Condamineeae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae and contains about 305 species in 31

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 ...

. Most genera are found in Central and Southern Tropical America, but a few occur in Southeast Asia.

Genera

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Alseis ''Alseis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Heinrich Wilhelm Schott in 1827. The genus is native to tropical Latin America from southern Mexico to Brazil. Species * '' Alseis blackiana'' Hemsl. - Pan ...

'' Schott (18 sp.) - Southern Mexico to Southern Tropical America * ''

Bathysa ''Bathysa'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Carl Borivoj Presl in 1845. The genus is found from Venezuela south to Brazil and Bolivia. Species Species currently (April 2014) accepted: * '' Bathysa ...

'' C.Presl (10 sp.) - Southern Tropical America * ''

Bothriospora ''Bothriospora'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. ''Bothriospora corymbosa'', native to Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú and northern Brazil Brazil ( pt, ...

'' Hook.f. (1 sp.) - Southern Tropical America * ''

Calycophyllum ''Calycophyllum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Rubiaceae. It was described by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1830. The genus is found from Mexico, Central America, South America and the West Indies. Species * ...

DC. Augustin Pyramus (or Pyrame) de Candolle (, , ; 4 February 17789 September 1841) was a Swiss botanist. René Louiche Desfontaines launched de Candolle's botanical career by recommending him at a herbarium. Within a couple of years de Candolle ...

(11 sp.) - Mexico to Tropical America * ''

Capirona ''Capirona'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. ''Capirona decorticans'', which is native to northern South America. It has been reported from French Guiana, Guyana, Surina ...

Spruce A spruce is a tree of the genus ''Picea'' (), a genus of about 35 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal (taiga) regions of the Earth. ''Picea'' is the sole genus in the subfami ...

(1 sp.) - Southern Tropical America * ''

Chimarrhis ''Chimarrhis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It has 15 recognized species, native to Central America, South America and the West Indies. Species *'' Chimarrhis barbata'' ( Ducke) Bremek. *'' Chimarrhis brevipes'' S ...

Jacq. Nikolaus Joseph Freiherr von Jacquin (16 February 172726 October 1817) was a scientist who studied medicine, chemistry and botany. Biography Born in Leiden in the Netherlands, he studied medicine at Leiden University, then moved first to Par ...

(15 sp.) - Tropical America * ''

Condaminea ''Condaminea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. They are found in Central and tropical South America. Species *'' Condaminea corymbosa'' ( Ruiz & Pav.) DC. *'' Condaminea elegans'' Delprete *'' Condaminea glabrata'' DC. ...

(5 sp.) - Central and Southern Tropical America * '' Dialypetalanthus'' Kuhlm. (1 sp.) - Southern Tropical America * ''

Dioicodendron ''Dioicodendron'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of bi ...

Steyerm. Julian Alfred Steyermark (January 27, 1909 – October 15, 1988) was a Venezuelan American botanist. His focus was on New World vegetation, and he specialized in the family Rubiaceae. Life and work Julian Alfred Steyermark was born in St. Louis, ...

(1 sp.) - Andes * ''

Dolichodelphys ''Dolichodelphys'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. ''Dolichodelphys chlorocrater'', which is found in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru , image_flag ...

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K.Krause Kurt Krause (April 20, 1883 in Potsdam – November 19, 1963 in Berlin) was a German botanist who wrote 33 articles and five books on the flora and vegetation of Turkey about 9300 species of vascular plant were known to grow in Turkey. By comp ...

(1 sp.) - Venezuela,

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

, Ecuador, Peru * ''

Dolicholobium ''Dolicholobium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found from central Malesia to the southwestern Pacific. Species *'' Dolicholobium aciculatum'' Burkill - Solomon Islands *'' Dolicholobium barbatum'' M.E.Ja ...

A.Gray Asa Gray (November 18, 1810 – January 30, 1888) is considered the most important American botanist of the 19th century. His '' Darwiniana'' was considered an important explanation of how religion and science were not necessarily mutually exc ...

