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 family Rubiaceae and contains 970 species in 15 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 family Rubiaceae, 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)
Pseudogalium L.E Yang, Z.L.Nie & H.Sun (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 JF, 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. JSTOR 2399892.

External links

World Checklist of Rubiaceae

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[Natali1995-1] Natali A, Manen JF, 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. JSTOR 2399892.

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