Madieae is a

tribe The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide use of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. The definition is contested, in part due to conflict ...

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s in the family

Asteraceae Asteraceae () is a large family (biology), family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the Order (biology), order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchi ...

. It is sometimes considered a subtribe of

Heliantheae The Heliantheae (sometimes called the sunflower tribe) are the third-largest Tribe (biology), tribe in the sunflower family (Asteraceae). With some 190 genera and nearly 2500 recognized species, only the tribes Senecioneae and Astereae are large ...

. Notable species include the tarweeds of the

Western United States The Western United States (also called the American West, the Western States, the Far West, the Western territories, and the West) is List of regions of the United States, census regions United States Census Bureau. As American settlement i ...

as well as the silverswords of

Hawaii Hawaii ( ; ) is an island U.S. state, state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two Non-contiguous United States, non-contiguous U.S. states (along with Alaska), it is the only sta ...

Subtribes and genera

Madieae subtribes and genera recognized by the Global Compositae Database as of April 2022: *Subtribe Arnicinae **''

Arnica ''Arnica'' is a genus of perennial plant, perennial, herbaceous plants in the sunflower family (Asteraceae). The genus name ''Arnica'' may be derived from the Greek language, Greek ''wikt:arni, arni'', "lamb", in reference to the plants' soft, h ...

'' *Subtribe Baeriinae **''

Amblyopappus ''Amblyopappus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae described as a genus in 1841. There is only one known species, ''Amblyopappus pusillus'', known by the common name dwarf coastweed. This plant is native to Baja California ...

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Baeriopsis ''Baeriopsis'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, containing the single species ''Baeriopsis guadalupensis''. It is endemic to the Guadalupe Island archipelago along the coast of Baja California in Mexico Me ...

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Constancea ''Constancea'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae containing the single species ''Constancea nevinii'' (formerly ''Eriophyllum nevinii''), which is known by the common name Nevin's woolly sunflower. It is endemic to ...

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Eriophyllum ''Eriophyllum'', commonly known as the woolly sunflower, is a North American genus of plants in the family Asteraceae. The genus is native to western North America (USA, Canada, northwestern Mexico), with a concentration of narrow endemics in Cal ...

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Lasthenia ''Lasthenia'', commonly known as goldfields, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. The genus is named after Lasthenia of Mantinea, a cross-dressing female pupil of the ancient Greek philosopher Plato. Description The goldfiel ...

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Monolopia ''Monolopia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. The entire genus is endemic to California. ; Species Pseudobahia ''Pseudobahia'' is a genus of California plants in the tribe Madieae within the family Asteraceae Asteraceae () is a large family (biology), family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within t ...

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Syntrichopappus ''Syntrichopappus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, found in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, including Baja California. It is a member of the Heliantheae alliance of the Asteraceae family. There are tw ...

'' *Subtribe Hulseinae **''

Eatonella ''Eatonella'' is a North American genus of plants in the family Asteraceae containing the single known species ''Eatonella nivea'', which is called by the common name white false tickhead. This small annual is native to the western United States, ...

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Hulsea ''Hulsea'' is a small genus of North American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known commonly as alpinegold. Alpinegolds are annual or perennial herbs native to western North America. They produce stout erect stems which may be fuzzy, h ...

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Madiinae Madieae is a Tribe (biology), tribe of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is sometimes considered a subtribe of Heliantheae. Notable species include the tarweeds of the Western United States as well as the Silversword alliance, silver ...

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Achyrachaena The only species in the monotypic genus ''Achyrachaena'' is the annual herb ''Achyrachaena mollis'', which bears the common name blow-wives. The genus name is both singular and plural. The plant is common in low-elevation hills, higher mountains ...

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Adenothamnus ''Adenothamnus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae described as a genus in 1935. There is only one known species, ''Adenothamnus validus'', endemic to the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico Mexico, officially the U ...

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Anisocarpus ''Anisocarpus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Madieae within the family Asteraceae. ; Species * '' Anisocarpus madioides'' Nutt. - California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia. * '' Anisocarpus scabridus'' (Eastw.) B.G.Baldwin ...

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Argyroxiphium ''Argyroxiphium'' is a small genus of plants in the family Asteraceae. Its members are known by the common names silversword or greensword due to their long, narrow leaves and the silvery hairs on some species. The silverswords belong to a larger ...

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Blepharipappus ''Blepharipappus'' is a North American plant genus in the family Asteraceae containing the single known species ''Blepharipappus scaber'', known by the common name rough eyelash, or rough eyelashweed. ''Blepharis'' is Greek for 'eyelash' and ' pa ...

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Blepharizonia ''Blepharizonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.Calycadenia ''Calycadenia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, known commonly as the western rosinweeds.

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Carlquistia ''Carlquistia'' is a rare North American genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae containing the single species ''Carlquistia muirii''. Formerly named ''Raillardiopsis muirii'', the plant was reexamined in the 1990s and moved to a new g ...

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Deinandra ''Deinandra'' is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Madieae within the family Asteraceae. Such a genus is not recognized as distinct by all authorities; its species are often treated as members of the genus '' Hemizonia''. Distribution ''D ...

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Dubautia ''Dubautia'' or na'ena'e is a genus of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. The genus was named after Joseph Eugène DuBaut (1796–1832), an officer in the French Navy who participated in Freycinet's expedition. The entire genus is endemi ...

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Harmonia In Greek mythology, Harmonia (; /Ancient Greek phonology, harmoˈnia/, "harmony", "agreement") is the goddess of harmony and concord. Her Greek opposite is Eris (mythology), Eris and her Roman mythology, Roman counterpart is Concordia (mythol ...

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Hemizonella ''Hemizonella '' is a genus of North American plants in the tribe Madieae within the family Asteraceae. The only known species is ''Hemizonella minima'' (opposite-leaved tarweed), native to British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California, Mont ...

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Hemizonia ''Hemizonia'' is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae. They are known generally as tarweeds, although some tarweeds belong to other genera, such as ''Madia'' and ''Deinandra''. Furthermore, ''Hemizonia'' is currently being revised; some spe ...

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Holocarpha ''Holocarpha'' is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. The genus contains four species of tarweeds, which are all endemic to California. Description ''Holocarpha'' are glandular, aromatic annual herbs bearing yellow flowe ...

'' **'' Holozonia'' **'' Jensia'' **'' Kyhosia'' **''

Lagophylla ''Lagophylla'' is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.Layia ''Layia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known generally as tidy tips, native to western North America. Several are California Endemism, endemics. These are erect daisylike annual herbs with dark glandular stems. The He ...

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Madia ''Madia'' is a genus of annual or perennial usually aromatic herbs with yellow flowers, in the tribe Madieae within the family Asteraceae.

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Raillardella ''Raillardella'' is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Madieae within the family Asteraceae. The genus is native to the western United States (Oregon, California, and Nevada). ; Species Wilkesia ''Wilkesia'' is a genus of Hawaiian plants in the tribe Madieae within the family Asteraceae. It contains two perennials, both of which are endemic to the island of Kauai in Hawaii. ''Wilkesia'' is a component of the silversword alliance and is ...

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Venegasiinae ''Venegasia'' is a genus of North American plants in the tribe Madieae within the family Asteraceae. ''Venegasia carpesioides'' is the only known species in the genus. It is shrubby bush growing to 1.8 m tall and prefers locations in moist canyo ...

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References

* * Asteraceae tribes {{Madieae-stub