Sipaneeae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae and contains about 43 species in 10 genera. Its representatives are found from Central to Southern Tropical America.
Genera Currently accepted names
Chalepophyllum Hook.f. (1 sp) - Guyana, Venezuela Dendrosipanea Ducke (2 sp) - Southern Venezuela, Northern Brazil Limnosipanea Hook.f. (3 sp) - Panama to Southern Tropical America Maguireothamnus Steyerm. (2 sp) - Guyana, Venezuela (+ Northern Brazil?) Neblinathamnus Steyerm. (2 sp) - Venezuela, Northern Brazil Neobertiera Wernham (4 sp) - French Guiana, Guyana Pteridocalyx Wernham (2 sp) - Guyana Sipanea Aubl. (19 sp) - Trinidad to Central & Southern Tropical America Sipaneopsis Steyerm. (7 sp) - Colombia, Southern Venezuela, Northern Brazil Steyermarkia Standl. (1 sp) - South-Eastern Mexico, Guatemala
Synonyms
Ptychodea Willd. ex Cham. & Schltdl. = Sipanea Sipania Seem. = Limnosipanea Virecta L.f. = Sipanea
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