Geophila

{{Short description|Genus of fungi}}

{{automatic taxobox

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|taxon = Geophila

|authority = D.Don

|image=Geophila repens (18993972911).jpg|image_caption=Geophila repens|type_species =Geophila reniformis

|type_species_authority =D. Don.

|subdivision_ranks=|subdivision=|synonyms =

• Carinta W.Wight
• Geocardia Standl.

}}

Geophila is a genus of herbs in the family Rubiaceae.{{Cite journal|last=John|first=Dwyer|date=1980|title=Flora of Panama - Rubiaceae I|journal=Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden|language=en|volume=v.67 (1980)|pages=186–187|issn=0026-6493}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Rubiaceae/Geophila/|title=Geophila — The Plant List|website=www.theplantlist.org|language=en|access-date=2018-06-03}} This genus is pantropical, as it is found in most tropical regions.{{Cite journal|last1=Taylor|first1=C.M.|last2=Campos|first2=Marina|last3=Zappi|first3=Daniela|date=2007|title=Flora da Reserva Ducke, Amazonas, Brasil - Rubiaceae|journal=Rodriguésia|language=pt|volume=58|issue=3|pages=571|doi=10.1590/2175-7860200758306|issn=0370-6583|doi-access=free}}

The name Geophila was once applied to a genus of mushrooms (defined by Lucien Quélet in 1886 with the modern Stropharia inuncta as type species), but this usage is now obsolete and illegitimate.{{cite web |url=http://www.indexfungorum.org/Names/NamesRecord.asp?RecordID=17646 |title=Geophila page |work=Species Fungorum |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Kew |access-date=2018-07-06 }}