Spermacoceae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae and contains about 1346 species in 57 genera. Its representatives are found in the tropics and subtropics.[1]

Spermacoceae
Spermacoce articularis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Rubioideae
Tribe: Spermacoceae
Cham. & Schltdl. ex DC.
Type genus
Spermacoce

Genera

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Currently accepted names[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  2. ^ Bremer B, Manen JF (2000). "Phylogeny and classification of the subfamily Rubioideae (Rubiaceae)". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 225 (1–4): 43–72. doi:10.1007/BF00985458. S2CID 44614735.
  3. ^ Neupane S, Dessein S, Wikström N, Lewis PO, Long C, Bremer B, Motley TJ (2015). "The Hedyotis-Oldenlandia complex (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae) in Asia and the Pacific: Phylogeny revisited with new generic delimitations". Taxon. 64 (2): 299–322. doi:10.12705/642.8.
  4. ^ Wikström N, Neupane S, Kårehed J, Motley TJ, Bremer B (2013). "Phylogeny of Hedyotis L. (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae): Redefining a complex Asian-Pacific assemblage" (PDF). Taxon. 62 (2): 357–374. doi:10.12705/622.2.
  5. ^ Robbrecht E, Manen JF (2006). "The major evolutionary lineages of the coffee family (Rubiaceae, angiosperms). Combined analysis (nDNA and cpDNA) to infer the position of Coptosapelta and Luculia, and supertree construction based on rbcL, rps16, trnL-trnF and atpB-rbcL data. A new classification in two subfamilies, Cinchonoideae and Rubioideae". Systematic Geography of Plants. 76: 85–146.
  6. ^ Bremer B (2009). "A review of molecular phylogenetic studies of Rubiaceae". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 96: 4–26. doi:10.3417/2006197. S2CID 53378010.
  7. ^ Bremer B, Eriksson E (2009). "Time tree of Rubiaceae: phylogeny and dating the family, subfamilies, and tribes". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 170 (6): 766–793. doi:10.1086/599077. S2CID 49332892.