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. The genera previously placed in the tribe Hypobathreae are now placed in Octotropideae.
Genera Currently accepted names
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: 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
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