Coptosapelteae

{{Short description|Tribe of plants}}

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|image = Coptosapelta diffusa hyoutankzr01.jpg

|image_caption = Coptosapelta diffusa

|taxon = Coptosapelteae

|authority = Bremek. ex S.P.Darwin

|type_genus = Coptosapelta

|type_genus_authority = Korth.

|synonyms = * Acranthereae {{Au|Bremek. ex S.P.Darwin}}

|}}

Coptosapelteae is a tribe incertae sedis of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae and contains about 55 species in 2 genera. Its representatives are found in tropical and subtropical Asia.{{cite web |url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp|title=World Checklist of Rubiaceae |accessdate= }} This tribe has not been placed within as subfamily of Rubiaceae, but is sister to the rest of the family.{{cite journal|author=Bremer B|authorlink=Birgitta Bremer|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}}

Genera

Currently accepted names{{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|pages=766–793|doi=10.1086/599077}}{{cite journal|author=Robbrecht E|authorlink=:es:Elmar Robbrecht|author2=Manen J-F|year=2006|title=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|journal=Systematic Geography of Plants|volume=76|number=1|pages=85–146|jstor=20649700}}

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Category:Rubiaceae tribes

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