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Welcome to Tribe Heliantheae!

Heliantheae - Liber Deserti

Your current chain: State of matter Life > Kingdom Plantae > Phylum Tracheophyta > Subphylum Angiospermae > Class Magnoliopsida > Order Asterales > Family Asteraceae > Subfamily Asteroideae > Tribe Heliantheae

(From Wikipedia) The Heliantheae (sometimes called the sunflower tribe) are the third-largest tribe in the sunflower family (Asteraceae).

FACT: While the garden flowers in this tribe are rather well-known, some vegetable crops are derived from it, like sunflower seeds and the Jerusalem artichoke!

Currently discovered: 3/13 Subtribes, 0/6 Genera

Subtribe

  1. Rudbeckiinae - Black-Eyed Susans, Coneflowers, and Prairie Coneflowers
  2. Ambrosiinae - Cockleburs, Ragweeds, and Wild Quinines
  3. Ecliptinae