Octotropideae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae and contains about 103 species in 18 genera. Its representatives are found in the paleotropics.[1] The genera previously placed in the tribe Hypobathreae are now placed in Octotropideae.[2]
| Octotropideae | |
|---|---|
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| Kraussia floribunda | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Ixoroideae |
| Tribe: | Octotropideae Bedd. |
| Type genus | |
| Octotropis | |
Genera
Currently accepted names[1][3][4][5]
- Canephora Juss. (5 sp) - Madagascar
- Didymosalpinx Keay (5 sp) - Tropical Africa
- Feretia Delile (4 sp) - Tropical and Southern Africa
- Fernelia Comm. ex Lam. (4 sp) - Mascarene Islands
- Flagenium Baill. (6 sp) - Madagascar
- Galiniera Delile (2 sp) - Tropical Africa, Madagascar
- Hypobathrum Blume (31 sp) - Tropical Asia
- Jovetia Guédès (1 sp) - Madagascar
- Kraussia Harv. (4 sp) - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, South Africa, Socotra
- Lamprothamnus Hiern (1 sp) - Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania
- Lemyrea (A.Chev.) A.Chev. & Beille (4 sp) - Madagascar
- Nargedia Bedd. (1 sp) - Sri Lanka
- Octotropis Bedd. (1 sp) - India
- Paragenipa Baill. (1 sp) - Seychelles
- Polysphaeria Hook.f. (22 sp) - Tropical Africa, Madagascar
- Pouchetia A.Rich. ex DC. (4 sp) - Western Tropical Africa to Sudan and Northern Angola
- Ramosmania Tirveng. & Verdc. (2 sp) - Rodrigues
- Villaria Rolfe (5 sp) - Philippines
Possibly placed here:[6]
- Xantonneopsis Pit. (1 sp.) – Vietnam
Synonyms
- Exosolenia Baill. ex Drake = Lemyrea
- Higginsia Blume = Hypobathrum
- Petunga DC. = Hypobathrum
- Phylanthera Noronha = Hypobathrum
- Platymerium Bartl. ex DC. = Hypobathrum
- Ptychostigma Hochst. = Galiniera
- Rhabdostigma Hook.f. = Kraussia
- Spicillaria A.Rich. = Hypobathrum