Coussareeae are a Neotropical clade of morphologically heterogeneous plants in the subfamily Rubioideae of the coffee family (Rubiaceae). The tribe encompasses about 330 species assigned to ten genera: Bradea, Coccocypselum, Coussarea, Cruckshanksia, Declieuxia, Faramea, Heterophyllaea, Hindsia, Oreopolus, and Standleya. Historically, the genera of Coussareeae have rarely been considered closely related, and the widely defined Coussareeae were delimited based on molecular systematics without proposed morphological synapomorphies.
Genera Currently accepted names Bradea Standl. (6 sp) Coccocypselum P.Browne (22 sp) Coussarea Aubl. (120 sp) Cruckshanksia Hook. & Arn. (7 sp) Declieuxia Kunth (29 sp) Faramea Aubl. (204 sp) Heterophyllaea Hook.f. (2 sp) Hindsia Benth. ex Lindl. (11 sp) Oreopolus Schltdl. (1 sp) Standleya Brade (6 sp)
Synonyms
Antoniana Tussac = Faramea Bellardia Schreb. = Coccocypselum Billardiera Vahl = Coussarea Cococipsilum J.St.-Hil. = Coccocypselum Condalia Ruiz & Pav. = Coccocypselum Congdonia Jeps. = Declieuxia Darluca Raf. = Faramea Encopea C.Presl = Faramea Evea Aubl. = Faramea Froelichia Vahl = Coussarea Homaloclados Hook.f. = Faramea Lecanosperma Rusby = Heterophyllaea Lipostoma D.Don = Coccocypselum Macrosiphon Miq. = Hindsia Neleixa Raf. = Faramea Pecheya Scop. = Coussarea Peckeya Raf. = Coussarea Potima R.Hedw. = Faramea Rotheria Meyen = Cruckshanksia Sicelium P.Browne = Coccocypselum Sulzeria Roem. & Schult. = Faramea Tetramerium C.F.Gaertn. = Faramea Thiersia Baill. = Faramea Tontanea Aubl. = Coccocypselum
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