{{Short description|Subtribe of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Clivia Nobilis.TIF |image_caption = ''Clivia nobilis'' |taxon = Cliviinae |authority = D. & U. M.-D.{{sfn|Meerow|Clayton|2004}} |synonyms_ref = |synonyms= Clivieae <small>Traub</small> |subdivision_ranks = Genera |subdivision = * ''Clivia'' * ''Cryptostephanus'' |type_genus = ''Clivia'' |type_genus_authority = Lindl. }}
'''Cliviinae''' is a small subtribe of Haemantheae, and therefore within the African clades of Amaryllidoideae. It consists of two genera, ''Clivia'', and ''Cryptostephanus''.
== Description == [[File:Cryptostephanus vansonii2.jpg|thumb|''Cryptostephanus vansonii'' in Zimbabwe]] Bulbless rhizomatous perennial plants. ''Clivia'' has showy orange or yellow flowers, while ''Cryptostephanus'' has smaller flowers with a paraperigone that had them erroneously classified with Narcissus in the past. it is also the only Haemantheae genus with a phytomelanous seed testa.{{sfn|Meerow|Clayton|2004}}
==Taxonomy == For the early taxonomic history of these two genera, see Meerow and Clayton (2004).{{sfn|Meerow|Clayton|2004}} (Traub described this grouping as tribe Clivieae in his 1963 monograph on the Amaryllidaceae, based on the type genus ''Clivia''. .{{sfn|Traub|1963}} Subsequently, the Müller-Doblies' reduced it to a subtribe and placed it within the Haemantheae.{{sfn|Müller-Doblies|Müller-Doblies|1996}} Later molecular phylogenetic research has confirmed this placement, with Cliviinae being one of three subtribes of Haemantheae.{{sfn|Meerow|Clayton|2004}}
=== Phylogeny === The Cliviinae are placed within the Haemantheae as follows:
{{clade | label1= Tribe '''Haemantheae'''
| 1= {{clade | 1= Subtribe '''Cliviinae''' | 2= {{clade | 1= Subtribe Haemanthinae | 2= Subtribe Gethyllidinae }} }} }}
=== Subdivision === * ''Clivia'' (5 species) * ''Cryptostephanus'' (2 species)
== Distribution and habitat == ''Clivia'' is found in summer rainfall regions, as herbaceous understory plants of coastal and Afro-montane forest, while ''Cryptostephanus'' are plants of savanna or forest habitats.{{sfn|Meerow|Clayton|2004}}
== Ecology == Butterfly and sunbird pollination.{{sfn|Meerow|Clayton|2004}}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== Bibliography == {{refbegin|30em}}
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==External links== {{Amaryllidaceae}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q23012142}}
Category:Amaryllidoideae Category:Garden plants of Southern Africa Category:Plant subtribes