Lithospermeae (Tribe)

Overview

A Tribe in the Kingdom Plantae.

Taxonomy

The Tribe Lithospermeae is a member of the Subfamily Boraginoideae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Lithospermeae:

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: Solananae R. Dahlgren Ex Reveal, 1992
        Order: Boraginales Dumortier, 1829
        Family: Boraginaceae (EK-ee-um) A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
        Subfamily: Boraginoideae
        Tribe: Lithospermeae

The Tribe Lithospermeae is further organized into finer groupings including:

Genus (15): Arnebia · Buglossoides · Bulbine · Bulbinella · Cerinthe · Halacsya · Lithodora · Lithospermum · Lithraea · Littonia · Littorella · Lobostemon · Moltkia · Myosotis · Onosma
Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1,116 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Tribe Lithospermeae.

Genera

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Arnebia

Arnebia is a genus of the family Boraginaceae. [more]

Buglossoides

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Bulbine

Bulbine is a genus of plants in the family Xanthorrhoeaceae, subfamily Asphodeloideae, named for the bulb-shaped tuber shown by many of the species. (Formerly it was placed in the Liliaceae.) Bulbine is found chiefly in Southern Africa, with few species extending into tropical Africa and a few species in Australia. [more]

Bulbinella

Bulbinella is a genus of which are most commonly taxonomically allocated to the family Asphodelaceae. [more]

Cerinthe

Cerinthe is a genus in the vascular plant family Boraginaceae. [more]

Halacsya

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Lithodora

Lithodora is a genus of in family Boraginaceae. [more]

Lithospermum

Lithospermum is a genus of plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae. Herbs or small shrubs, they are widely distributed except in Australasia. [more]

Lithraea

Lithraea ( Lithrea Hook.) is a genus of flowering plants in the soapberry family Anacardiaceae. [more]

Myosotis

The Forget-me-nots are the genus Myosotis of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae. [more]

Onosma

Onosma is a genus of plants that grow biennially or perennially. The group consists of about 80 species that grow in the Mediterranean and West Asia. All of the species grow in dry or moist and sunny habitats. The various species are popualar as rock garden plants. [more]

At least 236 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Onosma.

More info about the Genus Onosma may be found here.

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