Anubiadeae

{{Short description|Tribe of aquatic plants}}

{{automatic taxobox

|image = Anubias_barteri_var_nana_on_a_bogwood.jpg

|image_caption = Anubias barteri var. nana on a bogwood (top view)

|taxon = Anubiadeae

|authority = Engler

|subdivision_ranks = Genus

|subdivision = *Anubias

}}

The Anubiadeae are a tribe of the family Araceae, subfamily Aroideae. The tribe was first described in 1879 by Adolf Engler and contained only the genus Anubias Schott.{{cite book |last=Engler |first=Adolf |editor=Alphonse de Candolle |editor-link=Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle |title=Monographiae Phanerogamarum |volume=2 |year=1879 |publisher=Masson |location=Paris |page= |chapter=Araceae}} In 1915, Engler added the genus Amauriella Rendle. The two genera were distinguished by the position of the thecae on the synandria (fused anthers).{{cite web |url=http://www.zum.de/stueber/engler/pflanzenreich/high/IMG_8649.html |title=Araceae - Philodendroideae - Anubiadeae, Aglaonemateae, Dieffenbachieae, Zantedeschieae; Typhonodoreae, Peltandreae |date=1915 |work=Das Pflanzenreich |accessdate=2010-11-25}} The latest taxonomic revision regards Amauriella as a synonym of Anubias,{{cite journal|last=Crusio|first=W.|author-link=Wim Crusio|date=1979|title=A revision of Anubias Schott (Araceae). (Primitiae Africanae XII)|journal=Mededelingen Landbouwhogeschool Wageningen|volume=79|issue=14|pages=1–48 |url=http://edepot.wur.nl/165228}} leaving this a monogeneric tribe. The Anubiadeae are aquatic and semi-aquatic plants and are native to tropical central and western Africa. They primarily grow in rivers and streams, but can also be found in marshes.