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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 a ...
. If the generic name is for an accepted genus, it will appear in ''bold italics'' followed by the author(s). If the name is a synonym, it will appear in ''italics'' followed by an equals sign (=) and the accepted name to which it is referred. Detailed, up to date information can be found o
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F.Muell. Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, (german: Müller; 30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist. He was appointed government botanist for the then colony of Victo ...
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Timonius ''Timonius'' is a genus of plants in the family 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 recog ...
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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 ...
 *''Abramsia'' Gillespie = '' Airosperma''
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 ''Deutsc ...
& Lauterb. *''Acmostima'' Raf. = ''
Pavetta ''Pavetta'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises about 360 species of trees, evergreen shrubs and sub-shrubs. It is found in woodlands, grasslands and thickets in sub-tropical and tropical Africa and Asia. The plan ...
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Acranthera ''Acranthera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found from India to South Central China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries ...
'' Arn. ex
Meisn. Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner (1 November 1800 – 2 May 1874) was a Swiss botanist. Biography Born in Bern, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner. For most of his 40 ...
 * '' Acrobotrys''
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 ''Deutsc ...
& K.Krause *''Acrodryon'' Spreng. = ''
Cephalanthus ''Cephalanthus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are about six species that are commonly known as buttonbush. Description They are shrubs or small trees growing to tall. The leaves are simple, arranged in opposite ...
'' L. *''Acrostoma'' Didr. = '' Remijia''
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 ...
 * '' Acrosynanthus''
Urb. Ignatz Urban (7 January 1848 – 7 January 1931) was a German botanist. He is known for his contributions to the flora of the Caribbean and Brazil, and for his work as curator of the Berlin Botanical Garden. Born the son of a brewer, Urban sho ...
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Acunaeanthus ''Acunaeanthus'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family of Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one known species; ''Acunaeanthus tinifolius'', which is endemic to Cuba. The genus name of ''Acunaeanthus'' is in honour of Julián Ac ...
'' Borhidi, Komlodi & Moncada * ''
Adenorandia ''Adenorandia'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Vermoesen in 1922. The genus contains only one species, viz. ''Adenorandia kalbreyeri'', which is found from west-central tropical Africa. ...
'' Vermoesen *''Adenosacme'' Wall. ex G.Gon = ''
Mycetia ''Mycetia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family 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 a ...
'' Reinw. *''Adenothola'' Lem. = ''
Manettia ''Manettia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are between 80 and 123 species. They are distributed in the West Indies, Mexico, and Central and South America. Most are vines. The genus was named after Saverio Manetti ...
'' Mutis ex L. * ''
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'' Salisb. * '' Adinauclea'' Ridsdale = ''
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'' Salisb. * '' Adolphoduckea'' Paudyal & Delprete *''Aeginetia'' Cav. = '' Bouvardia'' Salisb. *''Aetheonema'' Rchb. = ''
Gaertnera ''Gaertnera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are at least 85 species distributed across the Old World tropics from Africa to Asia.
'' Lam. * '' Afrocanthium'' ( Bridson) Lantz & B.Bremer *''Afrohamelia'' Wernham = '' Atractogyne'' Pierre *''Afroknoxia'' Verdc. = '' Knoxia'' L. * ''
Agathisanthemum ''Agathisanthemum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Johann Friedrich Klotzsch in 1861. It is found in tropical and southern Africa, on the Comoros and in Madagascar. Species * '' Agathisanthemum a ...
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Klotzsch Johann Friedrich Klotzsch (9 June 1805 – 5 November 1860) was a German pharmacist and botanist. His principal work was in the field of mycology, with the study and description of many species of mushroom. Klotzsch was born in Wittenberg. Orig ...
 * '' Agouticarpa'' C.H.Press. *''Agylophora'' Neck. ex Raf. = '' Uncaria'' Schreb. * ''
Aidia ''Aidia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by João de Loureiro in 1790. It has a wide distribution area and occurs in tropical Africa, tropical and subtropical Asia and the western Pacific. Species * ...
'' Lour. * ''
Aidiopsis ''Aidiopsis'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The type species was ''Aidiopsis forbesii'' but this is now considered a synonym of ''Aidiopsis orophila''. It is native to Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, Java and the ...
'' Tirveng. * '' Airosperma''
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 ''Deutsc ...
& Lauterb. *''Aitchisonia'' Hemsl. ex Aitch. = '' Plocama'' Aiton * ''
Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest T ...
'' E.Mey. * '' Aleisanthia''
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 i ...
 * '' Aleisanthiopsis'' Tange * '' Alibertia'' A.Rich ex
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 ...
 *''Allaeophania'' Thwaites = '' Metabolos'' Blume *''Alleizettea'' Dubard & Dop = '' Danais'' Comm. ex Vent. * ''
Alleizettella ''Alleizettella'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is restricted to southeastern China and northern Vietnam. The genus commemorates French botanist Aymar Charles d'Alleizette.Standl. = '' Machaonia'' Humb. & Bonpl. * '' Alseis'' Schott * '' Amaioua'' Aubl. *''Amaracanthus'' Steud. = ''
Amaracarpus ''Amaracarpus'' is a genus of shrubs, treelets or trees in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Carl Ludwig Blume in 1826. Most of the species are endemic to New Guinea but a few have wider ranges in Southeast Asia from Myanmar (Burma) ...
'' Blume * ''
Amaracarpus ''Amaracarpus'' is a genus of shrubs, treelets or trees in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Carl Ludwig Blume in 1826. Most of the species are endemic to New Guinea but a few have wider ranges in Southeast Asia from Myanmar (Burma) ...
'' Blume *''Amaralia'' Welw. ex
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 = '' Sherbournia'' G.Don *''Ambraria'' Cruse = '' Nenax'' Gaertn. *''Ambraria'' Heist. ex Fabr. = '' Anthospermum'' L. *''Ammianthus''
Spruce A spruce is a tree of the genus ''Picea'' (), a genus of about 35 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal (taiga) regions of the Earth. ''Picea'' is the sole genus in the subfam ...
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Benth. George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...
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Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 = '' Retiniphyllum'' Humb. & Bonpl. * ''
Amphiasma ''Amphiasma'' is a genus of 7 species of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Cornelis Bremekamp in 1952. The genus is found from southern Tanzania to Namibia. Species * '' Amphiasma benguellense'' ( Hiern) Bremek ...
'' Bremek. * '' Amphidasya'' Standl. * ''
Amphistemon ''Amphistemon'' is a genus of 2 species of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is described by Inge Groeninckx in 2010 based on a molecular analysis of the '' Hedyotis''-'' Oldenlandia'' group.Groeninckx I, De Block P, Robbrecht E, Smet ...
'' Groeninckx *''Anabata'' Willd. ex Roem. &
Schult. Josef (Joseph) August Schultes (15 April 1773 in Vienna – 21 April 1831 in Landshut) was an Austrian botanist and professor from Vienna. Together with Johann Jacob Roemer (1763–1819), he published the 16th edition of Linnaeus' ''Systema ...
 = '' Faramea'' Aubl. *''
Ancylanthos ''Ancylanthos'' was a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae but is no longer recognized. It was originally described by René Louiche Desfontaines in 1818. In 2005, it was sunk into synonymy with ''Vangueria'', based on a phylogeneti ...
'' Desf. = ''
Vangueria ''Vangueria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is named for , as '' V. madagascariensis'' is known in Malagasy. Distribution The genus contains over 50 species distributed in Africa south of the Sahara with one ...
'' Juss. *''Andersonia'' Willd. ex
Schult. Josef (Joseph) August Schultes (15 April 1773 in Vienna – 21 April 1831 in Landshut) was an Austrian botanist and professor from Vienna. Together with Johann Jacob Roemer (1763–1819), he published the 16th edition of Linnaeus' ''Systema ...
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Gaertnera ''Gaertnera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are at least 85 species distributed across the Old World tropics from Africa to Asia.
'' Lam. *''Androtropis'' R.Br. ex Wall. = ''
Acranthera ''Acranthera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found from India to South Central China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries ...
'' Arn. ex
Meisn. Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner (1 November 1800 – 2 May 1874) was a Swiss botanist. Biography Born in Bern, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner. For most of his 40 ...
 *''Angusta'' J.Ellis = ''
Gardenia ''Gardenia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the coffee family, Rubiaceae, native to the tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, Madagascar and Pacific Islands, and Australia. The genus was named by Carl Linnaeus and John Ellis af ...
'' J.Ellis *''Anisomeris'' C.Presl = '' Chomelia''
Jacq. Nikolaus Joseph Freiherr von Jacquin (16 February 172726 October 1817) was a scientist who studied medicine, chemistry and botany. Biography Born in Leiden in the Netherlands, he studied medicine at Leiden University, then moved first to Par ...
 *''Anistelma'' Raf. = ''
Hedyotis ''Hedyotis'' (starviolet) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Many species of this genus such as ''Hedyotis biflora, H. corymbosa'' and ''H. diffusa'' are well known medicinal plants. ''Hedyotis'' is native to tropical and sub ...
