Spermacoceae

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| image = Spermacoce articularis (S hispida- Madanghanti) in Hyderabad, AP W2 IMG 9064.jpg

| image_caption = Spermacoce articularis

| taxon = Spermacoceae

| type_genus = Spermacoce

| type_genus_authority = L.

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Spermacoceae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae and contains about 1346 species in 57 genera. Its representatives are found in the tropics and subtropics.

Genera

Currently accepted names

Agathisanthemum {{Au|Klotzsch}} (5 sp.)
Amphiasma {{Au|Bremek.}} (7 sp.)
Amphistemon {{Au|Groeninckx}} (2 sp.)
Anthospermopsis {{Au|(K.Schum.) J.H.Kirkbr.}} (1 sp.)
Arcytophyllum {{Au|Willd.}} (18 sp.)
Astiella {{Au|Jovet}} (1 sp.)
Bouvardia {{Au|Salisb.}} (51 sp.)
Carajasia {{Au|R.M.Salas, E.L.Cabral & Dessein}} (1 sp.)
Carterella {{Au|Terrell}} (1 sp.)
Conostomium {{Au|(Stapf) Cufod.}} (5 sp.)
Cordylostigma {{Au|Groeninckx}} (9 sp.)
Crusea {{Au|Schltdl. & Cham. }} (15 sp.)
Debia {{Au|Neupane & N.Wikstr.}} (4 sp.)
Dentella {{Au|J.R.Frost. & G.Frost.}} (8 sp.)
Dibrachionostylus {{Au|Bremek.}} (1 sp.)
Dimetia {{Au|(Wight & Arn.) Meisn.}} (6 sp.)
Diodella {{Au|Small}} (12 sp.)
Diodia {{Au|L.}} (23 sp.)
Edrastima {{Au|Raf.}} (5 sp.)
Emmeorhiza {{Au|Pohl ex Endl.}} (1 sp.)
Ernodea {{Au|Sw.}} (8 sp.)
Exallage {{Au|Bremek.}} (18 sp.)
Galianthe {{Au|Griseb.}} (48 sp.)
Gomphocalyx {{Au|Baker}} (1 sp.)
Hedyotis {{Au|L.}} (182 sp.)
Hedythyrsus {{Au|Bremek.}} (3 sp.)
Houstonia {{Au|L.}} (24 sp.)
Hydrophylax {{Au|L.f.}} (1 sp.)
Involucrella {{Au|(Benth. & Hook.f.) Neupane}} (2 sp.)
Kadua {{Au|Cham. & Schltdl.}} (30 sp.)
Kohautia {{Au|Cham. & Schltdl.}} (28 sp.)
Lathraeocarpa {{Au|Bremek.}} (2 sp.)
Lelya {{Au|Bremek.}} (1 sp.)
Leptopetalum {{Au|Hook. & Arn.}} (8 sp.)
Manettia {{Au|Mutis ex L.}} (125 sp.)
Manostachya {{Au|Bremek.}} (3 sp.)
Mitracarpus {{Au|Zucc.}} (65 sp.)
Mitrasacmopsis {{Au|Jovet}} (1 sp.)
Neanotis {{Au|W.H.Lewis}} (34 sp.)
Nesohedyotis {{Au|(Hook.f.) Bremek.}} (1 sp.)
Oldenlandia {{Au|L.}} (217 sp.)
Oldenlandiopsis {{Au|Terrell & W.H.Lewis}} (1 sp.)
Pentanopsis {{Au|Rendle}} (2 sp.)
Pentodon {{Au|Hochst.}} (2 sp.)
Phylohydrax {{Au|Puff}} (2 sp.)
Planaltina {{Au|R.M.Salas & E.L.Cabral}} (3 sp.)
Psyllocarpus {{Au|Mart. & Zucc.}} (9 sp.)
Richardia {{Au|L.}} (16 sp.)
Sacosperma {{Au|G.Taylor}} (2 sp.)
Schwendenera {{Au|K.Schum.}} (1 sp.)
Spermacoce {{Au|L.}} (286 sp.)
Staelia {{Au|Cham. & Schltdl.}} (21 sp.)
Stenaria {{Au|(Raf.) Terrell}} (6 sp.)
Stephanococcus {{Au|Bremek.}} (1 sp.)
Synaptantha {{Au|Hook.f.}} (2 sp.)
Tessiera {{Au|DC.}} (2 sp.)
Thamnoldenlandia {{Au|Groeninckx}} (1 sp.)

