 350 species of twining vines and lianas, scandent to erect perennial herbs and subshrubs, and rarely shrubs and small trees. ^[2]

See also

• Taxonomy of the Euphorbiaceae

References

1. Gillespie, Lynn J.; Armbruster, W. Scott (1997). "A Contribution to the Guianan Flora: Dalechampia, Haematostemon, Omphalea, Pera, Plukenetia, and Tragia (Euphorbiaceae) with Notes on Subfamily Acalyphoideae". Smithsonian Contributions to Botany (86): 13. doi:10.5479/si.0081024X.86 . Retrieved 21 May 2018.
2. Cardinal-McTeague, Warren M.; Gillespie, Lynn J. (2016-06-01). "Molecular Phylogeny and Pollen Evolution of Euphorbiaceae Tribe Plukenetieae". Systematic Botany. 41 (2): 329–347. doi:10.1600/036364416X691759.