Ligeriinae

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: Gesnerioideae
Tribus: Gesnerieae
Subtribus: Ligeriinae
Genera: Paliavana – Sinningia – Vanhouttea
Name

Ligeriinae Hanst., Linnaea 26: 198, 199. 1854.
Type genus: Ligeria Decne. vide Sinningia Nees

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Sinningieae Fritsch in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. IV, 3b: 144. 1893.
Type genus: Sinningia Nees

Note: Vanhouttea Lem. (1845) and Paliavana Vell. (1788) nest in Sinningia Nees (1825) and these lineages can be recognised in this genus, but nomenclatural changes have not been made (Weber, 2020).
References

Fritsch, K. in Engler, H.G.A. & Prantl, K.A.E. (1893) Nat. Pflanzenfam. IV, 3b: 144.
Hanstein, J.L.E.R. v. (1854) Linnaea 26: 198, 199.
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.