Parideae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Melanthiaceae.

Taxonomy

Parideae was named by Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling in 1830. At the time, Bartling placed four genera in tribe Parideae: Myrsiphyllum Willd., Medeola L., Trillium L., and Paris L. As of March 2023[update], Myrsiphyllum is a synonym for Asparagus L. and Medeola is a member of tribe Medeoleae in the family Liliaceae. The type genus for tribe Parideae is Paris.

Subdivisions

Some authorities recognize six genera within tribe Parideae:

As of March 2025[update], Plants of the World Online considers Daiswa and Kinugasa to be synonyms of Paris, and Trillidium to be a synonym of Trillium.

See also

Bibliography

  • Farmer, Susan B.; Schilling, Edward E. (October 2002). (PDF). Systematic Botany. 27 (4): 674–692. JSTOR .