Spermacoceae Explained

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