Perityleae 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 ...

of flowering plants in the

subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zo ...

Asteroideae Asteroideae is a subfamily of the plant family Asteraceae. It contains about 70% of the species of the family. It consists of several tribes, including Astereae, Calenduleae, Eupatorieae, Gnaphalieae, Heliantheae, Senecioneae and Tageteae. ...

. The species of its genera are native exclusively to the

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. This tribe is closely related to the

Eupatorieae Eupatorieae is a Tribe (biology), tribe of over 2000D.J.N.Hind & H.E.Robinson. 2007. Tribe Eupatorieae In: ''The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants'' vol.VIII. (Joachim W.Kadereit & Charles Jeffrey, volume editors. Klaus Kubitzky, general edi ...

tribe. It was classified as a separate tribe following molecular studies of plastid

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sequences.Klaus Kubitzki, Joachim W. Kadereit & Charles Jeffrey, ''The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants''

Subtribes and genera

Perityleae subtribes and genera recognized by the Global Compositae Database as of April 2022: *Subtribe Galeaninae **'' Galeana'' **'' Villanova'' *Subtribe Lycapsinae **'' Lycapsus'' *Subtribe Peritylinae **'' Amauria'' **'' Eutetras'' **'' Pericome'' **'' Perityle''

References

Asteraceae tribes {{Asteroideae-stub