Overview
Taxonomy
The Tribe Styphelieae is a member of the Subfamily Styphelioideae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Styphelieae:
- 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: Ericanae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Order: Ericales
Dumortier, 1829
- Family: Ericaceae
(er-ek-AY-see-ee)
A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Subfamily: Styphelioideae
- Tribe: Styphelieae
- Subfamily: Styphelioideae
- Family: Ericaceae
(er-ek-AY-see-ee)
A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Order: Ericales
Dumortier, 1829
- Superorder: Ericanae
Takhtajan, 1967
- 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 Styphelieae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (12): Acrotriche · Astroloma · Brachyloma · Coleanthera · Cyathodes · Leptecophylla · Leucopogon · Lissanthe · Melichrus · Monotoca · Styphelia · Trochocarpa
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 725 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Tribe Styphelieae.
Genera
Acrotriche
Acrotriche is a genus of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. Species occur in all states of Australia. They include: [more]
Astroloma
Astroloma is an endemic Australian genus of around 20 species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. [more]
Brachyloma
Coleanthera
Cyathodes
Leptecophylla
Leucopogon
Leucopogon is a genus of about 150-160 species of flowering plants belonging to the family Ericaceae, in the section of that family formerly treated as the separate family Epacridaceae. They are native to Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, the western Pacific Islands and Malaysia, with the greatest species diversity in southeastern Australia. The common name is beard-heath or beard heath. [more]
Lissanthe
Melichrus
Monotoca
Styphelia
Trochocarpa
At least 23 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Trochocarpa.
More info about the Genus Trochocarpa may be found here.
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