Lycorideae

Lycorideae

Lycoris sanguinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Amaryllidoideae
Tribe:	Lycorideae Herb. ^[1]
Type genus
Lycorus L.
Genera
Lycoris Ungernia

Lycorideae are a small tribe of subfamily Amaryllidoideae (family Amaryllidaceae). They are herbaceous monocot perennial flowering plants endemic to Asia, and consisting of two genera including the type genus, Lycorus.^[2]

Taxonomy

Phylogeny

The placement of Lycorideae 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 two genera:

Lycoris
Ungernia

References

Bibliography

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.

External links

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Taxon Identifiers	GRIN: id=2568

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