Haemantheae

Haemantheae

Haemanthus albiflos
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Amaryllidoideae
Tribe:	Haemantheae Hutch. ^[1]
Type genus
Haemanthus L.
Subtribes
Cliviinae Haemanthineae Gethyllidinae

Haemantheae are a tribe of subfamily Amaryllidoideae (family Amaryllidaceae). They are herbaceous monocot perennial flowering plants with a predominantly African distribution. Three subtribes are proposed and six genera including the type genus, Haemanthus, are included. They are characterised by the presence of baccate (berry) fruit.^[2]

Taxonomy

Phylogeny

The placement of Haemantheae within subfamily Amaryllidoideae is shown in the following cladogram:

Cladogram: Tribes of subfamily Amaryllidoideae

Subfamily Amaryllidoideae

Africa

Tribe Amaryllideae

Africa

Tribe Cyrtantheae

Africa	Tribe Haemantheae

Australasia	Tribe Calostemmateae

Eurasian clade

Asia

Tribe Lycorideae

Mediterranean

Tribe Galantheae

	Tribe Pancratieae

	Tribe Narcisseae

American clade

Hippeastroid clade

	Tribe Griffineae

	Tribe Hippeastreae

Andean clade

	Tribe Eustephieae

Tribe Stenomesseae

	Tribe Clinantheae

	Tribe Hymenocallideae

Subdivision

There are three subtribes, with six genera

Cliviinae D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies
Haemanthineae Pax
Gethyllidinae Meerow

The subtribes are related as follows:

Tribe Haemantheae

Subtribe Cliviinae

	Subtribe Haemanthineae

	Subtribe Gethyllidinae

Cliviinae: Two genera - Clivus, Cryptostephanus

Haemanthineae: Type - two genera, Haemanthus, Scadoxus

Gethyllidinae: Two genera - Apodolirion, Gethyllis

References

↑ Fam. Fl. Pl. 2: 130. 20 Jul 1934.
↑ Meerow & Clayton 2004.

Bibliography

Meerow, Alan W.; Clayton, Jason R. (1 February 2004). "Generic relationships among the baccate-fruited Amaryllidaceae (tribe Haemantheae) inferred from plastid and nuclear non-coding DNA sequences". Plant Systematics and Evolution 244 (3-4): 141–155. doi:10.1007/s00606-003-0085-z.
Meerow, Alan W.; Snijman, Deirdre A. (2006). "The never-ending story: multigene approaches to the phylogeny of Amaryllidaceae". Aliso 22: 355–366. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
Vigneron, Pascal. "Amaryllidaceae". Amaryllidaceae.org (in French). Retrieved 23 October 2014.

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Taxon Identifiers	GRIN: 2567

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