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

See also
  • Taxonomy of the Euphorbiaceae

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.


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