Plukenetieae

Plukenetieae is a tribe of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae. It comprises 3 subtribes and 14 genera[1]. Tribe Plukenetieae (Benth.) Hutch. (Euphorbiaceae, Acalyphoideae) is a diverse pantropical lineage of ca. 17 genera and 350 species of twining vines and lianas, scandent to erect perennial herbs and subshrubs, and rarely shrubs and small trees.[2]

Plukenetieae
Plukenetia volubilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Plukenetieae
Hutch.
Subtribes and genera
Subtribe Dalechampiinae
Dalechampia
Subtribe Plukenetiinae
Angostylis
Astrococcus
Haematostemon
Plukenetia
Romanoa
Subtribe Tragiinae
Acidoton
Bia
Cnesmone
Megistostigma
Pachystylidium
Platygyna
Sphaerostylis
Tragia
Tragiella

References
  1. Gillespie, Lynn J.; Armbruster, W. Scott (1997). "A Contribution to the Guianan Flora: Dalechampia, Haematostemon, Omphalea, Pera, Plukenetia, and Tragia (Euphorbiaceae) with Notes on Subfamily Acalyphoideae". Smithsonian Contributions to Botany (86): 13. doi:10.5479/si.0081024X.86. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  2. Cardinal-McTeague, Warren M.; Gillespie, Lynn J. (2016-06-01). "Molecular Phylogeny and Pollen Evolution of Euphorbiaceae Tribe Plukenetieae". Systematic Botany. 41 (2): 329–347. doi:10.1600/036364416X691759.

See also
  • Taxonomy of the Euphorbiaceae


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