Rubieae is a
tribe
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of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s in the
family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
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 ...
and contains 970
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
in 15
genera
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclat ...
. The genus ''
Galium
''Galium'' is a large genus of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the family Rubiaceae, occurring in the temperate zones of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Some species are informally known as bedstraw.
There are over 600 spe ...
'' is responsible for more than two thirds of the species in the tribe. The second largest genus is ''
Asperula
''Asperula'', commonly known as woodruff, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It contains 194 species and has a wide distribution area from Europe, northern Africa, temperate and subtropical Asia to Australasia.
Species
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'', which contains about 200 species. Unlike the rest of the family
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 ...
, the tribe contains predominantly perennial and annual herbs with pseudowhorls of leaves and leaflike stipules and is centered in temperate and tropical-mountain regions.
Genera
Currently accepted names
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Asperula
''Asperula'', commonly known as woodruff, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It contains 194 species and has a wide distribution area from Europe, northern Africa, temperate and subtropical Asia to Australasia.
Species
* ' ...
''
L. (191 sp)
*''
Callipeltis''
Steven (3 sp)
*''
Crucianella
''Crucianella'' (common name crossworts) is a genus of flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Rubiaceae. The species are annual herbs found from the Mediterranean Basin, Mediterranean to Central Asia and the Arabian Peninsula. One spec ...
''
L. (31 sp)
*''
Cruciata''
Mill. (8 sp)
*''
Didymaea''
Hook.f. (8 sp)
*
× ''Galiasperula'' Ronniger (1 sp)
*''
Galium
''Galium'' is a large genus of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the family Rubiaceae, occurring in the temperate zones of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Some species are informally known as bedstraw.
There are over 600 spe ...
''
L. (631 sp)
*''
Kelloggia
''Kelloggia'' is a plant Genus (biology), genus in the bedstraw and madder family, Rubiaceae.
Species
''The Plant List'' and the ''World Checklist of Selected Plant Families'' recognise 2 accepted species:
# ''Kelloggia chinensis''
# ''Kellog ...
''
Torr. ex Benth.
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& Hook.f.
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of ...
(2 sp)
*''
Mericarpaea
''Mericarpaea'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family 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 h ...
''
Boiss. (1 sp)
*'
Schrenk (1 sp)
*''
Phuopsis''
Steven (1 sp)
*''
Pseudogalium''
L.E Yang, Z.L.Nie & H.Sun (1 sp)
*''
Rubia
''Rubia'' is the type genus of the Rubiaceae family of flowering plants, which also contains coffee. It contains around 80 species of perennial scrambling or climbing herbs and subshrubs native to the Old World. The genus and its best-known spe ...
''
L. (83 sp)
*''
Sherardia''
L. (1 sp)
*''
Valantia''
L. (7 sp)
Synonyms
*''
Asperugalium''
P.Fourn. =
× ''Galiasperula''
*''Relbunium''
(Endl.
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) Hook.f.
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of ...
= ''
Galium
''Galium'' is a large genus of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the family Rubiaceae, occurring in the temperate zones of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Some species are informally known as bedstraw.
There are over 600 spe ...
''
*''Warburgina''
Eig = ''
Callipeltis''
References
External links
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World Checklist of Rubiaceae
Rubioideae tribes
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