Galantheae

Galantheae

Galanthus nivalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Amaryllidoideae
Tribe:	Galantheae Parlatore
Type genus
Galanthus L.
Genera
Acis Galanthus Leucojum
Synonyms
Galanthinae

Galantheae is a tribe of European, West Asian and North African flowering plants belonging to the subfamily Amaryllidoideae of the Amaryllis family (Amaryllidaceae). As of 2017^[update], it contains three genera, although more were included previously. The position of the ovary is inferior.

Taxonomy

For a history of the circumscription of Galantheae, see Meerow et al. 2006.^[1] A narrower sense of the tribe is now favoured, with only three genera.^[2]

Phylogeny

The placement of Galantheae within subfamily Amaryllidoideae is shown in the following cladogram:

Cladogram: Tribes of subfamily Amaryllidoideae

Subfamily Amaryllidoideae

Africa

Tribe Amaryllideae

Africa

Tribe Cyrtantheae

Africa	Tribe Haemantheae

Australasia	Tribe Calostemmateae

Eurasian clade

Asia

Tribe Lycorideae

Mediterranean

Tribe Galantheae

	Tribe Pancratieae

	Tribe Narcisseae

American clade

Hippeastroid clade

	Tribe Griffineae

	Tribe Hippeastreae

Andean clade

	Tribe Eustephieae

Tribe Eucharideae/Stenomesseae

	Tribe Clinantheae

	Tribe Hymenocallideae

Subdivision

Included genera are:^[2]^[3]

Previously included were:^[4]^[5]^[6]

Distribution and habitat

Galantheae represent one of the three European tribes of Amaryllidaceae (predominantly Mediterranean).

Cultivation

Some species of Acis, Galanthus and Leucojum are common ornamental garden plants.

References

^ Meerow et al 2006a.
^ ^a ^b Larsen et al 2010.
^ "USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland". Archived from the original on 2014-09-13. Retrieved 2014-09-13.
^ Traub, H.P. (1963). Genera of the Amaryllidaceae. La Jolla, California: American Plant Life Society.
^ Lledó, Ma D.; Davis, A. P.; Crespo, M. B.; Chase, M. W.; Fay, M. F. (14 June 2004). "Phylogenetic analysis of Leucojum and Galanthus (Amaryllidaceae) based on plastid matK and nuclear ribosomal spacer (ITS) DNA sequences and morphology". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 246 (3–4). doi:10.1007/s00606-004-0152-0. S2CID 43826738.
^ Meerow, Alan W.; Snijman, Deirdre A. (1998), "Amaryllidaceae", in Kubitzki, Klaus (ed.), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, vol. III, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg GmbH, pp. 83–110, doi:10.1007/978-3-662-03533-7, ISBN 978-3-642-08377-8, S2CID 30159571

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