Ardisieae (Tribe)

Overview

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A Tribe in the Kingdom Plantae.

Taxonomy

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The Tribe Ardisieae is a member of the Subfamily Myrsinoideae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Ardisieae:

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: Myrsinoideae
        Tribe: Ardisieae

The Tribe Ardisieae is further organized into finer groupings including:

Genus (2): Ardisia · Tapeinosperma
Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1,489 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Tribe Ardisieae.

Genera

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Ardisia

Ardisia (Coralberry or Marlberry) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Myrsinaceae (Myrsine family), native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the Americas, Asia, and Australasia. The genus includes about 250 species of small trees, shrubs and subshrubs growing up to 8 metres (26 ft) tall. [more]

Tapeinosperma

Tapeinosperma is a genus of in family Myrsinaceae. [more]

At least 48 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Tapeinosperma.

More info about the Genus Tapeinosperma may be found here.

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