Guettardeae is a
tribe
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of
flowering plant
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s in the
family
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Rubiaceae
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and contains about 748
species
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in 14
genera
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. Its representatives are widespread geographically and are found in the
tropics
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and
subtropics
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.
Genera
Currently accepted names
* ''
Antirhea''
Comm. ex A.Juss. (38 sp)
* ''
Arachnothryx''
Planch. (107 sp)
* ''
Bobea''
Gaudich. (4 sp)
* ''
Chomelia''
Jacq. (79 sp)
* ''
Gonzalagunia''
Ruiz & Pav. (40 sp)
* ''
Guettarda''
L. (157 sp)
* ''
Hodgkinsonia''
F.Muell. (2 sp)
* ''
Machaonia''
Humb.
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (14 September 1769 – 6 May 1859) was a German polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and proponent of Romantic philosophy and science. He was the younger brother of the Prussian ministe ...
& Bonpl. (31 sp)
* ''
Malanea''
Aubl. (40 sp)
* ''
Neoblakea''
Standl. (2 sp)
* ''
Rogiera''
Planch. (15 sp)
* ''
Stenostomum''
C.F.Gaertn. (49 sp)
* ''
Timonius''
Rumph. ex DC. (182 sp)
* ''
Tinadendron''
Achille (2 sp)
Synonyms
* ''Abbottia''
F.Muell. = ''
Timonius''
* ''Allenanthus''
Standl. = ''
Machaonia''
* ''Anisomeris''
C.Presl = ''
Chomelia''
* ''Bellermannia''
Klotzsch ex H.Karst. = ''
Gonzalagunia''
* ''Bobaea''
A.Rich. = ''
Bobea''
* ''Buena''
Cav. = ''
Gonzalagunia''
* ''Bunophila''
Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. = ''
Machaonia''
* ''Burneya''
Cham. & Schltdl.
Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal (27 November 1794, Xanten – 12 October 1866, Halle an der Saale, Halle) was a German botanist.
Life and work
Von Schlechtendal was born in Xanten, Xanten am Rhein and when his father Diederich Fried ...
= ''
Timonius''
* ''Cadamba''
Sonn. = ''
Guettarda''
* ''Caruelina''
Kuntze = ''
Chomelia''
* ''Caryococca''
Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. = ''
Gonzalagunia''
* ''Cuatrecasasiodendron''
Steyerm. = ''
Arachnothryx''
* ''Cunninghamia''
Schreb. = ''
Malanea''
* ''Dicrobotryum''
Willd. ex Schult. = ''
Guettarda''
* ''Donkelaaria''
Lem. = ''
Guettarda''
* ''Duggena''
Vahl ex Standl. = ''
Gonzalagunia''
* ''Edechia''
Loefl. = ''
Guettarda''
* ''Erithalis''
G.Forst. = ''
Timonius''
* ''Eupyrena''
Wight
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& Arn. = ''
Timonius''
* ''Gonzalea''
Pers. = ''
Gonzalagunia''
* ''Halesia''
P.Browne = ''
Guettarda''
* ''Helospora''
Jacq. = ''
Timonius''
* ''Javorkaea''
Borhidi & Jarai-Koml. = ''
Arachnothryx''
* ''Laugeria''
L. = ''
Guettarda''
* ''Laugeria''
Vahl ex Hook.f. = ''
Stenostomum''
* ''Laugieria''
Jacq. = ''
Guettarda''
* ''Matthiola''
L. = ''
Guettarda''
* ''Microsplenium''
Hook.f. = ''
Machaonia''
* ''Neolaugeria''
Nicolson = ''
Stenostomum''
* ''Obbea''
Hook.f. = ''
Bobea''
* ''Otocalyx''
Brandegee = ''
Arachnothryx''
* ''Polyphragmon''
Desf. = ''
Timonius''
* ''Porocarpus''
Gaertn. = ''
Timonius''
* ''Resinanthus''
( Borhidi) Borhidi = ''
Stenostomum''
* ''Rytidotus''
Hook.f. = ''
Bobea''
* ''Sardinia''
Vell. = ''
Guettarda''
* ''Schiedea''
A.Rich. = ''
Machaonia''
* ''Siphonandra''
Turcz. = ''
Arachnothryx''
* ''Sturmia''
C.F.Gaertn. = ''
Stenostomum''
* ''Terebraria''
Sessé ex Kuntze = ''
Stenostomum''
* ''Tertrea''
DC. = ''
Machaonia''
* ''Tournefortiopsis''
Rusby = ''
Guettarda''
* ''Viviania''
Raf. = ''
Guettarda''
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q5615145
Cinchonoideae tribes