Naucleeae is a

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

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s in the

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

Rubiaceae Rubiaceae () is a family (biology), 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 Petiole ( ...

and contains about 183

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in 24

genera Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial s ...

Species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

belonging to Naucleeae occur from

Australasia Australasia is a subregion of Oceania, comprising Australia, New Zealand (overlapping with Polynesia), and sometimes including New Guinea and surrounding islands (overlapping with Melanesia). The term is used in a number of different context ...

, tropical

Asia Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which ...

Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...

, tropical

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...

, and to the

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and

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Genera

Currently accepted names *''

Adina Adina may refer to: Places India * Adina Deer Park, a deer sanctuary in Malda district, West Bengal * Adina Kottige, a village in Karnataka * Adina Mosque, a ruined mosque in West Bengal Other countries * Adina, Ghana, a town in the ...

'' Salisb. (4 sp) *'' Adinauclea'' Ridsdale (1 sp) *'' Breonadia'' Ridsdale (1 sp) *'' Breonia'' A.Rich. ex DC. (20 sp) *'' Burttdavya'' Hoyle (1 sp) *''

Cephalanthus ''Cephalanthus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Rubiaceae. There are five Extant taxon, extant species that are commonly known as buttonbush. Description They are shrubs or small trees growing to tall. The leaf, ...

'' L. (6 sp) *'' Corynanthe'' Welw., including ''Pausinystalia'' Pierre ex Beille (8 sp) *'' Gyrostipula'' J.-F.Leroy (3 sp) *'' Haldina'' Ridsdale (1 sp) *'' Janotia'' J.-F.Leroy (1 sp) *'' Ludekia'' Ridsdale (2 sp) *'' Mitragyna'' Korth. (7 sp) *'' Myrmeconauclea'' Merr. (4 sp) *''

Nauclea ''Nauclea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The species are evergreen trees or shrubs that are native to the paleotropics. The terminal vegetative buds are usually strongly flattened. The generic name is derived from the ...

'' L. (10 sp) *'' Neolamarckia'' Bosser (2 sp) *'' Neonauclea'' Merr. (68 sp) *'' Ochreinauclea'' Ridsdale & Bakh.f. (2 sp) *'' Pertusadina'' Ridsdale (4 sp) *'' Sarcocephalus'' Afzel. ex R.Br. (2 sp) *'' Sinoadina'' Ridsdale (1 sp) *''

Uncaria ''Uncaria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Rubiaceae. It has about 40 species.''Uncaria'' At: World Checklist of Rubiaceae At: Kew Gardens Website. (see ''External links'' below). Their Range (biology), distribut ...

'' Schreb. (40 sp) Synonyms *''Fleroya'' Y.F.Deng = '' Mitragyna'' *''Hallea'' J.-F.Leroy = ''Mitragyna'' *''Metadina'' Ridsdale = ''

'' *''Pseudocinchona''

A.Chev. Auguste Jean Baptiste Chevalier (June 1873, in Domfront – June 1956, in Paris) was a French botanist, taxonomist, and explorer of tropical Africa, especially of French colonial empire in Africa that included Côte d'Ivoire. He also explored an ...

ex Perrot = '' Corynanthe''

References

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