tribe

The rank subordinate to family but superior to genus in the taxonomic hierarchy. The term is applied to assemblages of similar genera within large families. The Latin names of tribes have the ending -eae. An example in the family Umbelliferae is the tribe Saniculeae, which embraces the genera Eryngium, Astrantia, and Sanicula. Similar tribes may be grouped together in subfamilies. Tribes may be split into subtribes, the Latin names of which have the ending -inae.