Synonyms

Adenothola {{Au|Lem.}} = Manettia
Aeginetia {{Au|Cav.}} = Bouvardia
Allaeophania {{Au|Thwaites}} = Hedyotis
Anistelma {{Au|Raf.}} = Hedyotis
Anotis {{Au|DC.}} = Arcytophyllum
Arbulocarpus {{Au|Tennant}} = Spermacoce
Bigelovia {{Au|Spreng.}} = Spermacoce
Bigelowia {{Au|DC.}} = Spermacoce
Borreria {{Au|G.Mey.}} = Spermacoce
Chaenocarpus {{Au|Neck. ex A.Juss.}} = Spermacoce
Chamisme {{Au|Nieuwl.}} = Houstonia
Chenocarpus {{Au|Neck.}} = Spermacoce
Conotrichia {{Au|A.Rich.}} = Manettia
Cormylus {{Au|Raf.}} = Oldenlandia
Covolia {{Au|Neck.}} = Spermacoce
Dasycephala {{Au|(DC.) Hook.f.}} = Spermacoce
Decapenta {{Au|Raf.}} = Diodia
Dichrospermum {{Au|Bremek.}} = Spermacoce
Diodioides {{Au|Loefl.}} = Spermacoce
Dioneiodon {{Au|Raf.}} = Diodia
Diphragmus {{Au|C.Pres.}} = Tessiera
Diplophragma {{Au|(Wight & Arn.) Meisn.}} = Hedyotis
Duvaucellia {{Au|Bowdich}} = Kohautia
Dyctiospora {{Au|Reinw. ex Korth.}} = Oldenlandia
Ebelia {{Au|Rchb.}} = Diodia
Edrastenia {{Au|Raf.}} = Edrastima
Eionitis {{Au|Bremek.}} = Oldenlandia
Endlichera {{Au|C.Presl}} = Emmeorhiza
Endolasia {{Au|Turcz.}} = Manettia
Endopogon {{Au|Raf.}} = Diodella
Ereicoctis {{Au|(DC.) Kuntze}} = Arcytophyllum
Gerontogea {{Au|Cham. & Schltdl.}} = Oldenlandia
Gonotheca {{Au|Blume ex DC.}} = Leptopetalum
Gouldia {{Au|A.Gray}} = Kadua
Gruhlmania {{Au|Neck.}} = Spermacoce
Guagnebina {{Au|Vell.}} = Manettia
Hemidiodia {{Au|K.Schum.}} = Spermacoce
Heymia {{Au|Dennst.}} = Dentella
Hypodematium {{Au|A.Rich.}} = Spermacoce
Jurgensia {{Au|Raf.}} = Spermacoce
Karamyschewia {{Au|Fisch. & C.A.Mey.}} = Oldenlandia
Lippaya {{Au|Endl.}} = Dentella
Listeria {{Au|Neck.}} = Oldenlandia
Lygistum {{Au|P.Browne}} = Manettia
Macrandria {{Au|(Wight & Arn.) Meisn.}} = Hedyotis
Mallostoma {{Au|H.Karst.}} = Arcytophyllum
Metabolos {{Au|Blume}} = Hedyotis
Metabolus {{Au|A.Rich.}} = Hedyotis
Mitratheca {{Au|K.Schum.}} = Oldenlandia
Nacibea {{Au|Aubl.}} = Manettia
Neosabicea {{Au|Wernham}} = Manettia
Octodon {{Au|Thonn.}} = Spermacoce
Panetos {{Au|Raf.}} = Houstonia
Paragophyton {{Au|K.Schum.}} = Spermacoce
Peltospermum {{Au|Benth.}} = Sacosperma
Pleiocraterium {{Au|Bremek.}} = Hedyotis
Plethyrsis {{Au|Raf.}} = Richardia
Poederiopsis {{Au|Rusby}} = Manettia
Poiretia {{Au|J.F.Gmel.}} = Houstonia
Pseudrachicallis {{Au|H.Karst.}} = Arcytophyllum
Pterostephus {{Au|C.Pres.}} = Spermacoce
Richardsonia {{Au|Kunth}} = Richardia
Sarissus {{Au|Gaertn.}} = Hydrophylax
Schiedea {{Au|Bartl.}} = Richardia
Schizangium {{Au|Bartl. ex DC.}} = Mitracarpus
Sclerococcus {{Au|Bartl.}} = Hedyotis
Scleromitrion {{Au|(Wight & Arn.) Meisn.}} = Hedyotis
Spermacoceodes {{Au|Kuntze}} = Spermacoce
Staurospermum {{Au|Thonn.}} = Mitracarpus
Stelmanis {{Au|Raf.}} = Oldenlandia
Stelmotis {{Au|Raf.}} = Oldenlandia
Symphyllarion {{Au|Gagnep.}} = Hedyotis
Tardavel {{Au|Adans.}} = Spermacoce
Teinosolen {{Au|Hook.f.}} = Arcytophyllum
Terrellianthus {{Au|Borhidi}} = Arcytophyllum
Thecagonum {{Au|Babu}} = Leptopetalum
Thecorchus {{Au|Bremek.}} = Oldenlandia
Theyodis {{Au|A.Rich.}} = Oldenlandia
Triodon {{Au|DC.}} = Diodia
Vanessa {{Au|Raf.}} = Manettia
Wiegmannnia {{Au|Meyen}} = Kadua

References

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Category:Rubioideae tribes