- Stylidioideae
Taxobox
name = Stylidioideae
image_caption = "Stylidium productum "
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo =Asterales
familia =Stylidiaceae
subfamilia = Stylidioideae
subfamilia_authority =Mildbr. 1908
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision ="Forstera " "Levenhookia " "Oreostylidium " "Phyllachne " "Stylidium "Stylidioideae is a
subfamily ofStylidiaceae described byJohannes Mildbraed in his 1908 taxonomic monograph of the family. The subfamily was created to distinguish the difference between the five typical genera of the Stylidiaceae from the single genus "Donatia ", which Mildbraed placed in theDonatioideae subfamily.Mildbraed, J. (1908). Stylidiaceae. "In" Engler, A. "Das Pflanzenreich: Regni vegetabilis conspectus", IV. 278. Leipzig, 1908.] The subfamily taxonomy represents the taxonomic uncertainty of "Donatia", which has often been placed in its own family, Donatiaceae, or other families such as theSaxifragaceae .Wagstaff, S.J. and Wege, J. (2002). [http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/full/89/5/865 Patterns of diversification in New Zealand Stylidiaceae] . "American Journal of Botany", 89(5): 865-874.] Good, R. (1925). On the geographical distribution of the Stylidiaceae. "New Phytologist", 24(4): 225-240.]Mildbraed's classification also included two tribes: Phyllachneae, which included the genera "Forstera" and "Phyllachne", and Stylidieae, which included "Levenhookia", "Oreostylidium", and "Stylidium". This level of infraspecific taxonomy is not used in recent research, but the groupings are supported by molecular data that suggest "Forstera" and "Phyllachne" are closely related but distinct from the other three.
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