{{Short description|Subfamily of plants}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Sanicula europaea 050606.jpg | image_caption = ''Sanicula europaea'' | taxon = Saniculoideae | authority = Burnett | subdivision_ranks = Tribes | subdivision = * Saniculeae * Steganotaenieae }}
'''Saniculoideae''' is a subfamily of plants containing genera including ''Sanicula'', ''Astrantia'', and ''Eryngium''.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Kikowska |first=Małgorzata |last2=Hermosaningtyas |first2=Anastasia Aliesa |last3=Chanaj-Kaczmarek |first3=Justyna |date=2024-10-15 |title=Little-known Saniculeae genera: phytochemical studies and pharmaceutical activities |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s11101-024-10027-z |journal=Phytochemistry Reviews |language=en |doi=10.1007/s11101-024-10027-z |issn=1572-980X|doi-access=free }}</ref> It has a bipolar distribution but is better represented in the Southern Hemisphere.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Calviño |first=Carolina I. |last2=Downie |first2=Stephen R. |date=2007-07-01 |title=Circumscription and phylogeny of Apiaceae subfamily Saniculoideae based on chloroplast DNA sequences |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790307000024 |journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution |volume=44 |issue=1 |pages=175–191 |doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2007.01.002 |issn=1055-7903|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
== Tribes and genera == These are tribes and genera accepted by Wikispecies.
=== Tribes === * Saniculeae * Steganotaenieae
=== Genera === * ''Actinolema'' * ''Alepidea'' * ''Arctopus'' * ''Astrantia'' * ''Eryngium'' * ''Petagnaea'' * ''Polemanniopsis'' * ''Sanicula'' * ''Steganotaenia''
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == {{Commons category}} {{Wikispecies}}
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Category:Apiaceae Category:Asterid subfamilies