Gomphrenoideae | |
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Gomphrena globosa | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Amaranthaceae |
Subfamily: |
Gomphrenoideae Schinz |
Genera | |
about 13 genera, see text |
The Gomphrenoideae are a subfamily of the Amaranthaceae.
The stamens have anthers with only one lobe ( locule) and two pollen sacs. Many species show C4-photosynthesis pathway. [1]
The center of diversity lies in Central America, Mexico and the dry forests and thorn bush savannas of South America. [2]
The subfamily Gomphrenoideae was first published in 1893 by Hans Schinz (in: Engler und Prantl (Eds.): Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien vol. 3, 1a, p. 97).
According to phylogenetic research by Sanchez Del-Pino (2009), the subfamily Gomphrenoideae Schinz is regarded as a monophyletic taxon with 19 genera and about 300-400 species. The traditional classification with two tribes (Gomphreneae and Pseudoplantageae) does not reflect the phylogenetic relationship in this group. Three clades can be recognized.: [1]
This is the sister clade of the two other clades.
C4 carbon fixation evolved independently in the genera Alternathera, which also contains C3 and C3–C4 intermediate species, and Tidestromia. [3] [4]
One large clade within this group, containing the genera Froelichia, Guilleminea, Blutaparon, some Gomphrena species, and probably Gossypianthus and Lithophila, has acquired the C4 carbon fixation pathway. [3] [4] Some of these C4 species occur at unusually high altitudes in the Andes, in cooler conditions than their C3 relatives. [5]
Gomphrenoideae | |
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Gomphrena globosa | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Amaranthaceae |
Subfamily: |
Gomphrenoideae Schinz |
Genera | |
about 13 genera, see text |
The Gomphrenoideae are a subfamily of the Amaranthaceae.
The stamens have anthers with only one lobe ( locule) and two pollen sacs. Many species show C4-photosynthesis pathway. [1]
The center of diversity lies in Central America, Mexico and the dry forests and thorn bush savannas of South America. [2]
The subfamily Gomphrenoideae was first published in 1893 by Hans Schinz (in: Engler und Prantl (Eds.): Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien vol. 3, 1a, p. 97).
According to phylogenetic research by Sanchez Del-Pino (2009), the subfamily Gomphrenoideae Schinz is regarded as a monophyletic taxon with 19 genera and about 300-400 species. The traditional classification with two tribes (Gomphreneae and Pseudoplantageae) does not reflect the phylogenetic relationship in this group. Three clades can be recognized.: [1]
This is the sister clade of the two other clades.
C4 carbon fixation evolved independently in the genera Alternathera, which also contains C3 and C3–C4 intermediate species, and Tidestromia. [3] [4]
One large clade within this group, containing the genera Froelichia, Guilleminea, Blutaparon, some Gomphrena species, and probably Gossypianthus and Lithophila, has acquired the C4 carbon fixation pathway. [3] [4] Some of these C4 species occur at unusually high altitudes in the Andes, in cooler conditions than their C3 relatives. [5]