User:Nonenmac/Flora of/Heliantheae

→ order    Asterales → family   Asteraceae → subfamily Asteroideae → tribe    Heliantheae

The tribe Heliantheae (sensu lato) contains about 3500 species in about 300 genera worldwide. It is primarily a North American tribe, with the highest concentrations in the south-west, although some genera occur in tropical and subtropical regions of South America and the Old World.


 * See "Asteraceae - Tribe Heliantheae" (University of Hawaii), which lists the subtribes from "Systematics, Evolution, & Biogeography of Compositae" (2009):
 * Ecliptinae (incl. Calyptocarpus, Melanthera, Sphagneticola)
 * Engelmanniinae (incl. Balsamorhiza)
 * Helianthinae (incl. Helianthus, Scalesia)
 * Rudbeckiinae (incl. Rudbeckia)
 * Spilanthinae (incl. Acmella)
 * Zinniinae (incl. Echinacea, Zinnia)


 * See Tree of Life: Heliantheae

Subtribe Ambrosiinae
Ambrosiinae

Subtribe Zinniinae
→ family   Asteraceae → subfamily Asteroideae → tribe    Heliantheae → subtribe Zinniinae

Subtribe Helianthinae
→ family   Asteraceae → subfamily Asteroideae → tribe    Heliantheae → subtribe Helianthinae

Helianthus sect. Helianthus
The species in the Helianthus section of genus Helianthus are annual sunflowers. Their disk corollas and style branches are usually red or purple. Their leaves have petioles and are mostly alternate.

Helianthus sect. Divaricati
The Divaricati section consists of perennial plants that grow from rhizomes, tubers, or crown buds.