''Amyridoideae'' is a subfamily of the family
Rutaceae
The Rutaceae () is a family (biology), family, commonly known as the rue[RUTACEAE](_blank)
in Bo ...
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[ The circumscription of the family has varied considerably. A 2014 classification placed a large proportion of the genera in the family ]Rutaceae
The Rutaceae () is a family (biology), family, commonly known as the rue[RUTACEAE](_blank)
in Bo ...
in Amyridoideae.[ A more recent 2021 classification includes only three genera.][
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Taxonomy
In 2012, based on molecular phylogenetic
Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. From these analyses, it is possible to ...
methods, Groppo et al. divided Rutaceae into two subfamilies, a small Cneoroideae and a very large subfamily Rutoideae ''s.l.'' for the all the remaining genera.[ A 2014 classification by Morton and Telmer added the subfamily ]Aurantioideae
Aurantioideae (sometimes known as Citroideae) is the subfamily within the rue and citrus family (biology), family (Rutaceae) that contains the citrus. The subfamily's center of diversity is in the monsoon region of eastern Australasia, extending ...
, and split the remaining Rutoideae ''s.l.'' into a smaller Rutoideae and a much larger Amyridoideae ''s.l.'', containing most of the genera Engler had placed in Rutoideae in 1896.[ Until 2021, molecular phylogenetic approaches had only sampled between 20% and 40% of the genera of Rutaceae. A 2021 study by Appelhans et al. sampled almost 90% of the genera. The two main ]clade
In biology, a clade (), also known as a Monophyly, monophyletic group or natural group, is a group of organisms that is composed of a common ancestor and all of its descendants. Clades are the fundamental unit of cladistics, a modern approach t ...
s recognized by Groppo et al. in 2012 were upheld, but Morton and Telmer's Amyridoideae was polyphyletic
A polyphyletic group is an assemblage that includes organisms with mixed evolutionary origin but does not include their most recent common ancestor. The term is often applied to groups that share similar features known as Homoplasy, homoplasies ...
and did not include the type genus. Applehans et al. divided the family Rutaceae into six subfamilies, including a small subfamily Amyridoideae with only three genera.[
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Genera
Genera accepted in a 2021 classification of Rutaceae into subfamilies were:[
* '' Amyris'' P.Browne
* '' Cneoridium'' Hook.f.
* '' Stauranthus'' Liebm.
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References
Rutaceae
Rosid subfamilies
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