Triaenophora

Triaenophora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Orobanchaceae
Tribe: Rehmannieae
Genus:
Soler.[1]

Triaenophora is a genus of flowering plants native to Temperate Asia.[2] Molecular phylogenetic studies place it in the tribe Rehmannieae of the family Orobanchaceae, although as of February 2025, Plants of the World Online continued to place it in Plantaginaceae.

Taxonomy

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 February 2025.[2] Subsequent studies have shown that Triaenophora forms a clade with Rehmannia, basal to parasitic genera in the family Orobanchaceae.[4][5][6]

Orobanchaceae
Rehmannieae

Triaenophora

Rehmannia

Lindenbergia (Lindenbergieae) 

remaining Orobanchaceae

non-parasitic

The placement in the tribe Rehmannieae of the family Orobanchaceae was accepted by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Website, as of February 2025.[7]

Species

As of March 2022, Plants of the World Online accepted four species:[2]

  • Triaenophora bucharica B.Fedtsch.
  • Triaenophora integra (H.L.Li) Ivanina
  • Triaenophora rupestris (Hemsl.) Soler.
  • Triaenophora shennongjiaensis Xi.D.Li, Y.Y.Zan & J.Q.Li

References

  1. ^ a b c "Triaenophora Soler". The International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  2. ^ a b c "Triaenophora Soler". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  3. ^ Hooker, J.D. (1891). "Rehmannia (Trianophora) rupestris". Curtis's Botanical Magazine. Series 3. 47. Tab. 7191. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  4. ^ a b Albach, Dirk C.; Yan, Kun; Rosendal Jensen, Søren & Li, Hong-Qing (2009), "Phylogenetic placement of Triaenophora (formerly Scrophulariaceae) with some implications for the phylogeny of Lamiales", Taxon, 58 (3): 749–756, doi:10.1002/tax.583005, retrieved 2022-03-21
  5. ^ Li, Xi; Feng, Tao; Randle, Chris & Schneeweiss, Gerald M. (2019). "Phylogenetic Relationships in Orobanchaceae Inferred From Low-Copy Nuclear Genes: Consolidation of Major Clades and Identification of a Novel Position of the Non-photosynthetic Orobanche Clade Sister to All Other Parasitic Orobanchaceae". Frontiers in Plant Science. 10: 902. doi:10.3389/fpls.2019.00902. PMC 6646720. PMID 31379896.
  6. ^ Mortimer, Sebastian M. E.; Boyko, James; Beaulieu, Jeremy M. & Tank, David C. (2022). "Synthesizing Existing Phylogenetic Data to Advance Phylogenetic Research in Orobanchaceae". Systematic Botany. 47 (2): 533–544. doi:10.1600/036364422X16512564801560.
  7. ^ Stevens, P.F. (2001 onwards). "Orobanchaceae". Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Retrieved 2025-02-28.