Plukenetieae
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| Plukenetieae | |
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| Plukenetia volubilis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Acalyphoideae |
| Tribe: | Plukenetieae Hutch. |
| Subtribes and genera | |
Plukenetieae is a tribe of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae. It comprises 3 subtribes and 14 genera.[1] Tribe Plukenetieae (Benth.) Hutch. (Euphorbiaceae, Acalyphoideae) is a diverse pantropical lineage of ca. 17 genera and 350 species of twining vines and lianas, scandent to erect perennial herbs and subshrubs, and rarely shrubs and small trees.[2]
See also
References
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- ^ Gillespie, Lynn J.; Armbruster, W. Scott (1997). "A Contribution to the Guianan Flora: Dalechampia, Haematostemon, Omphalea, Pera, Plukenetia, and Tragia (Euphorbiaceae) with Notes on Subfamily Acalyphoideae". Smithsonian Contributions to Botany (86): 13. doi:10.5479/si.0081024X.86. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- ^ Cardinal-McTeague, Warren M.; Gillespie, Lynn J. (2016-06-01). "Molecular Phylogeny and Pollen Evolution of Euphorbiaceae Tribe Plukenetieae". Systematic Botany. 41 (2): 329–347. doi:10.1600/036364416X691759.
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