(28 sp.) - Central Malesia to Southwestern Pacific * ''

Elaeagia ''Elaeagia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found from Mexico to tropical America. Species *'' Elaeagia alterniramosa'' Steyerm. *'' Elaeagia arborea'' D.A.Simpson *'' Elaeagia asperula'' Standl. ex Ste ...

Wedd. Hugh Algernon Weddell (22 June 1819 – 22 July 1877) was a physician and botanist, specialising in South American flora. Weddell was born at Birches House, Painswick near Gloucester, England but was raised in France and educated ...

(25 sp.) - Mexico to Tropical America * ''

Emmenopterys ''Emmenopterys'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found in China, Burma, Thailand, and Vietnam. Species * '' Emmenopterys henryi'' Oliv. - China, Vietnam * '' Emmenopterys rehderi'' F.P.Metcalf - Burma, Th ...

'' Oliv. (2 sp.) -

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

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, Thailand, Vietnam * ''

Ferdinandusa ''Ferdinandusa'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Rubiaceae, native to the American tropics. Taxonomy The genus was initially named ''Ferdinandea'' by Johann Baptist Emanuel Pohl (but that name was an homonym (biolo ...

'' Pohl (24 sp.) - Tropical America * ''

Hippotis ''Hippotis'' 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 herb ...

Ruiz The Spanish surname Ruiz originates from the Germanic personal name " Hrodric" which is composed of the elements "Hrōd", meaning "renown", and "rīc", meaning "power(ful)", thus "famous ruler". Ruiz is a patronymic from the personal name Ruy, a sh ...

& Pav. (12 sp.) - Central and Southern Tropical America * ''

Macbrideina ''Macbrideina'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae. It only contains one known species, Macbrideina peruviana Standl. Its native range is western South America and is found in the countries of Bolivia, Col ...

Standl. Paul Carpenter Standley (March 21, 1884 – June 2, 1963) was an American botanist known for his work on neotropical plants. __TOC__ Standley was born on March 21, 1884 in Avalon, Missouri. He attended Drury College in Springfield, Missouri an ...

(1 sp.) -

, Ecuador, Peru * ''

Macrocnemum ''Macrocnemum'' is a genus of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete): * '' Macrocnemum cinchonoides'', (Wedd.) Wedd. * '' Macrocnemum jamaicense'', L. * '' Macrocnemum pilosinervium'', ...

'' P.Browne (6 sp.) - Tropical America * '' Mastixiodendron'' Melch. (7 sp.) - Maluku Islands,

Bismarck Archipelago The Bismarck Archipelago (, ) is a group of islands off the northeastern coast of New Guinea in the western Pacific Ocean and is part of the Islands Region of Papua New Guinea. Its area is about 50,000 square km. History The first inhabitants o ...

, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands,

Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...

* '' Mussaendopsis'' Baill. (3 sp.) - Malesia * ''

Parachimarrhis ''Parachimarrhis'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae. Its sole species is ''Parachimarrhis breviloba'', native to southern Tropical America. References Dialypetalantheae Rubiaceae genera Taxa nam ...

'' Ducke (1 sp.) - Southern Tropical America * ''

Pentagonia The ''Pentagonia'' is the collective title of a series of five novels by Cuban author Reinaldo Arenas. It was subtitled by its author "''the secret history of Cuba''." The novels were written from the mid-1960s through the late 1980s, and indeed, ...

'' Benth. (37 sp.) - Central and Southern Tropical America * ''

Picardaea ''Picardaea haitiensis'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is the only member of this genus and endemic to the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean. It is listed as endangered in the red list of the Dominican RepublicLista ro ...

Urb. Ignatz Urban (7 January 1848 – 7 January 1931) was a German botanist. He is known for his contributions to the flora of the Caribbean and Brazil, and for his work as curator of the Berlin Botanical Garden. Born the son of a brewer, Urban s ...

(1 sp.) - Caribbean * '' Pinckneya'' Michx. (1 sp.) - Southeastern U.S.A. * '' Pogonopus''

Klotzsch Johann Friedrich Klotzsch (9 June 1805 – 5 November 1860) was a German pharmacist and botanist. His principal work was in the field of mycology, with the study and description of many species of mushroom. Klotzsch was born in Wittenberg. Origin ...

