Mussaendeae

Mussaendeae
Mussaenda frondosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Asterids
Order:Gentianales
Family:Rubiaceae
Subfamily:Ixoroideae
Tribe:Mussaendeae
Hook.f.
Type genus
Mussaenda

Mussaendeae is a tribe of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family and contains about 221 species in 8 genera. Its representatives are found from tropical and southern Africa, the western Indian Ocean, to tropical and subtropical Asia and the Pacific region.[1]

Genera

Currently accepted names[1][2][3][4]

  • Aphaenandra Miq. (1 sp)
  • Bremeria Razafim. & Alejandro (18 sp)
  • Heinsia DC. (5 sp)
  • Landiopsis Capuron ex Bosser (1 sp)
  • Mussaenda L. (187 sp)
  • Neomussaenda Tange (2 sp)
  • Pseudomussaenda Wernham (6 sp)
  • Schizomussaenda H.L.Li (1 sp)

Synonyms

References

  1. 1 2 "World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved October 2015. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  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. doi: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. doi:10.1086/599077.
  • Mussaendeae at the Encyclopedia of Life
  • "Mussaendeae". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
  • Mussaendeae at uniprot.org


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