Pavetteae Explained

Pavetteae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae and contains about 624 species in 9 genera. Its representatives are found from the tropics and subtropics of the Old World and the southern Pacific region.^[1]

Genera

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

• Cladoceras Bremek. (1 sp.)
• Coptosperma Hook.f. (21 sp.)
• Exallosperma (1 sp.)^[5]
• Helictosperma (2 sp.)^[5]
• Leptactina Hook.f. (19 sp.)
• Nichallea Bridson (1 sp.)
• Paracephaelis Baill. (4 sp.)
• Pavetta L. (358 sp.)
• Pseudocoptosperma (1 sp.)^[5]
• Robbrechtia De Block (2 sp.)
• Rutidea DC. (21 sp.)
• Tarenna Gaertn. (191 sp.)
• Tulearia (2 sp.)^[5]

Synonyms

• Acmostigma Raf. = Pavetta
• Baconia DC. = Pavetta
• Bonatia Schltr. & K.Krause = Tarenna
• Camptophytum Pierre ex A.Chev. = Tarenna
• Canthiopsis Seem. = Tarenna
• Chomelia L. = Tarenna
• Coleactina N.Hallé = Leptactina
• Crinita Houtt. = Pavetta
• Cupi Adans. = Tarenna
• Dictyandra Welw. ex Hook.f. = Leptactina
• Enterospermum Hiern = Coptosperma
• Exechostylus K.Schum. = Pavetta
• Flemingia W.Hunter = Tarenna
• Pavate Adans. = Pavetta
• Santalina Hiern = Coptosperma
• Verulamia DC. ex Poir. = Pavetta
• Wahlenbergia Blume = Tarenna
• Webera Schreb. = Tarenna
• Zygoon Hiern = Coptosperma

Notes and References

1. Web site: World Checklist of Rubiaceae. April 20, 2016.
2. 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.
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. De Block P, Rakotonasolo F, Ntore S, Razafimandimbison SG, Janssens S (2018) Four new endemic genera of Rubiaceae (Pavetteae) from Madagascar represent multiple radiations into drylands. PhytoKeys 99: 1-66. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.99.23713