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Rubiaceae

not marked as a favorite taxon Rubiaceae A.L. de Jussieu. Common name: Madder Family.

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A family of about 630-650 genera and 10,200-13,000 species, trees, shrubs, vines, and rarely herbs, cosmopolitan, but especially diverse in tropical and subtropical areas. Subfamily and tribe classification follows Bremer & Eriksson (2009).

Subfamily Cinchonoideae
Tribe 1.1 Chiococceae: Chiococca, Catesbaea, Erithalis, Exostema, Strumpfia
Tribe 1.3 Guettardeae: Guettarda
Tribe 1.5 Hamelieae: Hamelia
Tribe 1.8 Naucleeae: Cephalanthus
Subfamily Ixoroideae
Tribe Condamineeae: Pinckneya
Tribe Ixoreae: Ixora
Tribe Gardenieae: Gardenia, Casasia, Randia
Subfamily Rubioideae
Tribe 3.8 Spermacoceae: Pentodon, Houstonia, Oldenlandia, Richardia, Spermacoce, Borreria, Mitracarpus, Hexasepalum, Diodia, Ernodea
Tribe 3.11 Paederieae: Paederia
Tribe 3.13 Rubieae: Galium
Tribe 3.18a Mitchelleae: Mitchella
Tribe 3.19 Psychotrieae: Psychotria
Tribe 3.20 Morindeae: Morinda

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References: Bremer & Eriksson (2009); Paudyal et al. (2018); Razafimandimbison & Rydin (2024); Rogers (1987); Rogers (2005). Show full citations.

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image #1 of Rubiaceae© Gary P. Fleming | Houstonia | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Rubiaceae© Alan M. Cressler | Pinckneya bracteata | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Rubiaceae© Scott Ward | Cephalanthus
image #4 of Rubiaceae© John Gwaltney | Galium | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Rubiaceae© Keith Bradley | Psychotria | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Rubiaceae© Keith Bradley | Spermacoce ocymoides | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Rubiaceae© Keith Bradley | Ernodea littoralis | Original Image ⭷
image #8 of Rubiaceae© Aidan Campos | Guettarda source
image #9 of Rubiaceae© Joey Shaw | Hexasepalum source | Original Image ⭷
image #10 of Rubiaceae© Gary P. Fleming | Diodia virginiana | Original Image ⭷
image #11 of Rubiaceae© Richard & Teresa Ware | Paederia CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG
image #12 of Rubiaceae© Bryan England | Edrastima uniflora | Original Image ⭷
image #13 of Rubiaceae© Will Stuart | Mitchella repens | Original Image ⭷
image #14 of Rubiaceae© Jay Horn | Oldenlandia source
image #15 of Rubiaceae© Keith Bradley | Casasia clusiifolia
image #16 of Rubiaceae© Scott Ward | Strumpfia maritima
image #17 of Rubiaceae© Martine Lapointe, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Martine Lapointe | Morinda citrifolia source | Original Image ⭷

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