Anthospermeae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae and contains 208 species in 12 genera. The range of the tribe is almost only Gondwanan, being found in the Afrotropics, the Neotropics, and Australasia; slight exceptions include Nertera granadensis (whose range may however be due to human cultivation) and a few species of Coprosma, which stretch into Indomalaya; and Phyllis is found in Macaronesia, northwest of Africa. At least two genera, namely Coprosma and Galopina are anemophilous.
Genera Currently accepted names
Anthospermum L. (39 sp) — Afrotropics Carpacoce Sond. (7 sp) — Cape Floristic Region Coprosma J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. (110 sp) — Australasia and Malay Archipelago, but most live in New Zealand or other parts of Polynesia. Durringtonia R.J.F.Hend. & Guymer (1 sp) — Australia Galopina Thunb. (4 sp) — southern Africa Leptostigma Arn. (7 sp) — Australasia and South America Nenax Gaertn. (9 sp) — southern Africa Nertera Banks ex Sol. (10 sp) — Australasia and Malay Archipelago Normandia Hook.f. (1 sp) — New Caledonia Opercularia Gaertn. (17 sp) — Australia Phyllis L. (2 sp) — Macaronesia Pomax Sol. ex DC. (1 sp) — Australia
Synonyms
Ambraria Cruse = Nenax Ambraria Heist. ex Fabr. = Anthospermum Bupleuroides Moench = Phyllis Caprosma G.Don = Coprosma Corynula Hook.f. = Leptostigma Cryptospermum Young = Opercularia Cunina C.Gay = Nertera Erythrodanum Thouars = Nertera Eurynome DC. = Coprosma Gomozia Mutis ex L.f. = Nertera Lagotis E.Mey. = Carpacoce Marquisia A.Rich. ex DC. = Coprosma Nobula Adans. = Phyllis Oxyspermum Eckl. & Zeyh. = Galopina Pelaphia Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn. = Coprosma Peratanthe Urb. = Nertera Rubioides Sol. ex Gaertn. = Opercularia
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