'' L. *''Anomanthodia''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
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Aidia ''Aidia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by João de Loureiro in 1790. It has a wide distribution area and occurs in tropical Africa, tropical and subtropical Asia and the western Pacific. Species * ...
'' Lour. *''Anonymos'' Walter = '' Houstonia'' L. *''Anotis''
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 ...
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Arcytophyllum ''Arcytophyllum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains 18 species, distributed from New Mexico to Bolivia. Description Members of this genus are shrubs or dwarf shrubs that occupy mountainous habitats. Thei ...
'' Willd. ex
Schult. Josef (Joseph) August Schultes (15 April 1773 in Vienna – 21 April 1831 in Landshut) was an Austrian botanist and professor from Vienna. Together with Johann Jacob Roemer (1763–1819), he published the 16th edition of Linnaeus' ''Systema ...
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Schult.f. Julius Hermann Schultes (4 February 1804 in Vienna – 1 September 1840 in Munich) was an Austrian botanist from Vienna. He co-authored volume 7 of the Roemer & Schultes edition of the ''Systema Vegetabilium'' with his father Josef August Sc ...
 *''Antacanthus''
A.Rich. Achille Richard was a French botanist, botanical illustrator and physician (27 April 1794 in Paris – 5 October 1852). Biography Achille was the son of the botanist Louis-Claude Marie Richard (1754–1821). He was a pharmacist in the Fren ...
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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 ...
 = '' Scolosanthus''
Vahl Vahl is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Christian-Friedrich Vahl (born 1955), German cardiac surgeon * Emanuel Vahl (born 1938), Ukrainian-Israeli composer *Herbert-Ernst Vahl, German SS general *Jens Vahl (1796–1854), Danis ...
 * '' Antherostele'' Bremek. *''Antherura'' Lour. = '' Psychotria'' L. *'' Anthocephalus''
A.Rich. Achille Richard was a French botanist, botanical illustrator and physician (27 April 1794 in Paris – 5 October 1852). Biography Achille was the son of the botanist Louis-Claude Marie Richard (1754–1821). He was a pharmacist in the Fren ...
 = '' Breonia'' A.Rich ex
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 ...
 * '' Anthorrhiza'' C.R.Huxley & Jebb * '' Anthospermopsis'' (
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 ''Deutsc ...
) J.H.Kirkbr. * '' Anthospermum'' L. * '' Antirhea'' Comm. ex A.Juss. *''Antirhoea''
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 ...
 = '' Antirhea'' Comm. ex A.Juss. *''Antirrhoea'' Comm. ex A.Juss. = '' Antirhea'' Comm. ex A.Juss. * ''Antoniana'' Tussac = '' Faramea'' Aubl. * ''
Aoranthe ''Aoranthe'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in tropical Africa. Species * '' Aoranthe annulata'' (K.Schum.) Somers * '' Aoranthe castaneofulva'' ( S.Moore) Somers * '' Aoranthe cladantha'' (K.Schum.) Somers ...
'' Somers *''Aparinanthus'' Fourr. = ''
Galium ''Galium'' is a large genus of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the family Rubiaceae, occurring in the temperate zones of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Some species are informally known as bedstraw. There are over 600 spe ...
'' L. *''Aparine'' Guett. = ''
Galium ''Galium'' is a large genus of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the family Rubiaceae, occurring in the temperate zones of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Some species are informally known as bedstraw. There are over 600 spe ...
'' L. *''Aparinella'' Fourr. = ''
Galium ''Galium'' is a large genus of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the family Rubiaceae, occurring in the temperate zones of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Some species are informally known as bedstraw. There are over 600 spe ...
'' L. *'' Aphaenandra''
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 ...
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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. * '' Aphanocarpus''
Steyerm. Julian Alfred Steyermark (January 27, 1909 – October 15, 1988) was a Venezuelan American botanist. His focus was on New World vegetation, and he specialized in the family Rubiaceae. Life and work Julian Alfred Steyermark was born in St. Louis, ...
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Apomuria ''Apomuria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Cornelis Eliza Bertus Bremekamp Cornelis Eliza Bertus Bremekamp (7 February 1888, in Dordrecht – 21 December 1984) was a Dutch botanist. He received ...
'' Bremek. = '' Psychotria'' L. *''Appunettia'' R.D.Good = '' Morinda'' L. * '' Appunia''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 *''Arachnimorpha''
Desv. Nicaise Auguste Desvaux (28 August 1784 – 12 July 1856) was a French botanist. From 1816 he taught classes in Angers, where from 1817 to 1838 he served as director of its botanical garden. He described the botanical genera ''Neslia'', ''Mycenas ...
ex Ham. = '' Rondeletia'' L. * '' Arachnothryx'' Planch. * ''Arariba''
Mart. Carl Friedrich Philipp (Karl Friedrich Philipp) von Martius (17 April 1794 – 13 December 1868) was a German botanist and explorer. Life Martius was born at Erlangen, the son of Prof Ernst Wilhelm Martius, court apothecary. He graduated PhD f ...
 = '' Simira'' Aubl. *'' Arbulocarpus'' Tennant = ''
Spermacoce ''Spermacoce'' or false buttonweed is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises about 275 species found throughout the tropics and subtropics. Its highest diversity is found in the Americas, followed by Africa, Austral ...
'' L. * ''
Arcytophyllum ''Arcytophyllum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains 18 species, distributed from New Mexico to Bolivia. Description Members of this genus are shrubs or dwarf shrubs that occupy mountainous habitats. Thei ...
'' Willd. ex
Schult. Josef (Joseph) August Schultes (15 April 1773 in Vienna – 21 April 1831 in Landshut) was an Austrian botanist and professor from Vienna. Together with Johann Jacob Roemer (1763–1819), he published the 16th edition of Linnaeus' ''Systema ...
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Schult.f. Julius Hermann Schultes (4 February 1804 in Vienna – 1 September 1840 in Munich) was an Austrian botanist from Vienna. He co-authored volume 7 of the Roemer & Schultes edition of the ''Systema Vegetabilium'' with his father Josef August Sc ...
 * ''Argocoffea'' (Pierre ex De Wild.) Lebrun = ''
Argocoffeopsis ''Argocoffeopsis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in tropical Africa. They are lianas, climbing by means of horizontal or recurved lateral branches, or sometimes shrubs. Their papery bark is grey or brown and ...
'' Lebrun * ''
Argocoffeopsis ''Argocoffeopsis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in tropical Africa. They are lianas, climbing by means of horizontal or recurved lateral branches, or sometimes shrubs. Their papery bark is grey or brown and ...
'' Lebrun * '' Argostemma'' Wall. *''Argostemmella''
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 i ...
 = '' Argostemma'' Wall. *''Ariadne''
Urb. Ignatz Urban (7 January 1848 – 7 January 1931) was a German botanist. He is known for his contributions to the flora of the Caribbean and Brazil, and for his work as curator of the Berlin Botanical Garden. Born the son of a brewer, Urban sho ...
 = '' Mazaea'' Krug &
Urb. Ignatz Urban (7 January 1848 – 7 January 1931) was a German botanist. He is known for his contributions to the flora of the Caribbean and Brazil, and for his work as curator of the Berlin Botanical Garden. Born the son of a brewer, Urban sho ...
 *''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 i ...
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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. *'' Asemnantha''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 = '' Chiococca'' P.Browne *''Aspera'' Moench = ''
Galium ''Galium'' is a large genus of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the family Rubiaceae, occurring in the temperate zones of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Some species are informally known as bedstraw. There are over 600 spe ...
'' L. *'' Asperugalium'' E.Fourn. = '' × Galiasperula'' Ronniger * ''
Asperula ''Asperula'', commonly known as woodruff, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It contains 194 species and has a wide distribution area from Europe, northern Africa, temperate and subtropical Asia to Australasia. Species * ' ...
'' L. * ''Aspidanthera''
Benth. George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...
 = '' Ferdinandusa'' Pohl * ''Assidora'' A.Chev. = ''
Schumanniophyton ''Schumanniophyton'' is a genus of three species of small tree native to west Africa and belonging to the family Rubiaceae. It contains the following species and varieties: * '' Schumanniophyton hirsutum'' (Hiern) R.D.Good, native from W. Central ...
'' Harms *''Asterophyllum'' Schimp. & Spenn. = ''
Asperula ''Asperula'', commonly known as woodruff, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It contains 194 species and has a wide distribution area from Europe, northern Africa, temperate and subtropical Asia to Australasia. Species * ' ...
'' L. * ''
Astiella ''Astiella'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family 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 ...
'' Jovet * ''
Atractocarpus ''Atractocarpus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Its members are commonly known as native gardenias in Australia. The genus name is derived from the Ancient Greek terms ''atractos'' "spindle", and ''karpos'' "fruit", fr ...
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Schltr. Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter (16 October 1872 – 16 November 1925) was a German taxonomist, botanist, and author of several works on orchids. He went on botanical expeditions in Africa, Indonesia, New Guinea, South and Central America ...
