Coussareeae is a

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s in the

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and contains 407

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in 10 genera. The former tribe Coccocypseleae Bremek., consisting of '' Coccocypselum'', '' Declieuxia'', and '' Hindsia'', is considered part of Coussareeae. Its representatives are found in Central and South America.

Genera

Currently accepted names * '' Bradea'' Standl. (6 sp) * '' Coccocypselum'' P.Browne (22 sp) * '' Coussarea'' Aubl. (120 sp) * '' Cruckshanksia'' Hook. & Arn. (7 sp) * '' Declieuxia''

Kunth Carl Sigismund Kunth (18 June 1788 – 22 March 1850), also Karl Sigismund Kunth or anglicized as Charles Sigismund Kunth, was a German botanist. He is known for being one of the first to study and categorise plants from the American continents, ...

(29 sp) * ''

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'' Aubl. (204 sp) * '' Heterophyllaea''

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(2 sp) * '' Hindsia'' Benth. ex

Lindl. John Lindley FRS (5 February 1799 – 1 November 1865) was an English botanist, gardener and orchidologist. Early years Born in Catton, near Norwich, England, John Lindley was one of four children of George and Mary Lindley. George Lindley ...

(11 sp) * '' Oreopolus'' Schltdl. (1 sp) * '' Standleya'' Brade (6 sp) Synonyms * ''Antoniana'' Tussac = ''

'' * ''Bellardia'' Schreb. = '' Coccocypselum'' * ''Billardiera''

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= '' Coussarea'' * ''Cococipsilum'' J.St.-Hil. = '' Coccocypselum'' * ''Condalia'' Ruiz & Pav. = '' Coccocypselum'' * ''Congdonia'' Jeps. = '' Declieuxia'' * ''Darluca'' Raf. = ''

'' * ''Encopea''

C.Presl Carl Borivoj Presl ( cs, Karel Bořivoj Presl; 17 February 1794 – 2 October 1852) was a Czechs, Czech botanist. Biography Presl lived his entire life in Prague, and was a professor of botany at the Charles University in Prague, University of P ...

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'' * ''Evea'' Aubl. = ''

'' * ''Froelichia''

= '' Coussarea'' * ''Homaloclados''

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'' * ''Lecanosperma'' Rusby = '' Heterophyllaea'' * ''Lipostoma'' D.Don = '' Coccocypselum'' * ''Macrosiphon''

Miq. Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel (24 October 1811 – 23 January 1871) was a Dutch botanist, whose main focus of study was on the flora of the Dutch East Indies. Early life Miquel was born in Neuenhaus and studied medicine at the University of Groni ...

= '' Hindsia'' * ''Neleixa'' Raf. = ''

'' * ''Pecheya''

Scop. Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (sometimes Latinized as Johannes Antonius Scopolius) (3 June 1723 – 8 May 1788) was an Italian physician and naturalist. His biographer Otto Guglia named him the "first anational European" and the " Linnaeus of the A ...

= '' Coussarea'' * ''Peckeya'' Raf. = '' Coussarea'' * ''Potima'' R.Hedw. = ''

'' * ''Rotheria'' Meyen = '' Cruckshanksia'' * ''Sicelium'' P.Browne = '' Coccocypselum'' * ''Sulzeria''

Roem. Johann Jacob Roemer (8 January 1763, Zurich – 15 January 1819) was a physician and professor of botany in Zurich, Switzerland. He was also an entomologist. With Austrian botanist Joseph August Schultes, he published the 16th edition of Carl ...

& Schult. = ''

'' * ''Tetramerium'' C.F.Gaertn. = ''

'' * ''Thiersia''

Baill. Henri Ernest Baillon was a French botanist and physician. He was born in Calais on 30 November 1827 and died in Paris on 19 July 1895. Baillon spent his professional life as a professor of natural history, and he published numerous works on ...

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'' * ''Tontanea'' Aubl. = '' Coccocypselum''

References

Rubioideae tribes {{Rubioideae-stub