Overview
Taxonomy
The Tribe Androsaceae is a member of the Subfamily Primuloideae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Androsaceae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subphylum: Euphyllophytina
- Infraphylum: Radiatopses
Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class: Magnoliopsida
Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
- Subclass: Asteridae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder: Primulanae
R. Dahlgren Ex Reveal, 1996
- Order: Ericales
Dumortier, 1829
- Family: Primulaceae
(SIGH-kla-men)
Batsch ex Borkh., 1797, nom. cons.
- Subfamily: Primuloideae
- Tribe: Androsaceae
- Subfamily: Primuloideae
- Family: Primulaceae
(SIGH-kla-men)
Batsch ex Borkh., 1797, nom. cons.
- Order: Ericales
Dumortier, 1829
- Superorder: Primulanae
R. Dahlgren Ex Reveal, 1996
- Subclass: Asteridae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Class: Magnoliopsida
Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
- Infraphylum: Radiatopses
Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Subphylum: Euphyllophytina
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
The Tribe Androsaceae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (5): Androsace · Douglasia · Pomatosace · Stimpsonia · Vitaliana
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 582 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Tribe Androsaceae.
Genera
Androsace
Androsace is the second largest genus in the Primulaceae. It is a predominantly Arctic-alpine genus with many species in the Himalayas (where the genus originated), the mountains of central Asia, the Caucasus, and the southern and central European mountain systems, particularly the Alps and the Pyrenees. [more]
Douglasia
Androsace is the second largest genus in the Primulaceae. It is a predominantly Arctic-alpine genus with many species in the Himalayas (where the genus originated), the mountains of central Asia, the Caucasus, and the southern and central European mountain systems, particularly the Alps and the Pyrenees. [more]
Pomatosace
Herbs annual or biennial. Leaves basal, pinnatifid. Scapes with umbels. Calyx cup-shaped, 5-lobed, enlarging in fruit. Corolla salverform, slightly shorter than calyx, constricted and annulate at throat; limb 5-lobed. Stamens 5, inserted at upper 1/3 of corolla tube; filaments very short; anthers ovate, apex obtuse. Ovary depressed globose; style shorter than ovary; stigma capitate. Capsule subglobose, circumscissile.[1] [more]
Stimpsonia
Herbs annual. Stems erect to ascending. Basal leaves forming a rosette, petiolate. Stem leaves alternate, short petiolate or sessile. Flowers solitary, in axils of upper leaves, 5-merous. Calyx parted nearly to base; lobes linear-oblong, slightly enlarging with age. Corolla white or pink, salverform; tube slightly longer than calyx, not constricted at throat; lobes imbricate in bud. Stamens included, adnate to middle of corolla tube; filaments very short; anthers subovoid, apex obtuse. Ovary globose; style short. Capsule subglobose, dehiscing by 5 valves.[2] [more]
Vitaliana
Androsace is the second largest genus in the Primulaceae. It is a predominantly Arctic-alpine genus with many species in the Himalayas (where the genus originated), the mountains of central Asia, the Caucasus, and the southern and central European mountain systems, particularly the Alps and the Pyrenees. [more]
At least 13 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Vitaliana.
More info about the Genus Vitaliana may be found here.
Bibliography
- Chen Feng-hwai, Hu Chi-ming, Fang Yun-yi, Cheng Chao-zong, Yang Yong-chang & Huang Rong-fu In Chen Feng-hwai & Hu Chi-ming, editors. 1990. Primulaceae (1). Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 59(1): 1-217
- Hu Chi-ming In Chen Feng-hwai & Hu Chi-ming, editors. 1990. Primulaceae (2). Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 59(2): 1-321.
Footnotes
- "Pomatosace". in Flora of China Vol. 15 Page 188. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
- "Stimpsonia". in Flora of China Vol. 15 Page 80. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
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