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Knoxieae

{{Short description|Tribe of plants}}

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| image = Pentas flowers.jpg

| image_caption = Pentas sp.

| taxon = Knoxieae

| authority = Hook.f.

| type_genus = Knoxia

| type_genus_authority = L.

| synonyms = * Knoxiinae K.Schum.

  • Knoxioideae Luerss.

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Knoxieae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae and contains about 131 species in 16 genera. Its representatives are found in Tropical and Southern Africa, the islands in the Western Indian Ocean, the Arabian Peninsula, Tropical and Subtropical Asia, and Northern Australia.{{cite web|url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp|title=World Checklist of Rubiaceae|accessdate=20 April 2016}}

Genera

Currently accepted names{{cite journal|author=Robbrecht E, 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|pages=85–146}}{{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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Category:Rubioideae tribes

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