Eustephieae

Eustephieae is a tribe (in the family Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Amaryllidoideae), where it forms part of the Andean clade, one of two American clades.[2]

Eustephieae
Eustephia coccinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
Tribe: Eustephieae
Hutch.[1]
Type genus
Eustephia
Genera

See text

Taxonomy

Phylogeny

This tribe was resurrected from the Stenomesseae in 1995 by Meerow.[3] The placement of Eustephieae within subfamily Amaryllidoideae is shown in the following cladogram, where this tribe is shown as a sister group to the remainder of the tetraploid Andean clade.[4]

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 Eucharideae/Stenomesseae

 
 
 
 

Tribe Clinantheae

 
 

Tribe Hymenocallideae

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Subdivision

Four genera:

Distribution

The Eustephieae for the southern limit of the Andean clade. They are found in Peru in the southern Andes, and the northern Andes of Argentina, Bolivia and Chile. This is distinct from the central Andean distribution of the remainder of the parent clade.[4]

References

  1. Fam.Fl.Pl.2:130.20 Jul 1934
  2. Vigneron 2008.
  3. Meerow 1995.
  4. Meerow et al. 2000b.

Bibliography

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