The Mutisioideae are a subfamily in the plant family
Asteraceae
The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae ...
that includes about 630 species assigned to 44 different genera. This subfamily is mainly native in South America, except for ''
Adenocaulon'', ''
Chaptalia'', ''
Gerbera'', ''
Trichocline'', which have species in all continents other than Europe and Antarctica. Common characters are the deeply incised corollas of the disc florets, with five
lobes, sometimes merged in two lips, flower heads with overlapping
involucral bracts, anthers with tails and pointy tips, the styles usually stick far out of the florets and are essentially hairless. Most species are herbs, but some are vines, shrubs, or small trees.
Taxonomy
The subfamily Mutisioideae consists of three
tribes
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to confl ...
:
Mutisioideae
- The Tree of Life Web Project
;Tribe Mutisieae
* '' Adenocaulon'' Hook. (five species)
* '' Brachyclados'' Gillies ex D.Don (three spp.)
* '' Chaetanthera'' Ruiz & Pav. (47 spp.)
* '' Chaptalia'' Vent. (69 spp.)
* '' Eriachaenium'' Sch.Bip (one sp.)
* '' Gerbera'' L. (40 spp.)
* '' Leibnitzia'' Cass. (eight spp.)
* '' Lulia'' Zardini (one sp.)
* '' Mutisia'' L.f. (58 spp.)
* '' Oreoseris'' DC. (12 spp.)
* '' Pachylaena'' D.Don ex Hook. (two spp.)
* '' Perdicium'' L. (two spp.)
* '' Trichocline'' Cass. (24 spp.)
;Tribe Onoserideae
*'' Aphyllocladus'' Wedd.
*'' Gypothamnium'' Phil. (one sp.)
*'' Lycoseris'' Cass.
*'' Onoseris'' Willd.
*'' Plazia'' Ruiz & Pav
*'' Paquirea'' Panero, J. & S. E. Freire. (1 sp.)
*'' Urmenetea'' Phil.
;Tribe Nassauvieae
* '' Acourtia'' D.Don (65 spp.)
* '' Ameghinoa'' Speg.
* '' Berylsimpsonia'' B. L. Turner
* '' Burkartia'' Crisci (one sp.)
* '' Calopappus'' Meyen
* '' Calorezia'' Panero
* '' Cephalopappus'' Nees & Mart.
* '' Criscia'' Katinas (one sp.)
* '' Dolichlasium'' Lag.
* '' Holocheilus'' Cass. (seven spp.)
* '' Jungia'' L. f.
* '' Leucheria'' Lag.
* '' Leunisia'' Phil.
* '' Lophopappus'' Rusby
* '' Macrachaenium'' Hook f. (one sp.)
* '' Marticorenia'' Crisci (one sp.)
* '' Moscharia'' Ruiz & Pav.
* '' Nassauvia'' Comm. ex Juss.
* '' Oxyphyllum'' Phil.
* '' Pamphalea'' Lag. (9 spp.)
* '' Perezia'' Lag.
* '' Pleocarphus'' D.Don: (one sp.)
* '' Polyachyrus'' Lag.
* '' Proustia'' Lag.
* '' Triptilion'' Ruiz & Pav.
* '' Trixis'' P.Br. (50 spp.)
Some species
File:BarbertonDaisy.jpg, '' Gerbera jamesonii''
(Mutisieae)
File:Leibnitzia anandria 0811.JPG, '' Leibnitzia anandria''
(Mutisieae)
File:Onoseris alata FruitsLeaves BotGard0906.JPG, '' Onoseris alata''
(Onoserideae)
File:Acourtia runcinata.jpg, '' Acourtia runcinata''
(Nassauvieae)
File:Perezia recurvata.jpg, '' Perezia recurvata''
(Nassauvieae)
File:Trixis californica flower 2.jpg, '' Trixis californica''
(Nassauvieae)
References
External links
{{Taxonbar, from=Q141564
Asterales subfamilies