& K.Krause * '' Atractogyne'' Pierre * ''Aucubaephyllum'' Ahlb. = '' Psychotria'' L. * '' Augusta'' Pohl * ''Augustea''
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 ...
 = '' Augusta'' Pohl * '' Aulacocalyx''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 * ''Aulacodiscus''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 = '' Urophyllum'' Jack ex Wall. * ''Axanthes'' Blume = '' Urophyllum'' Jack ex Wall. * ''Axanthopsis'' Korth. = '' Urophyllum'' Jack ex Wall. *''Axolus'' Raf. = ''
Cephalanthus ''Cephalanthus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are about six species that are commonly known as buttonbush. Description They are shrubs or small trees growing to tall. The leaves are simple, arranged in opposite ...
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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 ...
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Pavetta ''Pavetta'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises about 360 species of trees, evergreen shrubs and sub-shrubs. It is found in woodlands, grasslands and thickets in sub-tropical and tropical Africa and Asia. The plan ...
'' L. * '' Badusa'' A.Gray *''Baldingera'' Dennst. = '' Psychotria'' L. * ''Balfourina'' Kuntze = '' Didymaea''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 * '' Balmea'' Martinez * ''Bamboga''
Baill. Henri Ernest Baillon was a French botanist and physician. He was born in Calais on 30 November 1827 and died in Paris on 19 July 1895. Baillon spent his professional life as a professor of natural history, and he published numerous works on b ...
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Mitragyna ''Mitragyna'' is a genus of trees in the family Rubiaceae found in the tropical and subtropical regions of Asia and Africa. Members of this genus contain antimalarial and analgesic indole alkaloids. The Rubiacae are the fifth-largest family of f ...
'' Korth. *''Bancalus'' Rumph. ex Kuntze = ''Nauclea'' L. *''Bartlingia'' Rchb. = '' Plocama'' Aiton * ''Basanacantha''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 = ''Randia (plant), Randia'' L. *''Bataprine'' Julius Aloysius Arthur Nieuwland, Nieuwl. = ''
Galium ''Galium'' is a large genus of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the family Rubiaceae, occurring in the temperate zones of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Some species are informally known as bedstraw. There are over 600 spe ...
'' L. * ''Bathysa'' C.Presl *''Bathysograya'' Kuntze = '' Badusa'' A.Gray * ''Batopedina'' Verdc. *''Baumannia''
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 ''Deutsc ...
 = '' Knoxia'' L. *''Becheria''
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 i ...
 = ''Ixora'' L. *''Belicea'' Cyrus Longworth Lundell, Lundell = '' Morinda'' L. *''Belilla'' Michel Adanson, Adans. = ''
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. *''Bellardia'' Schreb. = ''Coccocypselum'' P.Browne *''Bellermannia''
Klotzsch Johann Friedrich Klotzsch (9 June 1805 – 5 November 1860) was a German pharmacist and botanist. His principal work was in the field of mycology, with the study and description of many species of mushroom. Klotzsch was born in Wittenberg. Orig ...
ex Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten, H.Karst. = ''Gonzalagunia'' Hipólito Ruiz López, Ruiz & José Antonio Pavón Jiménez, Pav. *''Bellizinca'' Borhidi = ''Deppea'' Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal, Schltdl. & Adelbert von Chamisso, Cham. *''Bellynkxia'' Johannes Müller Argoviensis, Müll.Arg. = '' Morinda'' L. * ''Belonophora''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 *''Bemsetia'' Raf. = ''Ixora'' L. * ''Benkara'' Michel Adanson, Adans. *''Benteca'' Michel Adanson, Adans. = ''Hymenodictyon'' Wall. * ''Benzonia (plant), Benzonia'' Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, Schumach. * ''Berghesia'' Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck, Nees *''Bergkias'' Pierre Sonnerat, Sonn. = ''
Gardenia ''Gardenia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the coffee family, Rubiaceae, native to the tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, Madagascar and Pacific Islands, and Australia. The genus was named by Carl Linnaeus and John Ellis af ...
'' J.Ellis * ''Berliera'' Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. = ''Myrioneuron'' R.Br. ex William Jackson Hooker, Hook. * ''Bertiera'' Aubl. *''Bigelovia'' Spreng. = ''
Spermacoce ''Spermacoce'' or false buttonweed is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises about 275 species found throughout the tropics and subtropics. Its highest diversity is found in the Americas, followed by Africa, Austral ...
'' L. *''Bigelowia''
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 ...
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Spermacoce ''Spermacoce'' or false buttonweed is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises about 275 species found throughout the tropics and subtropics. Its highest diversity is found in the Americas, followed by Africa, Austral ...
'' L. * ''Bikkia'' Reinw. ex Blume *''Bikkiopsis'' Brongn. & Gris = ''Bikkia'' Reinw. ex Blume * ''Billardiera''
Vahl Vahl is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Christian-Friedrich Vahl (born 1955), German cardiac surgeon * Emanuel Vahl (born 1938), Ukrainian-Israeli composer *Herbert-Ernst Vahl, German SS general *Jens Vahl (1796–1854), Danis ...
 = ''Coussarea'' Aubl. * ''Billiottia''
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 ...
 = ''Melanopsidium'' Luigi Aloysius Colla, Colla *''Blandibractea'' Wernham = '' Simira'' Aubl. * ''Blepharidium'' Standl. *''Blepharostemma''
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 i ...
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Asperula ''Asperula'', commonly known as woodruff, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It contains 194 species and has a wide distribution area from Europe, northern Africa, temperate and subtropical Asia to Australasia. Species * ' ...
'' L. *''Bobaea''
A.Rich. Achille Richard was a French botanist, botanical illustrator and physician (27 April 1794 in Paris – 5 October 1852). Biography Achille was the son of the botanist Louis-Claude Marie Richard (1754–1821). He was a pharmacist in the Fren ...
 = ''Bobea'' Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré, Gaudich. * ''Bobea'' Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré, Gaudich. * ''Boholia'' Elmer Drew Merrill, Merr. *''Bonatia''
Schltr. Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter (16 October 1872 – 16 November 1925) was a German taxonomist, botanist, and author of several works on orchids. He went on botanical expeditions in Africa, Indonesia, New Guinea, South and Central America ...
& K.Krause = ''Tarenna'' Gaertn. * ''Bonifacia'' Silva Manso ex Steud. = '' Augusta'' Pohl *''Borojoa'' José Cuatrecasas, Cuatrec. = '' Alibertia'' A.Rich ex
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 ...
 *''Borreria'' G.Mey. = ''
Spermacoce ''Spermacoce'' or false buttonweed is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises about 275 species found throughout the tropics and subtropics. Its highest diversity is found in the Americas, followed by Africa, Austral ...
'' L. * ''Bothriospora''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 * ''Botryarrhena'' Adolpho Ducke, Ducke * '' Bouvardia'' Salisb. * ''Brachytome''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 * ''Bradea'' Standl. * ''Bremeria'' Razafim. & Alejandro * ''Brenania'' Keay * ''Breonadia'' Ridsdale * '' Breonia'' A.Rich ex
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 ...
 * ''Bridsonia'' Verstraete & A.E.van Wyk *''Brignolia''
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 ...
 = ''Isertia'' Schreb. *''Bruinsmania''
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 ...
 = ''Isertia'' Schreb. * ''Bruxanelia'' Dennst. * ''Bubalina'' Raf. = ''Burchellia'' R.Br. * ''Buchia'' Carl Sigismund Kunth, Kunth = ''Perama (plant), Perama'' Aubl. * ''Buchozia'' L'Hér. ex Juss. = ''Serissa'' Comm. ex A.Juss. *''Buena'' Cav. = ''Gonzalagunia'' Hipólito Ruiz López, Ruiz & José Antonio Pavón Jiménez, Pav. *''Buena'' Pohl = ''Cosmibuena'' Hipólito Ruiz López, Ruiz & José Antonio Pavón Jiménez, Pav. * ''Bullockia (plant), Bullockia'' (William Philip Hiern, Hiern) Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer *''Bunburya''
Meisn. Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner (1 November 1800 – 2 May 1874) was a Swiss botanist. Biography Born in Bern, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner. For most of his 40 ...
ex Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Hochstetter, Hochst. = ''Tricalysia'' A.Rich ex
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 ...
 * ''Bungarimba'' K.M.Wong *''Bunophila'' Willd. ex Roem. &
Schult. Josef (Joseph) August Schultes (15 April 1773 in Vienna – 21 April 1831 in Landshut) was an Austrian botanist and professor from Vienna. Together with Johann Jacob Roemer (1763–1819), he published the 16th edition of Linnaeus' ''Systema ...
 = '' Machaonia'' Humb. & Bonpl. * ''Bupleuroides'' Moench = ''Phyllis (plant), Phyllis'' L. * ''Burchellia'' R.Br. *''Burneya'' Adelbert von Chamisso, Cham. & Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal, Schltdl. = ''
Timonius ''Timonius'' is a genus of plants in the family 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 recog ...
'' Rumph. ex
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 ...
