Rondeletieae

Rondeletieae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae and contains about 178 species in 8 genera. Its representatives are found from southern Mexico to northern South America and in the Caribbean.[1]

Rondeletieae
Rondeletia odorata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Cinchonoideae
Tribe:	Rondeletieae DC. ex Miq.
Type genus
Rondeletia L.

Genera

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

• Acrosynanthus Urb. (7 sp)
• Blepharidium Standl. (1 sp)
• Mazaea Krug & Urb. (2 sp)
• Phyllomelia Griseb. (1 sp)
• Rachicallis DC. (1 sp)
• Roigella Borhidi & M.Fernandez Zeq. (1 sp)
• Rondeletia L. (158 sp)
• Suberanthus Borhidi & M.Fernandez Zeq. (7 sp)

Synonyms

• Arachnimorpha Desv. ex Ham. = Rondeletia
• Ariadne Urb. = Mazaea
• Lightfootia Schreb. = Rondeletia
• Neomazaea Urb. = Mazaea
• Petesia P.Browne = Rondeletia
• Zamaria Raf. = Rondeletia

References

1. "World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved May 2012. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
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.
3. Bremer B, Eriksson E (2009). "Time tree of Rubiaceae: phylogeny and dating the family, subfamilies, and tribes" (PDF). International Journal of Plant Sciences. 170: 766–793. doi:10.1086/599077.
4. 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.