Subtribe

Short description: Taxonomic category rank

Subtribe is a taxonomic category ranking which is below the rank of tribe and above genus.^[1] The standard suffix for a subtribe is -ina (in animals) or -inae (in plants). The early use of this word is from 19th century. An example of a subtribe is Hyptidinae, a group of flowering plants that contains approximately 400 accepted species distributed in 19 genera.^[2]

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↑ "Subtribe Hyptidinae (Lamiaceae): A promising source of bioactive metabolites". Journal of Ethnopharmacology 264: 113225. January 2021. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2020.113225. PMID 32763419.

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[2] "Subtribe Hyptidinae (Lamiaceae): A promising source of bioactive metabolites". Journal of Ethnopharmacology 264: 113225. January 2021. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2020.113225. PMID 32763419.