Coreopsideae
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Coreopsideae is a tribe of flowering plant
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...

s belonging to the Asteroideae
Asteroideae
Asteroideae is a subfamily of the plant family Asteraceae. It contains about 70% of the species of the family.It is made of several tribes including Astereae, Calenduleae, Eupatorieae, Gnaphalieae, Heliantheae, Senecioneae and Tageteae.- Classification :...

subfamily.

Classification

This tribe includes genera like Cosmos and Dahlia
Dahlia
Dahlia is a genus of bushy, tuberous, perennial plants native to Mexico, Central America, and Colombia. There are at least 36 species of dahlia, some like D. imperialis up to 10 metres tall. Dahlia hybrids are commonly grown as garden plants...

.

Tribe Coreopsideae came into being when tribe Heliantheae
Heliantheae
Heliantheae is the third largest tribe in the sunflower family . With some 190 genera and nearly 2500 recognized species, only the tribes Senecioneae and Astereae are larger. The name is derived from the genus Helianthus, which is Greek for sun flower. Most genera and species are found in North...

 (Cassini
Alexandre de Cassini
Count Alexandre Henri Gabriel de Cassini was a French botanist and naturalist, who specialised in the sunflower family ....

, 1819) was split as a consequence of molecular studies.
The new tribes were named Bahieae, Chaenactideae, Coreopsideae, Helenieae and, finally, Heliantheae
Heliantheae
Heliantheae is the third largest tribe in the sunflower family . With some 190 genera and nearly 2500 recognized species, only the tribes Senecioneae and Astereae are larger. The name is derived from the genus Helianthus, which is Greek for sun flower. Most genera and species are found in North...

 (sensu stricto).

Genera

  • Bidens
    Bidens
    Bidens is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It contains about 200 species. The common names beggarticks, black jack, bur-marigolds, stickseeds, tickseeds and tickseed sunflowers refer to the achene burrs on the seeds of this genus, most of which are barbed...

  • Chrysanthellum
    Chrysanthellum
    Chrysanthellum is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family....

  • Coreocarpus
    Coreocarpus
    Coreocarpus is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family....

  • Coreopsis
  • Cosmos
  • Dahlia
    Dahlia
    Dahlia is a genus of bushy, tuberous, perennial plants native to Mexico, Central America, and Colombia. There are at least 36 species of dahlia, some like D. imperialis up to 10 metres tall. Dahlia hybrids are commonly grown as garden plants...

  • Dicranocarpus
    Dicranocarpus
    Dicranocarpus is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family....

  • Ericentrodea
    Ericentrodea
    Ericentrodea is a genus of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family. It contains eight species, including Ericentrodea homogama....

  • Fitchia
    Fitchia
    Fitchia is a genus of flowering plants in the Asteraceae family.-Species:* Fitchia cordata M.L.Grant & Carlq.* Fitchia cuneata J.W.Moore* Fitchia mangarevensis F.Br.* Fitchia nutans Hook.f.* Fitchia rapensis F.Br....

  • Glossogyne
  • Goldmanella
    Goldmanella
    Goldmanella is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family....

  • Henricksonia
    Henricksonia
    Henricksonia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family....

  • Heterosperma
    Heterosperma
    Heterosperma is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family....

  • Isostigma
    Isostigma
    Isostigma is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family....

  • Megalodonta
    Megalodonta
    Megalodonta is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family....

  • Narvalina
    Narvalina
    Narvalina is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family....

  • Oparanthus
    Oparanthus
    Oparanthus is a genus of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family.It contains the following species:* Oparanthus coriaceus* Oparanthus rapensis...

  • Petrobium
    Petrobium
    Petrobium is a monotypic genus in the family Asteraceae endemic to the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean. The vernacular name is Whitewood....

  • Selleophytum
    Selleophytum
    Selleophytum is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family....

  • Thelesperma
    Thelesperma
    Thelesperma is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae. Members of the genus are used by a number of the southwestern Native American tribes as a tea, as such it is sometimes called "Navajo Tea," "Hopi Tea," etc. T. megapotamicum contains luteolin...

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