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.

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Category:Cinchonoideae tribes

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