Lycorideae

Lycorideae
Lycoris sanguinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Amaryllidoideae
Tribe:	Lycorideae Herb. [1]
Type genus
Lycorus L.
Genera
Lycoris Ungernia
Synonyms
Lycoreae

Lycorideae are a small tribe of subfamily Amaryllidoideae (family Amaryllidaceae). They are herbaceous monocot perennial flowering plants endemic to Asia, and consisting of two genera including the type genus, Lycorus.^[2]

Taxonomy

Phylogeny

The placement of Lycorideae within subfamily Amaryllidoideae is shown in the following cladogram:

Cladogram: Tribes of subfamily Amaryllidoideae

Subfamily Amaryllidoideae Africa  Tribe Amaryllideae Africa  Tribe Cyrtantheae Africa  Tribe Haemantheae Australasia Tribe Calostemmateae Eurasian clade Asia Tribe Lycorideae Mediterranean Tribe Galantheae Tribe Pancratieae Tribe Narcisseae American clade Hippeastroid clade Tribe Griffineae Tribe Hippeastreae Andean clade Tribe Eustephieae Tribe Eucharideae/Stenomesseae Tribe Clinantheae Tribe Hymenocallideae

Subdivision

There are two genera:

• Lycoris
• Ungernia

References

1. Herbert, William. 1820. Botanical Magazine 47: 5, Commentary plate 2113
2. Meerow & Snijman 2006.

Bibliography

• Meerow, Alan W.; Snijman, Deirdre A. (2006). "The never-ending story: multigene approaches to the phylogeny of Amaryllidaceae". Aliso. 22: 355–366. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
• Vigneron, Pascal. "Amaryllidaceae". Amaryllidaceae.org (in French). Retrieved 23 October 2014.
• "Amaryllidaceae: A taxonomic tool for the Amaryllidaceae of the world". eMonocot.

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