(3 sp.) - Tropical America * '' Rustia''

(17 sp.) - Tropical America * '' Schizocalyx''

(9 sp.) -

Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...

to Southern Tropical America * '' Simira'' Aubl. (44 sp.) - Mexico to Southern Tropical America * '' Sommera''

Schltdl. Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal (27 November 1794, Xanten – 12 October 1866, Halle an der Saale, Halle) was a German botanist. He studied in Berlin, in 1819 becoming curator of the Botanical Garden in Berlin, Royal Herbarium. He was ...

(10 sp.) - Mexico to Peru * '' Tammsia''

H.Karst. Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten (6 November 1817, in Stralsund – 10 July 1908, in Zoppot) was a German botanist and geologist. Born in Stralsund, he followed the example of Alexander von Humboldt and traveled 1844-56 the northern part of So ...

(1 sp.) - Western South America to Venezuela * ''

Warszewiczia ''Warszewiczia'' (or ''Warscewiczia'') is a genus of flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Rubiaceae. They are primarily tropical Central America, Central and South American trees and shrubs. Perhaps the most famous member of the genus ...

(8 sp.) - Tropical America * ''

Wittmackanthus ''Wittmackanthus'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, ''Wittmackanthus stanleyanus'', which is found in Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Guyana. The genus has one known syno ...

'' Kuntze (1 sp.) - Panama to Southern Tropical America Synonyms * ''Arariba''

Mart. Carl Friedrich Philipp (Karl Friedrich Philipp) von Martius (17 April 1794 – 13 December 1868) was a German botanist and explorer. Life Martius was born at Erlangen, the son of Prof Ernst Wilhelm Martius, court apothecary. He graduated PhD f ...

= '' Simira'' * ''Blandibractea'' Wernham = '' Simira'' * ''Calderonia''

= '' Simira'' * ''Carmenocania'' Wernham = '' Pogonopus'' * ''Chrysoxylon''

= '' Pogonopus'' * ''Creaghia'' Scort. = '' Mussaendopsis'' * ''Dorisia'' Gillespie = '' Mastixiodendron'' * ''Eukylista'' Benth. & Hook.f. = ''

'' * ''Eukylista'' Benth. = ''

'' * ''Exandra''

= '' Simira'' * ''Henlea''

= '' Rustia'' * ''Holtonia''

= '' Simira'' * ''Howardia''

= '' Pogonopus'' * ''Lasionema''

D.Don David Don (21 December 1799 – 15 December 1841) was a Scottish botanist. Biography David Don was born on 21 December 1799 at Doo Hillock, Forfar, Angus, Scotland to Caroline Clementina Stuart, and her husband George Don of Forfar. His olde ...

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'' * ''Loretoa''

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'' * ''Megaphyllum''

ex Baill. = ''

'' * ''Monadelphanthus''

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'' * ''Nothophlebia''

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'' * ''Pallasia''

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'' * ''Phitopis'' Hook.f. = '' Schizocalyx'' * ''Pinknea'' Pers. = '' Pinckneya'' * ''Pseudochimarrhis'' Ducke = ''

'' * ''Schoenleinia''

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'' * ''Seemannia'' Hook. = ''

'' * ''Semaphyllanthe'' L.Andersson = ''

'' * ''Sickingia'' Willd. = '' Simira'' * ''Sprucea'' Benth. = '' Simira'' * ''Stomandra''

= '' Rustia'' * ''Striolaria'' Ducke = ''

'' * ''Tepesia''

C.F.Gaertn. Karl Friedrich von Gaertner (or Carl Friedrich von Gärtner) (1 May 1772 – 1 September 1850) was a well-known German botanist, and the son of Joseph Gaertner. He was a pioneer in the study of hybrids, and he is considered an important influence ...

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'' * ''Tresanthera''

= '' Rustia'' * ''Voigtia''

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'' * ''Watsonamra'' Kuntze = ''

'' * ''Wernhamia''

S.Moore Spencer Le Marchant Moore (1 November 1850 – 14 March 1931) was an English botanist. Biography Moore was born in Hampstead. He worked at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, from about 1870 to 1879, wrote a number of botanical papers, and then wo ...

= '' Simira''

References

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