Psychotrieae 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 2114

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), ...

in 17

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 ...

. Its representatives are found in the tropics and subtropics. Several genera are Myrmecophytes (ant plants)

Genera

Currently accepted names * '' Amaracarpus'' (30 sp.) -

Seychelles Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (; Seychellois Creole: ), is an island country and archipelagic state consisting of 155 islands (as per the Constitution) in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city, Victoria, ...

, from Andaman Islands to northern

Vanuatu Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (; ), is an island country in Melanesia located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of northern Australia, northeast of New Caledonia, east o ...

* '' Anthorrhiza'' (9 sp.) -

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n ...

* '' Apomuria'' (12 sp.) -

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 ...

* '' Calycosia'' (8 sp.) -

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is ...

Solomon Islands Solomon Islands, also known simply as the Solomons,John Prados, ''Islands of Destiny'', Dutton Caliber, 2012, p,20 and passim is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 1000 smaller islands in Melanesia, part of Oceania, t ...

Fiji Fiji, 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 of an archipelago of more than 330 islands—of which about ...

Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa and known until 1997 as Western Samoa, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania, in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu), two smaller, inhabited ...

Society Islands The Society Islands ( , officially ; ) are an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean that includes the major islands of Tahiti, Mo'orea, Moorea, Raiatea, Bora Bora and Huahine. Politically, they are part of French Polynesia, an overseas country ...

* '' Cremocarpon'' (9 sp.) -

Comoros The Comoros, officially the Union of the Comoros, is an archipelagic country made up of three islands in Southeastern Africa, located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city is Moroni, ...

* '' Dolianthus'' (13 sp.) -

* '' Gillespiea'' (1 sp.) -

* '' Hydnophytum'' (94 sp.) - Indo-China to southwestern Pacific region * ''

Myrmecodia ''Myrmecodia'' is a genus of Epiphyte, epiphytic plants, present in Indochina, Malesia, Papuasia, and Queensland, Australia. It is one of five ant-plant genera in the family Rubiaceae, the others being ''Anthorrhiza'', ''Hydnophytum'', ''Myrme ...

'' (27 sp.) - from

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

to northern Australia * '' Myrmephytum'' (5 sp.) -

Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...

Sulawesi Sulawesi ( ), also known as Celebes ( ), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the List of islands by area, world's 11th-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Min ...

* ''

Psychotria ''Psychotria'' is a large genus of flowering plants in the coffee family Rubiaceae, with over 1,600 species. The genus has a pantropical distribution and members of the genus are small understorey trees in tropical forests. Some species are endan ...

'' (1874 sp.) - tropics and subtropics * '' Ronabea'' (3 sp.) - Tropical America * '' Squamellaria'' (4 sp.) -

* '' Streblosa'' (25 sp.) - from

Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...

Malesia Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms. It is a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical kingdom. It was first recognized as a distinct region ...

Synonyms *''Antherura'' = ''

'' *''Aucubiphyllum'' = ''

'' *''Baldingera'' = ''

'' *''Callicocca'' = ''

'' *''Calycodendron'' = ''

'' *''Camptopus'' = ''

'' *''Cephaelis'' = ''

'' *''Chesnea'' = ''

'' *''Chicoinaea'' = '' Psathura'' *''Coddingtonia'' = ''

'' *''Codonocalyx'' = ''

'' *''Delpechia'' = ''

'' *''Douarrea'' = ''

'' *''Dychotria'' = ''

'' *''Epidendroides'' = ''

'' *''Eumorphanthus'' = ''

'' *''Eurhotia'' = ''

'' *''Furcatella'' = ''

'' *''Galvania'' = ''

'' *''Gamotopea'' = ''

'' *''Grumilea'' = ''

'' *''Hylacium'' = ''

'' *''Lasiostoma'' = '' Hydnophytum'' *''Macrocalyx'' = ''

'' *''Mapouria'' = ''

'' *''Megalopus'' = ''

'' *''Melachone'' = '' Amaracarpus'' *''Myrmedoma'' = '' Myrmephytum'' *''Myrstiphylla'' = ''

'' *''Myrstiphyllum'' = ''

'' *''Naletonia'' = ''

'' *''Neoschimpera'' = '' Amaracarpus'' *''Petagomoa'' = ''

'' *''Pleureia'' = ''

'' *''Polyozus'' = ''

'' *''Psathura'' = '' Pyschotria'' *''Psychotrion'' = ''

'' *''Psychotrophum'' = ''

'' *''Pyragra'' = ''

'' *''Ronabia'' = ''

'' *''Stellix'' = ''

'' *''Straussia'' = ''

'' *''Sulcanux'' = ''

'' *''Suteria'' = ''

'' *''Tapogomea'' = ''

'' *''Trevirania'' = ''

'' *''Trigonopyren'' = '' Pyschotria'' *''Uragoga'' = ''

References

Rubioideae tribes {{Rubioideae-stub