Botany: 76 genera; 970 species; South America.
TaxonomyMutsieae is a Tribe of the Subfamily Cichoroideae of
Asteraceae. Old Subfamilies like Gochnatioideae, Hecastocleidoideae, Pertyoideae, Stifftioideae and Wunderlichioideae have been included in Mutsieae.
Barnadesioideae is a subfamily of the
Asteraceae, with 9 genera and 93 species, endemic to South America, with a basal position in
Asteraceae. It has been placed in the past in
Carduoideae.
In the
Plant theory Mutsioideae is placed in
Subphase 1, together with the Subfamily Barnadesoideae.