Tribe Tabernaemontaneae in Family Apocynaceae

In botanical taxonomy, a tribe is a rank used to group related genera within a subfamily. The tribe rank is placed above genus and below subfamily in the hierarchy.

Tribes group together genera that share certain characteristics and are more closely related to one another than to genera in other tribes within the same subfamily. For example, the subfamily Faboideae of the family Fabaceae includes several tribes, such as Genisteae (which includes the genus Genista) and Phaseoleae (which includes the genus Phaseolus).

Tribes are further divided into smaller ranks, such as genera and species, based on shared characteristics and evolutionary relationships. Botanists use these classifications to study and better understand relationships among plant groups.

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