| Anthospermeae | |
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| Anthospermum hispidulum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Rubioideae |
| Tribe: | Anthospermeae Cham. & Schltdl. ex DC. |
Anthospermeae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae and contains 208 species in 12 genera. The range of the tribe is almost only Gondwanan, being found in the Afrotropics, the Neotropics, and Australasia; slight exceptions include Nertera granadensis (whose range may however be due to human cultivation) and a few species of Coprosma, which stretch into Indomalaya; and Phyllis is found in Macaronesia, northwest of Africa.1 At least two genera, namely Coprosma and Galopina are anemophilous.2
Genera
- Anthospermum L. (39 sp) — Afrotropics
- Carpacoce Sond. (7 sp) — Cape Floristic Region
- Coprosma J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. (110 sp) — Australasia and Malay Archipelago, but most live in New Zealand or other parts of Polynesia.
- Durringtonia R.J.F.Hend. & Guymer (1 sp) — Australia
- Galopina Thunb. (4 sp) — southern Africa
- Leptostigma Arn. (7 sp) — Australasia and South America
- Nenax Gaertn. (9 sp) — southern Africa
- Nertera Banks ex Sol. (10 sp) — Australasia and Malay Archipelago
- Normandia Hook.f. (1 sp) — New Caledonia
- Opercularia Gaertn. (17 sp) — Australia
- Phyllis L. (2 sp) — Macaronesia
- Pomax Sol. ex DC. (1 sp) — Australia
Synonyms
- Ambraria Cruse = Nenax
- Ambraria Heist. ex Fabr. = Anthospermum
- Bupleuroides Moench = Phyllis
- Caprosma G.Don = Coprosma
- Corynula Hook.f. = Leptostigma
- Cryptospermum Young = Opercularia
- Cunina C.Gay = Nertera
- Erythrodanum Thouars = Nertera
- Eurynome DC. = Coprosma
- Gomozia Mutis ex L.f. = Nertera
- Lagotis E.Mey. = Carpacoce
- Marquisia A.Rich. ex DC. = Coprosma
- Nobula Adans. = Phyllis
- Oxyspermum Eckl. & Zeyh. = Galopina
- Pelaphia Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn. = Coprosma
- Peratanthe Urb. = Nertera
- Rubioides Sol. ex Gaertn. = Opercularia
References
References
- "World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- Ronse De Craene, Louis P. (2010). Floral Diagrams: An Aid to Understanding Flower Morphology and Evolution. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 319. ISBN 9781139484558.
- 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.
- 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.
- Robbrecht E, Manen J-F (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.