Cinchoneae
{{Short description|Tribe of plants}}
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| image = Starr 020518-0003 Cinchona calisaya.jpg
| image_caption = Cinchona calisaya
| taxon = Cinchoneae
| authority = DC.
| type_genus = Cinchona
| type_genus_authority = L.
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The Cinchoneae are a tribe of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae containing about 125 species in 9 genera. Representatives are found from Costa Rica to southern tropical America.{{cite web|url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp|title=World Checklist of Rubiaceae|accessdate=19 October 2016}} Species within Cinchoneae are characterized as small trees or shrubs with imbricate or valvate corolla aestivation and often dry capsular fruits.{{cite journal|author=Manns U, Bremer B|year=2010|title=Towards a better understanding of intertribal relationships and stable tribal delimitations within Cinchonoideae s.s. (Rubiaceae)|journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution|volume=56|issue=1|pages=21–39|doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2010.04.002|pmid=20382247}} Many species contain alkaloids.
Genera
Currently accepted names{{cite journal|author=Bremer B|year=2009|title=A review of molecular phylogenetic studies of Rubiaceae|journal=Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden|volume=96|pages=4–26|doi=10.3417/2006197|s2cid=53378010}}{{cite journal|author=Bremer B, Eriksson E|year=2009|title=Time tree of Rubiaceae: phylogeny and dating the family, subfamilies, and tribes|journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences|volume=170|issue=6|pages=766–793|doi=10.1086/599077|s2cid=49332892}}
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- Ciliosemina Antonelli (2 sp)
- Cinchona L. (24 sp)
- Cinchonopsis L.Andersson (1 sp)
- Joosia H.Karst. (12 sp)
- Ladenbergia Klotzsch (35 sp)
- Maguireocharis Steyerm. (1 sp)
- Pimentelia Wedd. (1 sp)
- Remijia DC. (45 sp)
- Stilpnophyllum Hook.f. (4 sp)
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Synonyms
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- Cascarilla (Endl.) Wedd. = Ladenbergia
- Cephalodendron Steyerm. = Remijia
- Kinkina Adans. = Cinchona
- Macrocneumum Vand. = Remijia
- Quinquina Boehm. = Cinchona
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