Sipaneeae Explained

Sipaneeae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae and contains about 43 species in 10 genera. Its representatives are found from Central to Southern Tropical America.^[1]

Genera

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

• Chalepophyllum Hook.f. (1 sp) - Guyana, Venezuela
• Dendrosipanea Ducke (2 sp) - Southern Venezuela, Northern Brazil
• Limnosipanea Hook.f. (3 sp) - Panama to Southern Tropical America
• Maguireothamnus Steyerm. (2 sp) - Guyana, Venezuela (+ Northern Brazil?)
• Neblinathamnus Steyerm. (2 sp) - Venezuela, Northern Brazil
• Neobertiera Wernham (4 sp) - French Guiana, Guyana
• Pteridocalyx Wernham (2 sp) - Guyana
• Sipanea Aubl. (19 sp) - Trinidad to Central & Southern Tropical America
• Sipaneopsis Steyerm. (7 sp) - Colombia, Southern Venezuela, Northern Brazil
• Steyermarkia Standl. (1 sp) - South-Eastern Mexico, Guatemala

Synonyms

• Ptychodea Willd. ex Cham. & Schltdl. = Sipanea
• Sipania Seem. = Limnosipanea
• Virecta L.f. = Sipanea

Notes and References

1. Web site: World Checklist of Rubiaceae. 1 April 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.
4. 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.