Knoxieae

Knoxieae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae and contains about 131 species in 16 genera. Its representatives are found in Tropical and Southern Africa, the islands in the Western Indian Ocean, the Arabian Peninsula, Tropical and Subtropical Asia, and Northern Australia.

Genera

Currently accepted namesBatopedina Verdc. Carphalea Juss. Chamaepentas Bremek. Dirichletia Klotzsch Dolichopentas Kårehed & B.Bremer Knoxia L. Otiophora Zucc. Otomeria Benth. Paracarphalea Razafimandimbison, Ferm, B.Bremer & Kårehed Paraknoxia Bremek. Parapentas Bremek. Pentanisia Harv. Pentas Benth. Phyllopentas Kårehed & B.Bremer Rhodopentas Kårehed & B.Bremer Triainolepis Hook.f.
SynonymsAfroknoxia Verdc. = KnoxiaBaumannia K.Schum. = KnoxiaCalanda K.Schum. = PentanisiaChlorochorion Puff & Robbr. = PentanisiaCuncea Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don = KnoxiaDentillaria Kuntze = KnoxiaDiotocarpus Christian [Ferdinand Friedrich Hochstetter|Hochst.] = PentanisiaHolocarpa Baker = PentanisiaMericocalyx Bamps = OtiophoraNeobaumannia John [Hutchinson (botanist)|Hutch.] & Dalziel = KnoxiaNeopentanisia Verdc. = PentanisiaNeurocarpaea Robert [Brown (botanist, born 1773)|R.Br.] ex Hiern = PentasNeurocarpaea R.Br. = PentasOrthostemma Wall. ex Voigt = PentasOtocephalus Chiov. = PentanisiaParatriaina Bremek. = TriainolepisPentacarpaea Hiern = PentanisiaPentacarpus Post & Kuntze = PentanisiaPlacopoda Isaac [Bayley Balfour|Balf.f.] = DirichletiaPrincea Dubard & Dop = TriainolepisTapinopentas Bremek. = OtomeriaThyridocalyx Bremek. = TriainolepisVignaldia A.Rich. = PentasVissadali Adans. = ''Knoxia''