Coussareeae 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 ...

and contains 407

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in 10

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. The former tribe Coccocypseleae

Bremek. Cornelis Eliza Bertus Bremekamp (7 February 1888, in Dordrecht – 21 December 1984) was a Dutch botanist. He received his education at the University of Utrecht, and performed as a botanical researcher in Indonesia and South Africa. In South ...

, consisting of ''

Coccocypselum ''Coccocypselum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is native to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and South America. All species of the genus ''Coccocypselum'' are herbaceous with fleshy, blue or purple fruits, an ...

'', ''

Declieuxia ''Declieuxia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found in tropical America. Species *'' Declieuxia aspalathoides'' Müll.Arg. *'' Declieuxia cacuminis'' Müll.Arg. *'' Declieuxia coerulea'' Gardner *'' Decl ...

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Hindsia ''Hindsia'' is a genus of about 11 species of shrubs in the family Rubiaceae, native to tropical South America, mainly in Brazil. The species ''Hindsia longiflora'' and ''H. violacea'' were used to separate the genus from '' Rondeletia''. The ge ...

'', is considered part of Coussareeae. Its representatives are found in Central and South America.

Genera

Currently accepted names * '' Bradea'' Standl. (6 sp) * ''

P.Browne Patrick Browne (1720–1790) was an Irish physician and botanist. Career Browne was born in Woodstock, County Mayo in 1720, sent to relatives on Antigua in 1737 and returned to Europe due to ill health after two years. He studied medicine, na ...

(22 sp) * '' Coussarea'' Aubl. (120 sp) * ''

Cruckshanksia ''Cruckshanksia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found in Argentina and Chile. There are seven species in the genus. They are herbs and shrubs that grow in the Atacama Desert and the Andes. They have yellow ...

'' Hook. &

Arn. George Arnott Walker Arnott of Arlary (6 February 1799 – 17 April 1868) was a Scottish botanist. Early life George Arnott Walker Arnott was born in Edinburgh in 1799, the son of David Walker Arnott of Arlary. He attended Milnathort Parish ...

(7 sp) * ''

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 continent ...

(29 sp) * '' Faramea'' Aubl. (204 sp) * '' Heterophyllaea'' Hook.f. (2 sp) * ''

Benth. George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...

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 w ...

(11 sp) * '' Oreopolus''

Schltdl. Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal (27 November 1794, Xanten – 12 October 1866, Halle) was a German botanist. He studied in Berlin, in 1819 becoming curator of the Royal Herbarium. He was a professor of botany and director of the ...

(1 sp) * '' Standleya'' Brade (6 sp) Synonyms * ''Antoniana'' Tussac = '' Faramea'' * ''Bellardia'' Schreb. = ''

'' * ''Billardiera''

Vahl Vahl is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Christian-Friedrich Vahl (born 1955), German cardiac surgeon * Emanuel Vahl (born 1938), Ukrainian-Israeli composer * Herbert-Ernst Vahl, German SS general *Jens Vahl (1796–1854), Dani ...

= '' Coussarea'' * ''Cococipsilum'' J.St.-Hil. = ''

'' * ''Condalia''

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& Pav. = ''

'' * ''Congdonia'' Jeps. = ''

'' * ''Darluca'' Raf. = '' Faramea'' * ''Encopea''

C.Presl Carl Borivoj Presl ( cs, Karel Bořivoj Presl; 17 February 1794 – 2 October 1852) was a Czech botanist. Biography Presl lived his entire life in Prague, and was a professor of botany at the University of Prague (1833–52).

= '' Faramea'' * ''Evea'' Aubl. = '' Faramea'' * ''Froelichia''

= '' Coussarea'' * ''Homaloclados'' Hook.f. = '' Faramea'' * ''Lecanosperma''

Rusby Rusby is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Cameron Rusby Vice-Admiral Sir Cameron Rusby (20 February 1926 – 6 September 2013) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic. Naval career ...

= '' Heterophyllaea'' * ''Lipostoma'' D.Don = ''

'' * ''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 Gro ...

= ''

'' * ''Neleixa'' Raf. = '' Faramea'' * ''Pecheya'' Scop. = '' Coussarea'' * ''Peckeya'' Raf. = '' Coussarea'' * ''Potima'' R.Hedw. = '' Faramea'' * ''Rotheria'' Meyen = ''

'' * ''Sicelium''

= ''

'' * ''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. Josef (Joseph) August Schultes (15 April 1773 in Vienna – 21 April 1831 in Landshut) was an Austrian botanist and professor from Vienna. Together with Johann Jacob Roemer (1763–1819), he published the 16th edition of Linnaeus' ''Systema ...

= '' Faramea'' * ''Tetramerium''

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 ...

= '' Faramea'' * ''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 b ...

= '' Faramea'' * ''Tontanea'' Aubl. = ''

References

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