Palicoureeae Explained

Palicoureeae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae and contains about 817 species in 11 genera. Its representatives are found in the tropics and subtropics.^[1]

Genera

Currently accepted names^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

• Carapichea (23 sp.)
• Chassalia (114 sp.)
• Chazaliella (20 sp.)
• Eumachia
• Geophila (29 sp.)
• Hymenocoleus (12 sp.)
• Margaritopsis (27 sp.)
• Notopleura (100 sp.)
• Palicourea (358 sp.)
• Puffia (1 sp.)
• Rudgea (131 sp.)

Synonyms

• Carinta = Geophila
• Ceratites = Rudgea
• Chytropsia = Margaritopsis
• Colladonia = Palicourea
• Geocardia = Geophila
• Gloneria = Rudgea
• Ipecacuanha = Carapichea
• Margaris = Margaritopsis
• Montamans = Notopleura
• Nettlera = Carapichea
• Nonatelia = Palicourea
• Oribasia = Palicourea
• Pachysanthus = Rudgea
• Proscephaleium = Chassalia
• Readea = Eumachia
• Rhodostoma = Palicourea
• Stachyococcus = Carapichea
• Stephanium = Palicourea
• Strempelia = Rudgea
• Viscoides = Notopleura
• Zwaardekronia = Chassalia

Notes and References

1. Web site: World Checklist of Rubiaceae. 21 April 2016.
2. Robbrecht E, Manen JF . 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.
3. Bremer B. 2009. A review of molecular phylogenetic studies of Rubiaceae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 96. 4–26. 10.3417/2006197. 53378010.
4. Bremer B, Eriksson E . 2009. Time tree of Rubiaceae: phylogeny and dating the family, subfamilies, and tribes. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 170. 6. 766–793. 10.1086/599077. 49332892.
5. Razafimandimbison SG, Taylor CM, Wikström N, Pailler T, Khodabandeh A, Bremer B. 2014. Phylogeny and generic limits in the sister tribes Psychotrieae and Palicoureeae (Rubiaceae): Evolution of schizocarps in Psychotria and origins of bacterial leaf nodules of the Malagasy species. American Journal of Botany. 101. 7. 1102–1126. 10.3732/ajb.1400076. 25049266. free.