Ligeriinae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Gesneriaceae
Subfamilia: Gesnerioideae
Tribus: Gesnerieae
Subtribus: Ligeriinae
Genera: Paliavana – Sinningia – Vanhouttea

Name

• Ligeriinae Hanst., Linnaea 26: 198, 199. 1854.
  • Type genus: Ligeria Decne. vide Sinningia Nees

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Sinningieae Fritsch in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. IV, 3b: 144. 1893.
    • Type genus: Sinningia Nees
      

Note: Vanhouttea Lem. (1845) and Paliavana Vell. (1788) nest in Sinningia Nees (1825) and these lineages can be recognised in this genus, but nomenclatural changes have not been made (Weber, 2020).

References

• Fritsch, K. in Engler, H.G.A. & Prantl, K.A.E. (1893) Nat. Pflanzenfam. IV, 3b: 144.
• Hanstein, J.L.E.R. v. (1854) Linnaea 26: 198, 199.
• Weber, A., Clark, J.L. & Möller, M. 2013. A new formal classification of Gesneriaceae, Selbyana 31: 68–94. PDF ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Weber, A., Middleton, D.J. & Clark, J.L. 2020. Keys to the infrafamilial taxa and genera of Gesneriaceae. Rheedia: Journal of the Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy 30(1): 05-47. DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2020.30.01.02 PDF Reference page.