Lychnophorinae

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Vernonioideae
Tribus: Vernonieae
Subtribus: Lychnophorinae
Genera: Albertinia – Anteremanthus – Blanchetia – Centratherum – Chronopappus – Eremanthus – Gorceixia – Heterocoma – Lychnocephalus – Lychnophora – Lychnophorella – Maschalostachys – Minasia – Paralychnophora – Piptolepis – Prestelia – Proteopsis – Vinicia

Name

Lychnophorinae Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] 2(1): 165, 171. (1873)

• Type genus: Lychnophora Mart., Denkschr. Königl.-Baier. Bot. Ges. Regensburg 2: 148. (1822)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Centratherinae H.Rob., R.M.King & B.Bohlmann, Phytologia 46(7): 425. (1980)
  • Sipolisiinae H.Rob., Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 89: 13 (1999)

Note: The two subtribes were proposed in synonymy by Loeuille et al. (2015) and this is now generally accepted.

References

• Bentham, G. & Hooker, J.D. 1873. Genera Plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis Kewensibus (1): 165, 171.
• Funk, V.A., Susanna, A., Steussy, T.F. & Bayer, R.J. Eds. 2009. Systematics, Evolution, and Biogeography of Compositae. International Association for Plant Taxonomy, University of Vienna. ISBN 978-3-9501754-3-1.
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Lychnophorinae. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 2 2017.
• Loeuille, B., Semir, J., Lohmann, L.G. & Pirani, J.R. 2015. A phylogenetic analysis of Lychnophorinae (Asteraceae: Vernonieae) based on molecular and morphological data. Systematic Botany 40(1): 299-315. DOI: 10.1600/036364415X686585 Reference page. 
• Loeuille, B., Keeley, S.C. & Pirani, J.R. 2015. Systematics and evolution of syncephaly in American Vernonieae (Asteraceae) with emphasis on the Brazilian subtribe Lychnophorinae. Systematic Botany 40(1): 286-298. DOI: 10.1600/036364415X686576 Reference page. 
• Loeuille, B. & Roque, N. 2017. Maschalostachys, a new genus of Vernonieae (Asteraceae) from Brazil. Phytotaxa 295(1): 35-48. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.295.1.3 Full text PDF from ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Loeuille, B., Semir, J., & Pirani, J.R. 2019. A synopsis of Lychnophorinae (Asteraceae: Vernonieae). Phytotaxa 398: 1–139. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.398.1.1 Reference page.