Parideae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Melanthiaceae. This group was previously treated as a separate family, Trilliceae.
Taxonomy Parideae was named by Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling in 1830. At the time, Bartling placed four genera in tribe Parideae: Myrsiphyllum , Medeola , Trillium , and Paris , Myrsiphyllum is a synonym for Asparagus 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:
Daiswa Kinugasa Paris sensu stricto Pseudotrillium Trillidium Trillium sensu stricto
, Plants of the World Online considers Daiswa and Kinugasa to be synonyms of Paris, and Trillidium to be a synonym of Trillium.
References
Bibliography