Chiococceae is a

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s in the

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Rubiaceae The Rubiaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family. It consists of terrestrial trees, shrubs, lianas, or herbs that are recognizable by simple, opposite leaves with interpetiolar stipules a ...

and contains about 233

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in 27

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. Most representatives occur from southern

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to tropical and subtropical America, except for the genera '' Badusa'' and ''

Bikkia ''Bikkia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is native to the Philippines, the Maluku region of eastern Indonesia, New Guinea and the western Pacific ( Melanesia and Micronesia). The genus was named by Caspar ...

'', which are found from the

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to the West Pacific, and '' Morierina'' and ''

Thiollierea ''Thiollierea'' is a genus of shrubs in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is endemic to New Caledonia in the Pacific and contains 16 species which used to be placed in the genera ''Bikkia ''Bikkia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the ...

'', which are native to

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Genera

Currently accepted names * '' Badusa'' A.Gray (3 sp) * ''

'' Reinw. ex Blume (10 sp) * '' Catesbaea'' L. (17 sp) * '' Ceratopyxis''

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(1 sp) * '' Ceuthocarpus'' Aiello (1 sp) * ''

Chiococca ''Chiococca'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It currently holds 23 species that are native to Florida, Texas, Mexico, Central America, much of South America, the West Indies, and the islands of Galápagos and Fernando d ...

'' P.Browne (25 sp) * '' Coutaportla''

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(3 sp) * '' Coutarea'' Aubl. (6 sp) * '' Cubanola'' Aiello (2 sp) * '' Eosanthe''

(1 sp) * '' Erithalis'' P.Browne (8 sp) * '' Exostema'' (

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) Rich. ex Humb. & Bonpl. (43 sp) * '' Hintonia''

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(3 sp) * '' Isidorea'' A.Rich ex

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(17 sp) * '' Morierina'' Vieill. (2 sp) * '' Nernstia''

(1 sp) * ''

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'' Aiello (1 sp) * '' Phialanthus''

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(22 sp) * '' Phyllacanthus''

(1 sp) * ''

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'' P.Browne (6 sp) * '' Salzmannia''

(1 sp) * '' Schmidtottia''

(15 sp) * '' Scolosanthus''

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(27 sp) * ''

Shaferocharis ''Shaferocharis'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae. It is native to the island of Cuba. The genus name of ''Shaferocharis'' is in honour of John Adolph Shafer (1863–1918), an American botanist. The Latin suffix ...

(3 sp) * ''

Siemensia ''Siemensia'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae. It only contains one known species, Siemensia pendula (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Urb. Its native range is western Cuba. The genus name of ''Siemensia'' is in h ...

(1 sp) * '' Thogsennia'' Aiello (1 sp) * ''

'' Montrouz. (12 sp) Synonyms * ''Antacanthus'' Rich. ex

= '' Scolosanthus'' * '' Asemnantha''

= ''

'' * ''Bathysograya'' Kuntze = '' Badusa'' * ''Bikkiopsis'' Brongn. & Gris = ''

'' * ''Cormigonus'' Raf. = ''

'' * ''Cutaria'' Brign. = '' Coutarea'' * ''Dolichanthera''

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& K.Krause = '' Morierina'' * ''Echinodendrum''

A.Rich. Achille Richard was a French botanist, botanical illustrator and physician (27 April 1794 in Paris – 5 October 1852). Biography Achille was the son of the botanist Louis-Claude Marie Richard (1754–1821). He was a pharmacist in the Fren ...

= '' Scolosanthus'' * ''Gonianthes'' Rich. = '' Cubanola'' * ''Herrera''

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= '' Exostema'' * ''Lorencea'' Borhidi = '' Coutaportla'' * ''Solenandra''

= '' Exostema'' * ''Steudelago'' Kuntze = '' Exostema''

External links

World Checklist of Rubiaceae
*Manns, U., and B. Bremer. 2010. Towards a better understanding of intertribal relationships and stable tribal delimitations within Cinchonoideae s.s. (Rubiaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56: 21-39 *Motley, T. J., K. J. Wurdack, and P. G. Delprete. 2005. Molecular systematics of the Catesbaeeae-Chiococceae complex (Rubiaceae) - flower and fruit evolution and biogeographic implications. American Journal of Botany 92: 316-329 *Paudyal, S. K., P. G. Delprete, and T. J. Motley. 2014. Using Molecular, Morphological, and Palynological Evidence to Transfer Strumpfia maritima to the Monotypic Tribe Strumpfieae (Cinchonoideae, Rubiaceae), and a Re-delimitation of the Tribe Chiococceae. Systematic Botany 39(4):1197-1203. Cinchonoideae tribes {{Cinchonoideae-stub