Mussaendeae is a

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Rubiaceae The Rubiaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family. It consists of terrestrial trees, shrubs, lianas, or herbs that are recognizable by simple, opposite leaves with interpetiolar stipules ...

and contains about 221

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. Its representatives are found from tropical and southern Africa, the western Indian Ocean, to tropical and subtropical Asia and the Pacific region.

Genera

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Aphaenandra ''Aphaenandra'' is a monospecific genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The type species is ''Aphaenandra sumatrana'', now considered a synonym of ''Aphaenandra uniflora''.Wallich, Nathaniel ex Don, George. 1834. General History of t ...

Miq. Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel (24 October 1811 – 23 January 1871) was a Dutch botanist, whose main focus of study was on the flora of the Dutch East Indies. Early life Miquel was born in Neuenhaus and studied medicine at the University of Groni ...

(1 sp) * ''

Bremeria ''Bremeria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described in 2005 to accommodate all the Indian Ocean species formerly placed in ''Mussaenda'', except the widespread '' Mussaenda arcuata''. The genus is indigenous to ...

'' Razafim. & Alejandro (18 sp) * ''

Heinsia ''Heinsia'' is a small genus of flowering shrubs or small trees in the family Rubiaceae. They are native to tropical Africa. The genus was first formally named in 1830 by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle. Species , the following five species are acc ...

DC. Augustin Pyramus (or Pyrame) de Candolle (, , ; 4 February 17789 September 1841) was a Swiss botanist. René Louiche Desfontaines launched de Candolle's botanical career by recommending him at a herbarium. Within a couple of years de Candolle ...

(5 sp) * ''

Landiopsis ''Landiopsis'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae. It only contains one known species, ''Landiopsis capuronii'' Bosser It is native to Madagascar. Description ''Landiopsis capuronii'' is a shrub which gr ...

'' Capuron ex Bosser (1 sp) * ''

Mussaenda ''Mussaenda'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. They are native to the African and Asian tropics and subtropics. Several species are cultivated as ornamental plants. Species ''Mussaenda'' includes the following species: * ' ...

'' L. (187 sp) * '' Neomussaenda'' Tange (2 sp) * '' Pseudomussaenda'' Wernham (6 sp) * ''

Schizomussaenda ''Schizomussaenda'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae. The only species is ''Schizomussaenda henryi''. Its native range is Indo-China Mainland Southeast Asia, also known as the Indochinese Peninsula ...

'' H.L.Li (1 sp) Synonyms * ''Asemanthia''

Ridl. Henry Nicholas Ridley CMG (1911), MA (Oxon), FRS, FLS, F.R.H.S. (10 December 1855 – 24 October 1956) was an English botanist, geologist and naturalist who lived much of his life in Singapore. He was instrumental in promoting rubber trees ...

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K.Schum. Karl Moritz Schumann (17 June 1851 – 22 March 1904) was a German botanist. Schumann was born in Görlitz. He was curator of the Botanisches Museum in Berlin-Dahlem from 1880 until 1894. He also served as the first chairman of the ''Deut ...

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References

External links

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Mussaendeae at uniprot.org
Ixoroideae tribes {{Ixoroideae-stub