Sabiceeae is a

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s in the

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and contains about 164

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in 7 genera. Its representatives are found in tropical Africa,

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, Sri Lanka, and from

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to tropical America. The genus '' Sabicea'' is one of the rare genera in Rubiaceae that occurs both in tropical Africa and tropical America.

Genera

Currently accepted names * '' Hekistocarpa''

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 ...

(1 sp) * '' Pentaloncha''

(2 sp) * '' Sabicea'' Aubl. (149 sp) * '' Stipularia'' P.Beauv. (2 sp) * '' Tamridaea'' Thulin & B.Bremer (1 sp) * '' Temnopteryx''

(1 sp) * '' Virectaria'' Bremek. (8 sp) Synonyms * ''Ecpoma''

K.Schum. Karl Moritz Schumann (17 June 1851 – 22 March 1904) was a German botanist. Schumann was born in Görlitz. He was curator of the Botanisches Museum in Berlin-Dahlem from 1880 until 1894. He also served as the first chairman of the ''Deut ...

= '' Sabicea'' * ''Paiva'' Vell. = '' Sabicea'' * ''Phyteumoides'' Smeathman ex DC. = '' Virectaria'' * ''Pseudosabicea'' N.Hallé = '' Sabicea'' * ''Schizostigma'' Arn. ex

Meisn. Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner (1 November 1800 – 2 May 1874) was a Swiss botanist. Biography Born in Bern, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner. For most of his 40 ...

= '' Sabicea'' * ''Schwenkfelda'' Schreb. = '' Sabicea'' * ''Virecta'' Afzel. ex

Sm. __NOTOC__ Sir James Edward Smith (2 December 1759 – 17 March 1828) was an English botanist and founder of the Linnean Society. Early life and education Smith was born in Norwich in 1759, the son of a wealthy wool merchant. He displayed a ...

= '' Virectaria''

References

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