Antidesminae (Subtribe)

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A Subtribe in the Kingdom Plantae.

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Taxonomy

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The Subtribe Antidesminae is a member of the Tribe Antidesmeae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Antidesminae:

Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae Haeckel, 1866
  - 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: Dilleniidae Takhtajan, 1967
        Superorder: Euphorbianae Takhtajan Ex Reveal, 1992
        Order: Euphorbiales Lindley, 1833
        Family: Euphorbiaceae (yoo-for-bee-AY-see-ay) J.f. Gmelin, 1777, Nom. Cons. - Spurge Family
        Subfamily: Faboideae
        Tribe: Antidesmeae
        Subtribe: Antidesminae

The Subtribe Antidesminae is further organized into finer groupings including:

Genus (1): Antidesma
Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 272 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Subtribe Antidesminae.

Genera

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Antidesma

Antidesma is a plant genus of about 170 species from the family Phyllanthaceae. It consists of shrubs or trees, up to 30 m, growing in evergreen forests. They occur in the Old World Tropics and mainly in Southeast Asia, but also in tropical Australia, Africa and the Pacific Islands. There are 18 species and five varieties of Antidesma endemic to Thailand. [more]

At least 322 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Antidesma.

More info about the Genus Antidesma may be found here.

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