Overview
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Taxonomy
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The Tribe Ophiorrhizeae is a member of the Subfamily Rubioideae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Ophiorrhizeae:
- 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: Gentiananae
Thorne Ex Reveal, 1992
- Order: Gentianales
Lindley, 1833
- Family: Rubiaceae
(iks-OR-uh)
A.L. de Jussieu, 1789
- Subfamily: Rubioideae
- Tribe: Ophiorrhizeae
- Subfamily: Rubioideae
- Family: Rubiaceae
(iks-OR-uh)
A.L. de Jussieu, 1789
- Order: Gentianales
Lindley, 1833
- Superorder: Gentiananae
Thorne Ex Reveal, 1992
- 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 Ophiorrhizeae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (3): Lerchea · Ophiorrhiza · Xanthophytum
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 413 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Tribe Ophiorrhizeae.
Genera
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Lerchea
Ophiorrhiza
Xanthophytum
At least 35 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Xanthophytum.
More info about the Genus Xanthophytum may be found here.
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