Triaenophora | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Orobanchaceae (?) |
Genus: |
Triaenophora Soler. [1] |
Triaenophora is a genus of flowering plants native to Temperate Asia. [2] Its family placement is not fully settled, as of March 2022 [update]: it may be placed in Orobanchaceae or Plantaginaceae.
The genus Triaenophora was first erected by Hans Solereder in 1909, [1] based on a section of the genus Rehmannia which Joseph Dalton Hooker had called "Trianophora" in 1891. [3] It was initially placed in the family Scrophulariaceae. [1] When that family was shown by molecular phylogenetic studies not to be monophyletic, and so was split up, Triaenophora was placed in Plantaginaceae, [4] a placement still used by Plants of the World Online as of March 2022 [update]. [2] Subsequent studies have shown that Triaenophora forms a clade with Rehmannia, basal to parasitic genera in the family Orobanchaceae. [4] [5] While a 2009 study left Triaenophora unplaced as to family, [4] a 2019 study placed it in a more broadly circumscribed Orobanchaceae: [5]
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non-parasitic |
As of March 2022 [update], Plants of the World Online accepted four species: [2]