 *''Burttdavya'' Hoyle = ''Nauclea'' L. *''Buseria'' Théophile Alexis Durand, T.Durand = ''Coffea'' L. * ''Buttneria'' P.Browne = ''Casasia'' A.Rich * ''Byrsophyllum''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...


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*''Cadamba'' Pierre Sonnerat, Sonn. = ''Guettarda'' L. *''Cafe'' Michel Adanson, Adans. = ''Coffea'' L. *''Calanda''
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 ''Deutsc ...
 = ''Pentanisia'' William Henry Harvey, Harv. * ''Calderonia'' Standl. = '' Simira'' Aubl. *''Callicocca'' Schreb. = '' Psychotria'' L. * ''Callipeltis'' Steven * ''Calochone'' Keay *''Calycodendron'' Albert Charles Smith, A.C.Sm. = '' Psychotria'' L. * ''Calycophyllum''
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 ...
 * ''Calycosia'' A.Gray * ''Calycosiphonia'' Pierre ex Elmar Robbrecht, Robbr. * ''Campanocalyx'' Theodoric Valeton, Valeton = ''Keenania''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 *''Camptophytum'' Pierre ex A.Chev. = ''Tarenna'' Gaertn. *''Camptopus''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 = '' Psychotria'' L. *''Campylobotrys'' Lem. = ''Hoffmannia'' Olof Peter Swartz, Sw. * ''Canephora'' Juss. *''Canthiopsis'' Berthold Carl Seemann, Seem. = ''Tarenna'' Gaertn. *''Canthium'' Lam. *''Canthiumera'' K.M.Wong & Mahyuni *''Canthopsis''
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 ...
 = ''Catunaregam'' Wolf * ''Capirona''
Spruce A spruce is a tree of the genus ''Picea'' (), a genus of about 35 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal (taiga) regions of the Earth. ''Picea'' is the sole genus in the subfam ...
 * ''Caprosma'' G.Don = ''Coprosma'' Johann Reinhold Forster, J.R.Forst. & Georg Forster, G.Forst. *''Captaincookia'' N.Hallé = ''Ixora'' L. *''Caquepiria'' Johann Friedrich Gmelin, J.F.Gmel. = ''
Gardenia ''Gardenia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the coffee family, Rubiaceae, native to the tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, Madagascar and Pacific Islands, and Australia. The genus was named by Carl Linnaeus and John Ellis af ...
'' J.Ellis *''Carajasia'' R.M. Salas, E.L. Cabral & Dessein *''Carapichea'' Aubl. *''Carinta'' William Franklin Wight, W.Wight = ''Geophila'' David Don, D.Don * ''Carmenocania'' Wernham = ''Pogonopus (plant), Pogonopus''
Klotzsch Johann Friedrich Klotzsch (9 June 1805 – 5 November 1860) was a German pharmacist and botanist. His principal work was in the field of mycology, with the study and description of many species of mushroom. Klotzsch was born in Wittenberg. Orig ...
 * ''Carpacoce'' Otto Wilhelm Sonder, Sond. * ''Carphalea'' Juss. * ''Carterella'' Terrell *''Caruelina'' Kuntze = '' Chomelia''
Jacq. Nikolaus Joseph Freiherr von Jacquin (16 February 172726 October 1817) was a scientist who studied medicine, chemistry and botany. Biography Born in Leiden in the Netherlands, he studied medicine at Leiden University, then moved first to Par ...
 *''Caryococca'' Willd. ex Roem. &
Schult. Josef (Joseph) August Schultes (15 April 1773 in Vienna – 21 April 1831 in Landshut) was an Austrian botanist and professor from Vienna. Together with Johann Jacob Roemer (1763–1819), he published the 16th edition of Linnaeus' ''Systema ...
 = ''Gonzalagunia'' Hipólito Ruiz López, Ruiz & José Antonio Pavón Jiménez, Pav. * ''Casasia'' A.Rich *''Cascarilla'' (Stephan Friedrich Ladislaus Endlicher, Endl.) Hugh Algernon Weddell, Wedd. = ''Ladenbergia''
Klotzsch Johann Friedrich Klotzsch (9 June 1805 – 5 November 1860) was a German pharmacist and botanist. His principal work was in the field of mycology, with the study and description of many species of mushroom. Klotzsch was born in Wittenberg. Orig ...
 *''Cassupa'' Humb. & Bonpl. = ''Isertia'' Schreb. * ''Catesbaea'' L. * ''Catunaregam'' Wolf *''Cephaelis'' Olof Peter Swartz, Sw. = '' Psychotria'' L. * ''
Cephalanthus ''Cephalanthus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are about six species that are commonly known as buttonbush. Description They are shrubs or small trees growing to tall. The leaves are simple, arranged in opposite ...
'' L. * ''Cephalidium''
A.Rich. Achille Richard was a French botanist, botanical illustrator and physician (27 April 1794 in Paris – 5 October 1852). Biography Achille was the son of the botanist Louis-Claude Marie Richard (1754–1821). He was a pharmacist in the Fren ...
 = '' Breonia'' A.Rich ex
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 ...
 *''Cephalina'' Peter Thonning, Thonn. = ''Nauclea'' L. *''Cephalodendron''
Steyerm. Julian Alfred Steyermark (January 27, 1909 – October 15, 1988) was a Venezuelan American botanist. His focus was on New World vegetation, and he specialized in the family Rubiaceae. Life and work Julian Alfred Steyermark was born in St. Louis, ...
 = '' Remijia''
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 ...
 * ''Ceratites'' Daniel Solander, Sol. ex John Miers (botanist), Miers = ''Rudgea'' Salisb. * ''Ceratopyxis''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 * ''Ceriscoides'' (
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
) Tirveng. *''Ceriscus'' Gaertn. = ''Catunaregam'' Wolf * ''Ceuthocarpus'' Aiello *''Chaenocarpus'' Neck. ex A.Juss. = ''
Spermacoce ''Spermacoce'' or false buttonweed is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises about 275 species found throughout the tropics and subtropics. Its highest diversity is found in the Americas, followed by Africa, Austral ...
'' L. * ''Chaetostachydium'' Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw, Airy Shaw * ''Chaetostachys'' Theodoric Valeton, Valeton = ''Chaetostachydium'' Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw, Airy Shaw * ''Chalazocarpus'' William Philip Hiern, Hiern = ''
Schumanniophyton ''Schumanniophyton'' is a genus of three species of small tree native to west Africa and belonging to the family Rubiaceae. It contains the following species and varieties: * '' Schumanniophyton hirsutum'' (Hiern) R.D.Good, native from W. Central ...
'' Harms * ''Chalepophyllum''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 * ''Chamaedaphne'' Mitch. = ''Mitchella'' L. * ''Chamaepentas'' Bremek. * ''Chamisme'' Julius Aloysius Arthur Nieuwland, Nieuwl. = '' Houstonia'' L. * ''Chapelieria'' A.Rich ex
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 ...
 *''Charpentiera'' Vieill. = ''Ixora'' L. * ''Chassalia'' Comm. ex Jean Louis Marie Poiret, Poir. *''Chazaliella'' E.M.A.Petit & Verdc. = ''Eumachia (plant genus), Eumachia''
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 ...
 *''Chenocarpus'' Neck. = ''
Spermacoce ''Spermacoce'' or false buttonweed is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises about 275 species found throughout the tropics and subtropics. Its highest diversity is found in the Americas, followed by Africa, Austral ...
'' L. *''Chesnea'' Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Scop = '' Psychotria'' L. * ''Chicoinaea'' Comm. ex
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 ...
 = '' Psychotria'' L. * ''Chimarrhis''
Jacq. Nikolaus Joseph Freiherr von Jacquin (16 February 172726 October 1817) was a scientist who studied medicine, chemistry and botany. Biography Born in Leiden in the Netherlands, he studied medicine at Leiden University, then moved first to Par ...
 * '' Chiococca'' P.Browne * ''Chione (plant), Chione''
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 ...
 *''Chlorochorion'' Puff & Elmar Robbrecht, Robbr. = ''Pentanisia'' William Henry Harvey, Harv. *''Chlorostemma''
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 i ...
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Galium ''Galium'' is a large genus of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the family Rubiaceae, occurring in the temperate zones of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Some species are informally known as bedstraw. There are over 600 spe ...
'' L. * '' Chomelia''
Jacq. Nikolaus Joseph Freiherr von Jacquin (16 February 172726 October 1817) was a scientist who studied medicine, chemistry and botany. Biography Born in Leiden in the Netherlands, he studied medicine at Leiden University, then moved first to Par ...
 *''Chomelia'' L. = ''Tarenna'' Gaertn. * ''Chondrococcus''
Steyerm. Julian Alfred Steyermark (January 27, 1909 – October 15, 1988) was a Venezuelan American botanist. His focus was on New World vegetation, and he specialized in the family Rubiaceae. Life and work Julian Alfred Steyermark was born in St. Louis, ...
 = ''Coccochondra'' Stephan Rauschert, Rauschert *''Choristes''
Benth. George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...
