Trichodesmeae

Belongs within: Cynoglosseae.

The Trichodesmeae are an Old World group of robust herbs or shrubs with very short corolla tubes and mostly spreading corolla lobes with long, exserted anthers.

<==Trichodesmeae
    |--CacciniaLC02
    |--SuchteleniaLC02
    `--Trichodesma Brown 1810 [incl. Pollichia Medicus 1783 (nom. rej.)]BR65
         |--T. africanumD17
         |--T. angustifoliumCV06
         |    |--T. a. ssp. angustifoliumCV06
         |    `--T. a. ssp. argenteumCV06
         |--T. gracileD17
         |--T. indicaPP07
         |    |--T. i. var. indicaPP07
         |    `--T. i. var. amplexicaulePP07
         |--T. scottiiLC02
         `--T. zeylanicum [=Pollichia zeylanica; incl. T. zeylanicum var. sericeum]BR65
              |--T. z. var. zeylanicumBR65
              `--T. z. var. latisepalumBR65

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[BR65] Black, J. M., & E. L. Robertson. 1965. Flora of South Australia. Part IV. Oleaceae–Compositae. W. L. Hawes, Government Printer: Adelaide.

[CV06] Craven, P., & P. Vorster. 2006. Patterns of plant diversity and endemism in Namibia. Bothalia 36 (2): 175–189.

[D17] Diels, L. 1917. Beiträge zur Flora der Zentral-Sahara und ihrer Pflanzengeographie. Nach der Sammelausbeute des Freiherrn Hans Geyr von Schweppenburg. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 54 (Beiblatt 120): 51–155.

[LC02] Långström, E., & M. W. Chase. 2002. Tribes of Boraginoideae (Boraginaceae) and placement of Antiphytum, Echiochilon, Ogastemma and Sericostoma: a phylogenetic analysis based on atpB plastid DNA sequence data. Plant Systematics and Evolution 234: 137–153.

[PP07] Pandey, R. P., & P. M. Padhye. 2007. Studies on phytodiversity of Arid Machia Safari Park-Kailana in Jodhpur (Rajasthan). Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India 49: 15–78.