Spermacoceae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae and contains about 1346 species in 57 genera. Its representatives are found in the tropics and subtropics.
Genera Currently accepted names
Agathisanthemum (5 sp.) Amphiasma (7 sp.) Amphistemon (2 sp.) Anthospermopsis (1 sp.) Arcytophyllum (18 sp.) Astiella (1 sp.) Bouvardia (51 sp.) Carajasia (1 sp.) Carterella (1 sp.) Conostomium (5 sp.) Cordylostigma (9 sp.) Crusea (15 sp.) Debia (4 sp.) Dentella (8 sp.) Dibrachionostylus (1 sp.) Dimetia (6 sp.) Diodella (12 sp.) Diodia (23 sp.) Edrastima (5 sp.) Emmeorhiza (1 sp.) Ernodea (8 sp.) Exallage (18 sp.) Galianthe (48 sp.) Gomphocalyx (1 sp.) Hedyotis (182 sp.) Hedythyrsus (3 sp.) Houstonia (24 sp.) Hydrophylax (1 sp.) Involucrella (2 sp.) Kadua (30 sp.) Kohautia (28 sp.) Lathraeocarpa (2 sp.) Lelya (1 sp.) Leptopetalum (8 sp.) Manettia (125 sp.) Manostachya (3 sp.) Mitracarpus (65 sp.) Mitrasacmopsis (1 sp.) Neanotis (34 sp.) Nesohedyotis (1 sp.) Oldenlandia (217 sp.) Oldenlandiopsis (1 sp.) Pentanopsis (2 sp.) Pentodon (2 sp.) Phylohydrax (2 sp.) Planaltina (3 sp.) Psyllocarpus (9 sp.) Richardia (16 sp.) Sacosperma (2 sp.) Schwendenera (1 sp.) Spermacoce (286 sp.) Staelia (21 sp.) Stenaria (6 sp.) Stephanococcus (1 sp.) Synaptantha (2 sp.) Tessiera (2 sp.) Thamnoldenlandia (1 sp.)
Synonyms
Adenothola = Manettia Aeginetia = Bouvardia Allaeophania = Hedyotis Anistelma = Hedyotis Anotis = Arcytophyllum Arbulocarpus = Spermacoce Bigelovia = Spermacoce Bigelowia = Spermacoce Borreria = Spermacoce Chaenocarpus = Spermacoce Chamisme = Houstonia Chenocarpus = Spermacoce Conotrichia = Manettia Cormylus = Oldenlandia Covolia = Spermacoce Dasycephala = Spermacoce Decapenta = Diodia Dichrospermum = Spermacoce Diodioides = Spermacoce Dioneiodon = Diodia Diphragmus = Tessiera Diplophragma = Hedyotis Duvaucellia = Kohautia Dyctiospora = Oldenlandia Ebelia = Diodia Edrastenia = Edrastima Eionitis = Oldenlandia Endlichera = Emmeorhiza Endolasia = Manettia Endopogon = Diodella Ereicoctis = Arcytophyllum Gerontogea = Oldenlandia Gonotheca = Leptopetalum Gouldia = Kadua Gruhlmania = Spermacoce Guagnebina = Manettia Hemidiodia = Spermacoce Heymia = Dentella Hypodematium = Spermacoce Jurgensia = Spermacoce Karamyschewia = Oldenlandia Lippaya = Dentella Listeria = Oldenlandia Lygistum = Manettia Macrandria = Hedyotis Mallostoma = Arcytophyllum Metabolos = Hedyotis Metabolus = Hedyotis Mitratheca = Oldenlandia Nacibea = Manettia Neosabicea = Manettia Octodon = Spermacoce Panetos = Houstonia Paragophyton = Spermacoce Peltospermum = Sacosperma Pleiocraterium = Hedyotis Plethyrsis = Richardia Poederiopsis = Manettia Poiretia = Houstonia Pseudrachicallis = Arcytophyllum Pterostephus = Spermacoce Richardsonia = Richardia Sarissus = Hydrophylax Schiedea = Richardia Schizangium = Mitracarpus Sclerococcus = Hedyotis Scleromitrion = Hedyotis Spermacoceodes = Spermacoce Staurospermum = Mitracarpus Stelmanis = Oldenlandia Stelmotis = Oldenlandia Symphyllarion = Hedyotis Tardavel = Spermacoce Teinosolen = Arcytophyllum Terrellianthus = Arcytophyllum Thecagonum = Leptopetalum Thecorchus = Oldenlandia Theyodis = Oldenlandia Triodon = Diodia Vanessa = Manettia Wiegmannnia = Kadua
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