Madieae is a
tribe
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English language, English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in p ...
of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s in the family
Asteraceae
The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...
. It is sometimes considered a subtribe of
Heliantheae
The Heliantheae (sometimes called the sunflower tribe) are the third-largest tribe in the sunflower family (Asteraceae). With some 190 genera and nearly 2500 recognized species, only the tribes Senecioneae and Astereae are larger. The name is ...
.
Notable species include the tarweeds of the
Western United States
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as well as the
silverswords of
Hawaii
Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only stat ...
.
Subtribes and genera
Madieae subtribes and genera recognized by the Global Compositae Database as of April 2022:
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Arnicinae
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Arnica
''Arnica'' is a genus of perennial, herbaceous plants in the sunflower family (Asteraceae). The genus name ''Arnica'' may be derived from the Greek '' arni'', "lamb", in reference to the plants' soft, hairy leaves. ''Arnica'' is also known by th ...
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*Subtribe
Baeriinae
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Amblyopappus''
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Baeriopsis''
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Constancea''
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Eriophyllum
''Eriophyllum'', commonly known as the woolly sunflower, is a North American genus of plants in the family Asteraceae. The genus is native to western North America (USA, Canada, northwestern Mexico), with a concentration of narrow endemics in Cal ...
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Lasthenia
''Lasthenia'', commonly known as goldfields, is a genus of flowering plants family Asteraceae. The genus is named after Lasthenia of Mantinea, a cross-dressing female pupil of the ancient Greek philosopher Plato.
Description
The goldfield genus ...
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Monolopia''
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Pseudobahia''
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Syntrichopappus''
*Subtribe
Hulseinae
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Eatonella''
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Hulsea''
*Subtribe
Madiinae
Madieae is a Tribe (biology), tribe of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is sometimes considered a subtribe of Heliantheae. Notable species include the tarweeds of the Western United States as well as the Silversword alliance, silver ...
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Achyrachaena
The only species in the monotypic genus ''Achyrachaena'' is the annual herb ''Achyrachaena mollis'', which bears the common name blow-wives. The genus name is both singular and plural.
The plant is common in low-elevation hills, higher mountains ...
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Adenothamnus''
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Anisocarpus''
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Argyroxiphium
''Argyroxiphium'' is a small genus of plants in the family Asteraceae. Its members are known by the common names silversword or greensword due to their long, narrow leaves and the silvery hairs on some species. The silverswords belong to a larger ...
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Blepharipappus''
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Blepharizonia''
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Calycadenia''
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Carlquistia''
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Centromadia''
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Deinandra
''Deinandra'' is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Madieae within the family Asteraceae. Such a genus is not recognized as distinct by all authorities; its species are often treated as members of the genus '' Hemizonia''.
Distribution
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Dubautia
''Dubautia'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. The genus was named after Joseph Eugène DuBaut (1796-1832), an officer in the French Navy who participated in Freycinet's expedition.
The entire genus is endemic to Hawaii. I ...
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Harmonia
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Hemizonella''
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Hemizonia''
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Holocarpha''
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Holozonia''
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Jensia''
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Kyhosia
''Kyhosia'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae containing the single species ''Kyhosia bolanderi'', which is known by the common names Bolander's madia and kyhosia.
This plant was included in genus '' Madia'' until ...
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Lagophylla''
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Layia''
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Madia
''Madia'' is a genus of annual or perennial usually aromatic herbs with yellow flowers, in the tribe Madieae within the family Asteraceae. ''
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Osmadenia''
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Raillardella''
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Wilkesia
''Wilkesia'' is a genus of Hawaiian plants in the tribe Madieae within the family Asteraceae. It contains two perennials, both of which are endemic to the island of Kauai in Hawaii. ''Wilkesia'' is a component of the silversword alliance and is ...
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*Subtribe
Venegasiinae
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Venegasia''
References
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Asteraceae tribes
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