Spermacoceae


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
  • Amphiasma
  • Amphistemon
  • Anthospermopsis
  • Arcytophyllum
  • Astiella
  • Bouvardia
  • Carajasia
  • Carterella
  • Conostomium
  • Cordylostigma
  • Crusea
  • Debia
  • Dentella
  • Dibrachionostylus
  • Dimetia
  • Diodella
  • Diodia
  • Edrastima
  • Emmeorhiza
  • Ernodea
  • Exallage
  • Galianthe
  • Gomphocalyx
  • Hedyotis
  • Hedythyrsus
  • Houstonia
  • Hydrophylax
  • Involucrella
  • Kadua
  • Kohautia
  • Lathraeocarpa
  • Lelya
  • Leptopetalum
  • Manettia
  • Manostachya
  • Mitracarpus
  • Mitrasacmopsis
  • Neanotis
  • Nesohedyotis
  • Oldenlandia
  • Oldenlandiopsis
  • Pentanopsis
  • Pentodon
  • Phylohydrax
  • Planaltina
  • Psyllocarpus
  • Richardia
  • Sacosperma
  • Schwendenera
  • Spermacoce
  • Staelia
  • Stenaria
  • Stephanococcus
  • Synaptantha
  • Tessiera
  • Thamnoldenlandia
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''