Coptosapelteae
| Coptosapelteae | |
|---|---|
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| Coptosapelta diffusa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Tribe: | Coptosapelteae Bremek. ex S.P.Darwin |
| Type genus | |
| Coptosapelta | |
| Synonyms | |
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Coptosapelteae is a tribe incertae sedis of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae and contains about 55 species in 2 genera. Its representatives are found in tropical and subtropical Asia.[1] This tribe has not been placed within as subfamily of Rubiaceae, but is sister to the rest of the family.[2]
Genera
[edit]Currently accepted names[1][2][3][4]
- Acranthera Arn. ex Meisn. (39 sp)
- Coptosapelta Korth. (16 sp)
Synonyms:
- Androtropis R.Br. ex Wall. = Acranthera
- Gonyanera Korth. = Acranthera
- Psilobium Jack = Acranthera
- Thysanospermum Champ. ex Benth. = Coptosapelta
References
[edit]- 1 2 "World Checklist of Rubiaceae".
- 1 2 Bremer B (2009). "A review of molecular phylogenetic studies of Rubiaceae". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 96: 4–26. doi:10.3417/2006197.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Robbrecht E [in Spanish]; 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 (1): 85–146. JSTOR 20649700.
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