 = ''Deppea'' Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal, Schltdl. & Adelbert von Chamisso, Cham. *''Choulettia'' Pomel = '' Plocama'' Aiton *''Chrozorrhiza'' Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart, Ehrh. = ''
Asperula ''Asperula'', commonly known as woodruff, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It contains 194 species and has a wide distribution area from Europe, northern Africa, temperate and subtropical Asia to Australasia. Species * ' ...
'' L. * ''Chrysoxylon'' Hugh Algernon Weddell, Wedd. = ''Pogonopus (plant), Pogonopus''
Klotzsch Johann Friedrich Klotzsch (9 June 1805 – 5 November 1860) was a German pharmacist and botanist. His principal work was in the field of mycology, with the study and description of many species of mushroom. Klotzsch was born in Wittenberg. Orig ...
 *''Chytropsia'' Bremek. = ''Margaritopsis'' Sauvalle *''Cigarrilla'' Aiello = ''Nernstia''
Urb. Ignatz Urban (7 January 1848 – 7 January 1931) was a German botanist. He is known for his contributions to the flora of the Caribbean and Brazil, and for his work as curator of the Berlin Botanical Garden. Born the son of a brewer, Urban sho ...
 * ''Ciliosemina'' Antonelli * ''Cinchona'' L. * ''Cinchonopsis'' L.Andersson * ''Cladoceras'' Bremek. * ''Clarkella''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 * ''Clavenna'' Neck. ex Standl. = ''Lucya''
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 ...
 * ''Clavennaea'' Neck. ex Standl. = ''Lucya''
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 ...
 * ''Cleisocratera'' Korth. = ''Saprosma'' Blume *''Clusiophyllea''
Baill. Henri Ernest Baillon was a French botanist and physician. He was born in Calais on 30 November 1827 and died in Paris on 19 July 1895. Baillon spent his professional life as a professor of natural history, and he published numerous works on b ...
 = ''Canthium'' Lam. * ''Coccochondra'' Stephan Rauschert, Rauschert * ''Coccocypselum'' P.Browne *''Cococipsilum'' J.St.-Hill. = ''Coccocypselum'' P.Browne *''Codaria'' Kuntze = ''Lerchea'' L. * ''Coddia'' Verdc. *''Coddingtonia'' S.Bowdich = '' Psychotria'' L. *''Codonocalyx'' John Miers (botanist), Miers ex John Lindley, Lindl. = '' Psychotria'' L. * ''Coelopyrena'' Theodoric Valeton, Valeton * ''Coelospermum'' Blume *''Cofeanthus'' A.Chev. = ''Coffea'' L. * ''Coffea'' L. *''Coleactina'' N.Hallé = ''Leptactina''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 * ''Colladonia'' Spreng. = ''Palicourea'' Aubl. *''Colleteria'' David W.Taylor = ''Wandersong (plant), Wandersong'' David W.Taylor * ''Colletoecema'' E.M.A.Petit *''Commianthus''
Benth. George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...
 = '' Retiniphyllum'' Humb. & Bonpl. *''Commitheca'' Bremek. = ''Pauridiantha''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 *''Condalia'' Hipólito Ruiz López, Ruiz & José Antonio Pavón Jiménez, Pav. = ''Coccocypselum'' P.Browne * ''Condaminea''
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 ...
 * ''Congdonia'' Jebs. = ''Declieuxia'' Carl Sigismund Kunth, Kunth * ''Conosiphon'' Poepp. = ''Sphinctanthus''
Benth. George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...
 * ''Conostomium'' (Otto Stapf (botanist), Stapf) Georg Cufodontis, Cufod. *''Conotrichia'' A.Rich = ''
Manettia ''Manettia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are between 80 and 123 species. They are distributed in the West Indies, Mexico, and Central and South America. Most are vines. The genus was named after Saverio Manetti ...
'' Mutis ex L. * ''Coprosma'' Johann Reinhold Forster, J.R.Forst. & Georg Forster, G.Forst. * ''Coptophyllum'' Korth. * ''Coptosapelta'' Korth. * ''Coptosperma''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 * ''Cordia''
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 ...
 = ''Guettarda'' L. * ''Cordiera''
A.Rich. Achille Richard was a French botanist, botanical illustrator and physician (27 April 1794 in Paris – 5 October 1852). Biography Achille was the son of the botanist Louis-Claude Marie Richard (1754–1821). He was a pharmacist in the Fren ...
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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 ...
 * ''Cordylostigma'' Groeninckx & Steven Dessein, Dessein *''Cormigonus'' Raf. = ''Bikkia'' Reinw. ex Blume *''Cormylus'' Raf. = ''Oldenlandia'' L. * ''Corynanthe'' Welw. * ''Corynula''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 = ''Leptostigma'' Arn. * ''Coryphothamnus''
Steyerm. Julian Alfred Steyermark (January 27, 1909 – October 15, 1988) was a Venezuelan American botanist. His focus was on New World vegetation, and he specialized in the family Rubiaceae. Life and work Julian Alfred Steyermark was born in St. Louis, ...
 * ''Cosmibuena'' Hipólito Ruiz López, Ruiz & José Antonio Pavón Jiménez, Pav. * ''Cosmocalyx'' Standl. *''Coupoui'' Aubl. = ''Duroia'' Carl Linnaeus the Younger, L.f. *''Coursiana'' Homolle = ''Payera''
Baill. Henri Ernest Baillon was a French botanist and physician. He was born in Calais on 30 November 1827 and died in Paris on 19 July 1895. Baillon spent his professional life as a professor of natural history, and he published numerous works on b ...
 * ''Coussarea'' Aubl. * ''Coutaportla''
Urb. Ignatz Urban (7 January 1848 – 7 January 1931) was a German botanist. He is known for his contributions to the flora of the Caribbean and Brazil, and for his work as curator of the Berlin Botanical Garden. Born the son of a brewer, Urban sho ...
 * ''Coutarea'' Aubl. * ''Coutareopsis'' Paudyal & Delprete *''Covolia'' Nick. = ''
Spermacoce ''Spermacoce'' or false buttonweed is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises about 275 species found throughout the tropics and subtropics. Its highest diversity is found in the Americas, followed by Africa, Austral ...
'' L. * ''Cowiea'' Wernham * ''Craterispermum''
Benth. George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...
 * ''Creaghia'' Scort. = ''Mussaendopsis''
Baill. Henri Ernest Baillon was a French botanist and physician. He was born in Calais on 30 November 1827 and died in Paris on 19 July 1895. Baillon spent his professional life as a professor of natural history, and he published numerous works on b ...
 *''Creatantha'' Standl. = ''Isertia'' Schreb. * ''Cremaspora''
Benth. George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...
 *''Cremocarpon'' Boivin ex
Baill. Henri Ernest Baillon was a French botanist and physician. He was born in Calais on 30 November 1827 and died in Paris on 19 July 1895. Baillon spent his professional life as a professor of natural history, and he published numerous works on b ...
 = '' Psychotria'' L. *''Crinita'' Maarten Houttuyn, Houtt. = ''
Pavetta ''Pavetta'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises about 360 species of trees, evergreen shrubs and sub-shrubs. It is found in woodlands, grasslands and thickets in sub-tropical and tropical Africa and Asia. The plan ...
'' L. * ''Crobylanthe'' Bremek. *''Crocyllis'' E.Mey. ex
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 = '' Plocama'' Aiton * ''Crossopteryx'' Eduard Fenzl, Fenzl * ''Crucianella'' L. * ''Cruciata'' Philip Miller, Mill. * ''Cruckshanksia'' William Jackson Hooker, Hook. & Arn. *''Crusea''
A.Rich. Achille Richard was a French botanist, botanical illustrator and physician (27 April 1794 in Paris – 5 October 1852). Biography Achille was the son of the botanist Louis-Claude Marie Richard (1754–1821). He was a pharmacist in the Fren ...
 = ''Chione (plant), Chione''
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 ...
 * ''Crusea'' Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal, Schltdl. & Adelbert von Chamisso, Cham. * ''Cryptospermum'' Young = ''Opercularia (plant), Opercularia'' Gaertn. * ''Csapodya'' Borhidi = ''Deppea'' Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal, Schltdl. & Adelbert von Chamisso, Cham. *''Cuatrecasasiodendron''
Steyerm. Julian Alfred Steyermark (January 27, 1909 – October 15, 1988) was a Venezuelan American botanist. His focus was on New World vegetation, and he specialized in the family Rubiaceae. Life and work Julian Alfred Steyermark was born in St. Louis, ...
 = '' Arachnothryx'' Planch. * ''Cubanola'' Aiello * ''Cucullaria'' Kuntze = ''Callipeltis'' Steven *''Cuncea'' Buch.-Ham. ex David Don, D.Don = '' Knoxia'' L. * ''Cunina'' Clos = ''Nertera'' Joseph Banks, Banks ex Daniel Solander, Sol. *''Cunninghamia'' Schreb. = ''Malanea'' Aubl. *''Cupi'' Michel Adanson, Adans. = ''Tarenna'' Gaertn. *''Cupia'' (
Schult. Josef (Joseph) August Schultes (15 April 1773 in Vienna – 21 April 1831 in Landshut) was an Austrian botanist and professor from Vienna. Together with Johann Jacob Roemer (1763–1819), he published the 16th edition of Linnaeus' ''Systema ...
