Guettardeae Explained

Guettardeae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae and contains about 748 species in 14 genera. Its representatives are widespread geographically and are found in the tropics and subtropics.^[1]

Genera

Currently accepted names^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

• Antirhea Comm. ex A.Juss. (38 sp)
• Arachnothryx Planch. (107 sp)
• Bobea Gaudich. (4 sp)
• Chomelia Jacq. (79 sp)
• Gonzalagunia Ruiz & Pav. (40 sp)
• Guettarda L. (157 sp)
• Hodgkinsonia F.Muell. (2 sp)
• Machaonia Humb. & Bonpl. (31 sp)
• Malanea Aubl. (40 sp)
• Neoblakea Standl. (2 sp)
• Rogiera Planch. (15 sp)
• Stenostomum C.F.Gaertn. (49 sp)
• Timonius Rumph. ex DC. (182 sp)
• Tinadendron Achille (2 sp)

Synonyms

• Abbottia F.Muell. = Timonius
• Allenanthus Standl. = Machaonia
• Anisomeris C.Presl = Chomelia
• Bellermannia Klotzsch ex H.Karst. = Gonzalagunia
• Bobaea A.Rich. = Bobea
• Buena Cav. = Gonzalagunia
• Bunophila Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. = Machaonia
• Burneya Cham. & Schltdl. = Timonius
• Cadamba Sonn. = Guettarda
• Caruelina Kuntze = Chomelia
• Caryococca Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. = Gonzalagunia
• Cuatrecasasiodendron Steyerm. = Arachnothryx
• Cunninghamia Schreb. = Malanea
• Dicrobotryum Willd. ex Schult. = Guettarda
• Donkelaaria Lem. = Guettarda
• Duggena Vahl ex Standl. = Gonzalagunia
• Edechia Loefl. = Guettarda
• Erithalis G.Forst. = Timonius
• Eupyrena Wight & Arn. = Timonius
• Gonzalea Pers. = Gonzalagunia
• Halesia P.Browne = Guettarda
• Helospora Jacq. = Timonius
• Javorkaea Borhidi & Jarai-Koml. = Arachnothryx
• Laugeria L. = Guettarda
• Laugeria Vahl ex Hook.f. = Stenostomum
• Laugieria Jacq. = Guettarda
• Matthiola L. = Guettarda
• Microsplenium Hook.f. = Machaonia
• Neolaugeria Nicolson = Stenostomum
• Obbea Hook.f. = Bobea
• Otocalyx Brandegee = Arachnothryx
• Polyphragmon Desf. = Timonius
• Porocarpus Gaertn. = Timonius
• Resinanthus (Borhidi) Borhidi = Stenostomum
• Rytidotus Hook.f. = Bobea
• Sardinia Vell. = Guettarda
• Schiedea A.Rich. = Machaonia
• Siphonandra Turcz. = Arachnothryx
• Sturmia C.F.Gaertn. = Stenostomum
• Terebraria Sessé ex Kuntze = Stenostomum
• Tertrea DC. = Machaonia
• Tournefortiopsis Rusby = Guettarda
• Viviania Raf. = Guettarda

Notes and References

1. Web site: World Checklist of Rubiaceae. May 30, 2012.
2. Bremer B. 2009. A review of molecular phylogenetic studies of Rubiaceae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 96. 4–26. 10.3417/2006197.
3. Bremer B, Eriksson E. 2009. Time tree of Rubiaceae: phylogeny and dating the family, subfamilies, and tribes. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 170. 766–793. 10.1086/599077.
4. Robbrecht E, Manen J-F. 2006. 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. Systematic Geography of Plants. 76. 85–146.