Rubieae

Rubieae
	Galium uliginosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Rubioideae
Tribe:	Rubieae; Baill.

Rubieae is a tribe of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family and contains 969 species in 14 genera. The genus Galium is responsible for more than two thirds of the species in the tribe. The second largest genus is Asperula, which contains about 200 species. Unlike the rest of the Rubiaceae family, the tribe contains predominantly perennial and annual herbs with pseudowhorls of leaves and leaflike stipules and is centered in temperate and tropical-mountain regions.^[1]

Genera

Currently accepted names

Asperula L. (191 sp)
Callipeltis Steven (3 sp)
Crucianella L. (31 sp)
Cruciata Mill. (8 sp)
Didymaea Hook.f. (8 sp)
Galiasperula Ronniger (1 sp)
Galium L. (631 sp)
Kelloggia Torr. ex Benth. & Hook.f. (2 sp)
Mericarpaea Boiss. (1 sp)
Microphysa Schrenk (1 sp)
Phuopsis Steven (1 sp)
Rubia L. (83 sp)
Sherardia L. (1 sp)
Valantia L. (7 sp)

Synonyms

Asperugalium P.Fourn. = Galiasperula
Relbunium (Endl.) Hook.f. = Galium
Warburgina Eig = Callipeltis

References

^ Natali A, Manen J-F, Ehrendorfer F (1995). "Phylogeny of the Rubiaceae-Rubioideae, in particular the tribe Rubieae: evidence from a non-coding chloroplast DNA sequence". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 82 (3): 428–439. doi:10.2307/2399892.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

External links

World Checklist of Rubiaceae

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[Natali1995-1] Natali A, Manen J-F, Ehrendorfer F (1995). "Phylogeny of the Rubiaceae-Rubioideae, in particular the tribe Rubieae: evidence from a non-coding chloroplast DNA sequence". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 82 (3): 428–439. doi:10.2307/2399892.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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