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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 ...
 = ''
Aidia ''Aidia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by João de Loureiro in 1790. It has a wide distribution area and occurs in tropical Africa, tropical and subtropical Asia and the western Pacific. Species * ...
'' Lour. * ''Cupirana'' Miers = ''Duroia'' Carl Linnaeus the Younger, L.f. * ''Cupuia'' Raf. = ''Duroia'' Carl Linnaeus the Younger, L.f. *''Cutaria'' Giovanni de Brignoli di Brunhoff, Brign. = ''Coutarea'' Aubl. * ''Cuviera''
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 ...
 * ''Cyanoneuron'' Tange * ''Cyclophyllum''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 * ''Cymelonema'' C.Presl = '' Urophyllum'' Jack ex Wall. *''Cynanchica'' Fourr. = ''
Asperula ''Asperula'', commonly known as woodruff, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It contains 194 species and has a wide distribution area from Europe, northern Africa, temperate and subtropical Asia to Australasia. Species * ' ...
'' L. *''Cynocrambe'' Gagnebin = ''Theligonum'' L. * ''Cyrtanthus'' Schreb. = ''Posoqueria'' Aubl.


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* ''Damnacanthus'' Karl Friedrich von Gaertner, C.F.Gaertn. * '' Danais'' Comm. ex Vent. * ''Darluca'' Raf. = '' Faramea'' Aubl. *''Dasus'' Lour. = ''Lasianthus'' Jack *''Dasycephala'' (
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 ...
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Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
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Spermacoce ''Spermacoce'' or false buttonweed is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises about 275 species found throughout the tropics and subtropics. Its highest diversity is found in the Americas, followed by Africa, Austral ...
'' L. *''Daun-Contu'' Michel Adanson, Adans. = ''Paederia'' L. *''Debia'' Neupane & N.Wikstr. *''Decameria'' Welw. = ''
Gardenia ''Gardenia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the coffee family, Rubiaceae, native to the tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, Madagascar and Pacific Islands, and Australia. The genus was named by Carl Linnaeus and John Ellis af ...
'' J.Ellis *''Decapenta'' Raf. = ''Diodia'' L. * ''Deccania'' Tirveng. * ''Declieuxia'' Carl Sigismund Kunth, Kunth *''Delpechia'' Jean Xavier Hyacinthe Montrouzier, Montrouz. = '' Psychotria'' L. * ''Democritea''
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 ...
 = ''Serissa'' Comm. ex A.Juss. * ''Dendrosipanea'' Adolpho Ducke, Ducke * ''Denscantia'' E.L.Cabral * ''Dentella'' Johann Reinhold Forster, J.R.Forst. & Georg Forster, G.Forst. *''Dentillaria'' Kuntze = '' Knoxia'' L. * ''Deppea'' Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal, Schltdl. & Adelbert von Chamisso, Cham. *''Deppeopsis'' Borhidi & Strancz = ''Deppea'' Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal, Schltdl. & Adelbert von Chamisso, Cham. * ''Diacrodon'' Thomas Archibald Sprague, Sprague * ''Diadorimia'' J.A.M.Carmo, Florentín & R.M.Salas * ''Dialypetalanthus'' João Geraldo Kuhlmann, Kuhlm. * ''Dibrachionostylus'' Bremek. * ''Dibridsonia'' K.M.Wong * ''Dichilanthe'' Thwaites *''Dichrospermum'' Bremek. = ''
Spermacoce ''Spermacoce'' or false buttonweed is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises about 275 species found throughout the tropics and subtropics. Its highest diversity is found in the Americas, followed by Africa, Austral ...
'' L. *''Dicrobotryum'' Willd. ex
Schult. Josef (Joseph) August Schultes (15 April 1773 in Vienna – 21 April 1831 in Landshut) was an Austrian botanist and professor from Vienna. Together with Johann Jacob Roemer (1763–1819), he published the 16th edition of Linnaeus' ''Systema ...
 = ''Guettarda'' L. *''Dictyandra'' Welw. ex
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 = ''Leptactina''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 * '' Didymaea''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 * ''Didymochlamys''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 *''Didymoecium'' Bremek. = ''Rennellia'' Korth. * ''Didymopogon'' Bremek. * ''Didymosalpinx'' Keay * ''Dillenia'' Heist. ex Fabr. = ''Sherardia'' L. *''Dimetia''
Meisn. Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner (1 November 1800 – 2 May 1874) was a Swiss botanist. Biography Born in Bern, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner. For most of his 40 ...
 *''Dinocanthium'' Bremek. = ''Pyrostria'' Comm. ex A.Juss. *''Diodella'' John Kunkel Small, Small = ''Hexasepalum'' Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling, Bartl. ex
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 ...
 * ''Diodia'' L. *''Diodioides'' Pehr Loefling, Loefl. = ''
Spermacoce ''Spermacoce'' or false buttonweed is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises about 275 species found throughout the tropics and subtropics. Its highest diversity is found in the Americas, followed by Africa, Austral ...
'' L. * ''Dioecrescis'' Tirveng. * ''Dioicodendron''
Steyerm. Julian Alfred Steyermark (January 27, 1909 – October 15, 1988) was a Venezuelan American botanist. His focus was on New World vegetation, and he specialized in the family Rubiaceae. Life and work Julian Alfred Steyermark was born in St. Louis, ...
 *''Dioneiodon'' Raf. = ''Diodia'' L. *''Diotocarpus'' Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Hochstetter, Hochst. = ''Pentanisia'' William Henry Harvey, Harv. *''Diotocranus'' Bremek. = ''Mitrasacmopsis'' Jovet * ''Diphragmus'' C.Presl = ''Tessiera''
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 ...
 * ''Diplocrater''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 = ''Tricalysia'' A.Rich ex
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 ...
 *''Diplophragma'' (Robert Wight, Wight & Arn.)
Meisn. Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner (1 November 1800 – 2 May 1874) was a Swiss botanist. Biography Born in Bern, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner. For most of his 40 ...
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Hedyotis ''Hedyotis'' (starviolet) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Many species of this genus such as ''Hedyotis biflora, H. corymbosa'' and ''H. diffusa'' are well known medicinal plants. ''Hedyotis'' is native to tropical and sub ...
'' L. * ''Diplospora''
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 ...
 *''Diplosporopsis'' Wernham = ''Belonophora''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 * ''Dirichletia''
Klotzsch Johann Friedrich Klotzsch (9 June 1805 – 5 November 1860) was a German pharmacist and botanist. His principal work was in the field of mycology, with the study and description of many species of mushroom. Klotzsch was born in Wittenberg. Orig ...
 *''Discocoffea'' A.Chev. = ''Tricalysia'' A.Rich ex
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 ...
 * ''Discospermum'' Nicol Alexander Dalzell, Dalzell *''Disodea'' Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, Pers. = ''Paederia'' L. * ''Disperma'' Johann Friedrich Gmelin, J.F.Gmel. = ''Mitchella'' L. * ''Ditrichanthus'' Borhidi, E.Martínez & Ramos * ''Diyaminauclea'' Ridsdale * ''Dolianthus'' C.H.Wright * ''Dolichanthera''
Schltr. Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter (16 October 1872 – 16 November 1925) was a German taxonomist, botanist, and author of several works on orchids. He went on botanical expeditions in Africa, Indonesia, New Guinea, South and Central America ...
& K.Krause = ''Thiollierea'' Jean Xavier Hyacinthe Montrouzier, Montrouz. * ''Dolichocarpa'' K.L.Gibbons * ''Dolichodelphys''
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 ''Deutsc ...
& K.Krause * ''Dolicholobium'' A.Gray * ''Dolichometra''
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 ''Deutsc ...
 * ''Dolichopentas'' Kårehed & B.Bremer *''Dondisia''
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 ...
 = ''Canthium'' Lam. *''Donkelaaria'' Lem. = ''Guettarda'' L. * ''Donnellyanthus'' Borhidi *''Doricera'' Verdc. = ''Ixora'' L. * ''Dorisia'' Gillespie = ''Mastixiodendron'' Hans Melchior, Melch. *''Dorothea'' Wernham = '' Aulacocalyx''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 *''Douarrea'' Jean Xavier Hyacinthe Montrouzier, Montrouz. = '' Psychotria'' L. *''Dressleriopsis'' Dwyer = ''Lasianthus'' Jack *''Duggena''
Vahl Vahl is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Christian-Friedrich Vahl (born 1955), German cardiac surgeon * Emanuel Vahl (born 1938), Ukrainian-Israeli composer *Herbert-Ernst Vahl, German SS general *Jens Vahl (1796–1854), Danis ...
ex Standl. = ''Gonzalagunia'' Hipólito Ruiz López, Ruiz & José Antonio Pavón Jiménez, Pav. *''Duhamelia'' Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, Pers. = ''Hamelia''
Jacq. Nikolaus Joseph Freiherr von Jacquin (16 February 172726 October 1817) was a scientist who studied medicine, chemistry and botany. Biography Born in Leiden in the Netherlands, he studied medicine at Leiden University, then moved first to Par ...
