Morindeae is a

tribe The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to confl ...

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...

s in the

family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

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 about 165

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in 5

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, found mainly in the tropics and subtropics.

Genera

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Appunia ''Appunia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1873. The genus is found from southern Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. Species * '' Appunia aurantiaca'' (K.K ...

'' Hook.f. (14 sp) * ''

Coelospermum ''Coelospermum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found from southern China to Indo-China and the western Pacific. Species * '' Coelospermum balansanum'' Baill. * '' Coelospermum crassifolium'' J.T.Johanss. ...

'' Blume (11 sp) * ''

Gynochthodes ''Gynochthodes'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found from Madagascar to tropical and subtropical Asia and the Pacific region. Species *'' Gynochthodes alejandroi'' *'' Gynochthodes ammitia'' *'' Gynocht ...

'' Blume (97 sp) * ''

Morinda ''Morinda'' is a genus of flowering plants in the madder family, Rubiaceae. The generic name is derived from the Latin words ''morus'' " mulberry", from the appearance of the fruits, and ''indica'', meaning "of India". Description Distributed ...

'' L. (42 sp) * '' Siphonandrium''

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 ''Deutsc ...

(1 sp) Synonyms * ''Appunettia'' R.D.Good = ''

'' * ''Belicea'' Lundell = ''

'' * ''Bellynkxia'' Müll.Arg. = ''

'' * ''Figuierea''

Montrouz. Reverendus Pater Jean Xavier Hyacinthe Montrouzier (3 December 1820 – 6 May 1897) was a French Marist priest, explorer, botanist, zoologist and entomologist. Abbé Montrouzier studied the flora and fauna of Melanesia especially New Caledonia. ...

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'' * ''Guttenbergia''

Zoll. Heinrich Zollinger (22 March 1818 – 19 May 1859) was a Swiss botanist. Zollinger was born in Feuerthalen, Switzerland. From 1837 to 1838 he studied botany at the University of Geneva under Augustin and Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle, but had ...

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'' * ''Holostyla''

Endl. Stephan Ladislaus Endlicher also known as Endlicher István László (24 June 1804, Bratislava (Pozsony) – 28 March 1849, Vienna) was an Austrian botanist, numismatist and Sinologist. He was a director of the Botanical Garden of Vienna. ...

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'' * ''Holostylis'' Rchb. = ''

'' * ''Imantina'' Hook.f. = ''

'' * ''Merismostigma''

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 ...

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'' * ''Olostyla''

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 ...

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'' * ''Pogonanthus''

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'' * ''Pogonolobus''

F.Muell. Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, (german: Müller; 30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist. He was appointed government botanist for the then colony of Vic ...

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'' * ''Rojoc'' Adans. = ''

'' * ''Sarcopygme'' Setch. & Christoph. = ''

'' * ''Sphaerophora'' Blume = ''

'' * ''Stigmanthus'' Lour. = ''

'' * ''Tetralopha'' Hook.f. = ''

'' * ''Trisciadia'' Hook.f. = ''

References

Rubioideae tribes Taxa named by Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel {{Rubioideae-stub