Epithemateae

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Gesneriaceae
Subfamilia: Didymocarpoideae
Tribus: Epithemateae
Subtribus: Epithematinae – Loxoniinae – Loxotidinae – Monophyllaeinae
Name

Epithemateae (Meisn.) C.B.Clarke, Commelyn. et Cyrtandr. Bengal. 67. (1874) as Epithemeae.

Type genus: Epithema Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 14: 737. (1826)

Synonyms

Homotypic
Epithemateae Reveal, Phytoneuron 37: 216 (23 April 2012), nom. superfl.
Heterotypic
Klugieae Fritsch, in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. IV, 3b: 143 (May 1893). Type: Klugia Schltdl. (1833) = Rhynchoglossum Blume (1826).
Loxonieae B.L.Burtt, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 24: 210 (1962, publ. 1963). Type: Loxonia Jack (1823)

References
Primary references

Clarke, C.B. 1874. Commelynaceae et Cyrtandraceae Bengalenses 67.

Additional references

Mayer, V., Möller, M., Perret, M. & Weber, A. 2003. Phylogenetic position and generic differentiation of Epithemateae (Gesneriaceae) inferred from plastid DNA sequence data. American Journal of Botany 90(2): 321-329. DOI: 10.3732/ajb.90.2.321 Open access Reference page.
Weber, A., Clark, J.L. & Möller, M. 2013. A new formal classification of Gesneriaceae, Selbyana 31: 68-94. PDF ResearchGate Reference page.
Weber, A., Middleton, D.J. & Clark, J.L. 2020. Keys to the infrafamilial taxa and genera of Gesneriaceae. Rheedia: Journal of the Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy 30(1): 05-47. DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2020.30.01.02 PDF Reference page.