 * ''Duidania'' Standl. * ''Dukea'' Dwyer = ''Raritebe'' Wernham * ''Dunalia'' Spreng. = ''Lucya''
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 ...
 * ''Dunnia'' Tutcher * ''Duperrea'' Pierre ex Pit. * ''Duroia'' Carl Linnaeus the Younger, L.f. * ''Durringtonia'' R.J.F.Hend. & Guymer *''Duvaucellia'' Bowdich = ''Kohautia'' Adelbert von Chamisso, Cham. & Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal, Schltdl. *''Dychotria'' Raf. = '' Psychotria'' L. *''Dyctiospora'' Reinw. ex Korth. = ''Oldenlandia'' L. * ''Dysoda'' Lour. = ''Serissa'' Comm. ex A.Juss. * ''Dysodidendron'' Gardner = ''Saprosma'' Blume * ''Dysosmia'' M.Roem. = ''Saprosma'' Blume


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*''Ebelia'' Rchb. = ''Diodia'' L. *''Echinodendrum''
A.Rich. Achille Richard was a French botanist, botanical illustrator and physician (27 April 1794 in Paris – 5 October 1852). Biography Achille was the son of the botanist Louis-Claude Marie Richard (1754–1821). He was a pharmacist in the Fren ...
 = '' Scolosanthus''
Vahl Vahl is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Christian-Friedrich Vahl (born 1955), German cardiac surgeon * Emanuel Vahl (born 1938), Ukrainian-Israeli composer *Herbert-Ernst Vahl, German SS general *Jens Vahl (1796–1854), Danis ...
 *''Ecpoma''
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 ''Deutsc ...
 = ''Sabicea'' Aubl. *''Edechia'' Pehr Loefling, Loefl. = ''Guettarda'' L. *''Edithea'' Standl. = ''Deppea'' Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal, Schltdl. & Adelbert von Chamisso, Cham. *''Edrastenia'' Raf. = ''Oldenlandia'' L. * ''Edrastigma'' ( L.) Raf. = ''Oldenlandia'' L. *''Edrastima'' Raf. *''Ehrenbergia'' Spreng. = '' Amaioua'' Aubl. *''Einsteinia'' Adolpho Ducke, Ducke = ''Kutchubaea'' Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer, Fisch. ex
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 ...
 *''Eionitis'' Bremek. = ''Oldenlandia'' L. * ''Eizia'' Standl. * ''Elaeagia'' Hugh Algernon Weddell, Wedd. * ''Elattospermum'' Soler. = '' Breonia'' A.Rich ex
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 ...
 * ''Eleuthranthes''
F.Muell. Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, (german: Müller; 30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist. He was appointed government botanist for the then colony of Victo ...
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Benth. George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...
 * ''Emmenopterys'' Daniel Oliver (botanist), Oliv. * ''Emmeorhiza'' Pohl ex Stephan Friedrich Ladislaus Endlicher, Endl. * ''Empogona''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 * ''Encopea'' C.Presl = '' Faramea'' Aubl. * ''Endlichera'' C.Presl = ''Emmeorhiza'' Pohl ex Stephan Friedrich Ladislaus Endlicher, Endl. * ''Endolasia'' Turcz. = ''
Manettia ''Manettia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are between 80 and 123 species. They are distributed in the West Indies, Mexico, and Central and South America. Most are vines. The genus was named after Saverio Manetti ...
'' Mutis ex L. *''Endopogon'' Raf. = ''Diodella'' John Kunkel Small, Small * ''Enkylista''
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 = ''Calycophyllum''
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 *''Enterospermum'' William Philip Hiern, Hiern = ''Coptosperma''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 * ''Eosanthe''
Urb. Ignatz Urban (7 January 1848 – 7 January 1931) was a German botanist. He is known for his contributions to the flora of the Caribbean and Brazil, and for his work as curator of the Berlin Botanical Garden. Born the son of a brewer, Urban sho ...
 * ''Epidendroides'' Daniel Solander, Sol. = ''Myrmecodia'' Jack *''Epitaberna''
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 ''Deutsc ...
 = ''Heinsia''
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 * ''Epithinia'' Jack = ''Scyphiphora'' Karl Friedrich von Gaertner, C.F.Gaertn. * ''Eranthemum'' Spreng. = '' Scolosanthus''
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 * ''Ereicoctis'' (
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) Kuntze = ''
Arcytophyllum ''Arcytophyllum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains 18 species, distributed from New Mexico to Bolivia. Description Members of this genus are shrubs or dwarf shrubs that occupy mountainous habitats. Thei ...
'' Willd. ex
Schult. Josef (Joseph) August Schultes (15 April 1773 in Vienna – 21 April 1831 in Landshut) was an Austrian botanist and professor from Vienna. Together with Johann Jacob Roemer (1763–1819), he published the 16th edition of Linnaeus' ''Systema ...
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Schult.f. Julius Hermann Schultes (4 February 1804 in Vienna – 1 September 1840 in Munich) was an Austrian botanist from Vienna. He co-authored volume 7 of the Roemer & Schultes edition of the ''Systema Vegetabilium'' with his father Josef August Sc ...
 *''Eresimus'' Raf. = ''
Cephalanthus ''Cephalanthus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are about six species that are commonly known as buttonbush. Description They are shrubs or small trees growing to tall. The leaves are simple, arranged in opposite ...
'' L. * ''Eriosemopsis'' Frans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter Robyns, Robyns *''Eriostoma'' Boivin ex
Baill. Henri Ernest Baillon was a French botanist and physician. He was born in Calais on 30 November 1827 and died in Paris on 19 July 1895. Baillon spent his professional life as a professor of natural history, and he published numerous works on b ...
 = ''Tricalysia'' A.Rich ex
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 ...
 * ''Erithalis'' P.Browne *''Ernestimeyera'' Kuntze = ''
Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest T ...
'' E.Mey. * ''Ernodea'' Olof Peter Swartz, Sw. * ''Erythrodanum'' Thouars = ''Nertera'' Joseph Banks, Banks ex Daniel Solander, Sol. * ''Etericius''
Desv. Nicaise Auguste Desvaux (28 August 1784 – 12 July 1856) was a French botanist. From 1816 he taught classes in Angers, where from 1817 to 1838 he served as director of its botanical garden. He described the botanical genera ''Neslia'', ''Mycenas ...
ex Ham. * ''Euclinia'' Salisb. *''Eukylista''
Benth. George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...
 = ''Calycophyllum''
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 *''Eumachia (plant genus), Eumachia''
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 *''Eumorphanthus'' Albert Charles Smith, A.C.Sm. = '' Psychotria'' L. *''Euosmia'' Humb. & Bonpl. = ''Hoffmannia'' Olof Peter Swartz, Sw. *''Eupyrena'' Robert Wight, Wight & Arn. = ''
Timonius ''Timonius'' is a genus of plants in the family 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 recog ...
'' Rumph. ex
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 ...
 *''Eurhotia'' Neck. = '' Psychotria'' L. *''Eurynome''
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 = ''Coprosma'' Johann Reinhold Forster, J.R.Forst. & Georg Forster, G.Forst. *''Evea'' Aubl. = '' Faramea'' Aubl. *''Everistia'' (
F.Muell. Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, (german: Müller; 30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist. He was appointed government botanist for the then colony of Victo ...
) S.T.Reynolds & R.J.F.Hend. *''Evosmia'' Carl Sigismund Kunth, Kunth = ''Hoffmannia'' Olof Peter Swartz, Sw. *''Exallage'' Bremek. *''Exallosperma'' De Block *''Exandra'' Standl. = '' Simira'' Aubl. *''Exechostylus''
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 ''Deutsc ...
 = ''
Pavetta ''Pavetta'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises about 360 species of trees, evergreen shrubs and sub-shrubs. It is found in woodlands, grasslands and thickets in sub-tropical and tropical Africa and Asia. The plan ...
'' L. *''Exosolenia''
Baill. Henri Ernest Baillon was a French botanist and physician. He was born in Calais on 30 November 1827 and died in Paris on 19 July 1895. Baillon spent his professional life as a professor of natural history, and he published numerous works on b ...
ex Emmanuel Drake del Castillo, Drake = ''Lemyrea'' ( A.Chev.) A.Chev. & Beille * ''Exostema'' (Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, Pers.) Louis Claude Marie Richard, Rich. ex Humb. & Bonpl. *''Eyselia'' Neck. = ''
Galium ''Galium'' is a large genus of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the family Rubiaceae, occurring in the temperate zones of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Some species are informally known as bedstraw. There are over 600 spe ...
'' L.


