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Mussaendeae

{{Short description|Genus of plants}}

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| image = Mussaenda frondosa or Vellilam from Koothattukulam 5274.JPG

| image_caption = Mussaenda frondosa

| taxon = Mussaendeae

| authority = Hook.f.

| type_genus = Mussaenda

| type_genus_authority = L.

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Mussaendeae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae and contains about 221 species in 8 genera. Its representatives are found from tropical and southern Africa, the western Indian Ocean, to tropical and subtropical Asia and the Pacific region.{{cite web|url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp|title=World Checklist of Rubiaceae|accessdate=October 30, 2015}}

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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References

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External links

  • {{eol|39907374}}
  • {{NCBI taxid|169632}}
  • [https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/169632 Mussaendeae at uniprot.org]

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