Combretinae

Combretum fruticosum, Campeche, Mexico

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Myrtales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Myrtales

Familia: Combretaceae
Subfamilia: Combretoideae
Tribus: Combreteae
Subtribus: Combretinae
Genera: Combretum – Getonia – Guiera – Meiostemon

Name

Combretineae J.Presl Nowočeská Bibl. [Wšobecný Rostl.] 7: 528, 534. (1846)

• Type genus: Combretum Loefl. Iter Hispan. 308. (1758)
  

Note: Not all authorities accept the circumscription in Stace (2010), with the African Meiostemon often still segregated from Neotropical Combretum.

References

Primary references

• Presl, J.S. 1846. Nowočeská Bibl. Wsobecny Rostlinopsis 7: 528, 534.

Additional references

• Maurin, O., Chase, M.W., Jordaan, M. & Van Der Bank, M. 2010. Phylogenetic relationships of Combretaceae inferred from nuclear and plastid DNA sequence data: implications for generic classification. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 162(3): 453–476. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2010.01027.x Reference page. 
• Stace, C. 2010. Combretaceae (Flora Neotropica Monograph 107). NYBG Press, New York.

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