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 namesAgathisanthemum 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 ThamnoldenlandiaSynonyms
- 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''