F

* ''Fadogia'' Georg August Schweinfurth, Schweinf. * ''Fadogiella'' Frans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter Robyns, Robyns *''Fagerlindia'' Tirveng. = ''Benkara'' Michel Adanson, Adans. * '' Faramea'' Aubl. * ''Ferdinandea'' Pohl = '' Ferdinandusa'' Pohl * '' Ferdinandusa'' Pohl *''Fereiria'' José Mariano da Conceição Vellozo, Vell. ex Domenico Vandelli, Vand. = ''Hillia (plant), Hillia''
Jacq. Nikolaus Joseph Freiherr von Jacquin (16 February 172726 October 1817) was a scientist who studied medicine, chemistry and botany. Biography Born in Leiden in the Netherlands, he studied medicine at Leiden University, then moved first to Par ...
 * ''Feretia'' Alire Raffeneau Delile, Delile * ''Fergusonia''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 * ''Fernelia'' Comm. ex Lam. * ''Figuierea'' Jean Xavier Hyacinthe Montrouzier, Montrouz. = ''Coelospermum'' Blume * ''Flagenium''
Baill. Henri Ernest Baillon was a French botanist and physician. He was born in Calais on 30 November 1827 and died in Paris on 19 July 1895. Baillon spent his professional life as a professor of natural history, and he published numerous works on b ...
 *''Flemingia'' Hunter ex
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 i ...
 = ''Tarenna'' Gaertn. *''Fleroya'' Y.F.Deng = ''
Mitragyna ''Mitragyna'' is a genus of trees in the family Rubiaceae found in the tropical and subtropical regions of Asia and Africa. Members of this genus contain antimalarial and analgesic indole alkaloids. The Rubiacae are the fifth-largest family of f ...
'' Korth. * ''Flexanthera'' Henry Hurd Rusby, Rusby * ''Foonchewia'' R.J.Wang & H.Z.Wen * ''Fosbergia'' Tirveng. & Sastre * ''Foscarenia'' José Mariano da Conceição Vellozo, Vell. ex Domenico Vandelli, Vand. = ''Randia (plant), Randia'' L. * ''Franchetia''
Baill. Henri Ernest Baillon was a French botanist and physician. He was born in Calais on 30 November 1827 and died in Paris on 19 July 1895. Baillon spent his professional life as a professor of natural history, and he published numerous works on b ...
 = '' Breonia'' A.Rich ex
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 ...
 *''Franciella'' André Guillaumin, Guillaumin = ''
Atractocarpus ''Atractocarpus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Its members are commonly known as native gardenias in Australia. The genus name is derived from the Ancient Greek terms ''atractos'' "spindle", and ''karpos'' "fruit", fr ...
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Schltr. Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter (16 October 1872 – 16 November 1925) was a German taxonomist, botanist, and author of several works on orchids. He went on botanical expeditions in Africa, Indonesia, New Guinea, South and Central America ...
& K.Krause * ''Froelichia''
Vahl Vahl is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Christian-Friedrich Vahl (born 1955), German cardiac surgeon * Emanuel Vahl (born 1938), Ukrainian-Israeli composer *Herbert-Ernst Vahl, German SS general *Jens Vahl (1796–1854), Danis ...
 = ''Coussarea'' Aubl. *''Fructesca''
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Meisn. Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner (1 November 1800 – 2 May 1874) was a Swiss botanist. Biography Born in Bern, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner. For most of his 40 ...
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Gaertnera ''Gaertnera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are at least 85 species distributed across the Old World tropics from Africa to Asia.
'' Lam. *''Fuchsia'' Olof Peter Swartz, Sw. = ''Schradera''
Vahl Vahl is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Christian-Friedrich Vahl (born 1955), German cardiac surgeon * Emanuel Vahl (born 1938), Ukrainian-Israeli composer *Herbert-Ernst Vahl, German SS general *Jens Vahl (1796–1854), Danis ...
 *''Furcatella'' Baum.-Bod. = '' Psychotria'' L.


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Gaertnera ''Gaertnera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are at least 85 species distributed across the Old World tropics from Africa to Asia.
'' Lam. *''Gaillonia''
A.Rich. Achille Richard was a French botanist, botanical illustrator and physician (27 April 1794 in Paris – 5 October 1852). Biography Achille was the son of the botanist Louis-Claude Marie Richard (1754–1821). He was a pharmacist in the Fren ...
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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 ...
 = '' Plocama'' Aiton * ''Galianthe'' August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach, Griseb. * '' × Galiasperula'' Ronniger * ''Galiniera'' Alire Raffeneau Delile, Delile *''Galion'' St.-Lag. = ''
Galium ''Galium'' is a large genus of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the family Rubiaceae, occurring in the temperate zones of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Some species are informally known as bedstraw. There are over 600 spe ...
'' L. *''Galiopsis'' St.-Lag. = ''
Asperula ''Asperula'', commonly known as woodruff, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It contains 194 species and has a wide distribution area from Europe, northern Africa, temperate and subtropical Asia to Australasia. Species * ' ...
'' L. * ''
Galium ''Galium'' is a large genus of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the family Rubiaceae, occurring in the temperate zones of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Some species are informally known as bedstraw. There are over 600 spe ...
'' L. * ''Gallienia'' Dubard & Dop *''Gallion'' Pohl = ''
Galium ''Galium'' is a large genus of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the family Rubiaceae, occurring in the temperate zones of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Some species are informally known as bedstraw. There are over 600 spe ...
'' L. *''Gallium'' Philip Miller, Mill. = ''
Galium ''Galium'' is a large genus of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the family Rubiaceae, occurring in the temperate zones of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Some species are informally known as bedstraw. There are over 600 spe ...
'' L. * ''Galopina'' Carl Peter Thunberg, Thunb. *''Galvania'' Domenico Vandelli, Vand. = '' Psychotria'' L. *''Gamotopea'' Bremek. = '' Psychotria'' L. * ''Ganguelia'' Elmar Robbrecht, Robbr. *''Garapatica'' Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten, H.Karst. = '' Alibertia'' A.Rich ex
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 ...
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Gardenia ''Gardenia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the coffee family, Rubiaceae, native to the tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, Madagascar and Pacific Islands, and Australia. The genus was named by Carl Linnaeus and John Ellis af ...
'' J.Ellis *''Gardeniola'' Adelbert von Chamisso, Cham. = '' Alibertia'' A.Rich ex
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 ...
 * ''Gardeniopsis''
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 ...
 * ''Genipa'' L. *''Genipella'' Louis Claude Marie Richard, Rich. ex
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 ...
 = '' Alibertia'' A.Rich ex
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 ...
 * ''Gentingia'' J.T.Johanss. & K.M.Wong *''Geocardia'' Standl. = ''Geophila'' David Don, D.Don * ''Geoherpum'' Willd. ex
Schult. Josef (Joseph) August Schultes (15 April 1773 in Vienna – 21 April 1831 in Landshut) was an Austrian botanist and professor from Vienna. Together with Johann Jacob Roemer (1763–1819), he published the 16th edition of Linnaeus' ''Systema ...
 = ''Mitchella'' L. * ''Geophila'' David Don, D.Don *''Gerontogea'' Adelbert von Chamisso, Cham. & Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal, Schltdl. = ''Oldenlandia'' L. *''Gilipus'' Raf. = ''
Cephalanthus ''Cephalanthus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are about six species that are commonly known as buttonbush. Description They are shrubs or small trees growing to tall. The leaves are simple, arranged in opposite ...
'' L. * ''Gillespiea'' Albert Charles Smith, A.C.Sm. * ''Gleasonia'' Standl. * ''Glionnetia'' Tirveng. * ''Globulostylis'' Wernham * ''Gloneria'' André = ''Rudgea'' Salisb. * ''Glossostipula'' Lorence * ''Gomozia'' Mutis ex Carl Linnaeus the Younger, L.f. = ''Nertera'' Joseph Banks, Banks ex Daniel Solander, Sol. * ''Gomphocalyx'' John Gilbert Baker, Baker * ''Gomphosia'' Hugh Algernon Weddell, Wedd. = '' Ferdinandusa'' Pohl *''Gonianthes'' Louis Claude Marie Richard, Rich. = ''Cubanola'' Aiello *''Gonotheca'' Blume ex
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 = ''Oldenlandia'' L. *''Gonyanera'' Korth. = ''
Acranthera ''Acranthera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found from India to South Central China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries ...
'' Arn. ex
Meisn. Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner (1 November 1800 – 2 May 1874) was a Swiss botanist. Biography Born in Bern, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner. For most of his 40 ...
 * ''Gonzalagunia'' Hipólito Ruiz López, Ruiz & José Antonio Pavón Jiménez, Pav. *''Gonzalea'' Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, Pers. = ''Gonzalagunia'' Hipólito Ruiz López, Ruiz & José Antonio Pavón Jiménez, Pav. *''Gouldia'' A.Gray = ''Kadua'' Adelbert von Chamisso, Cham. & Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal, Schltdl. * ''Greenea'' Robert Wight, Wight & Arn. * ''Greeniopsis'' Elmer Drew Merrill, Merr. * ''Griffithia'' Robert Wight, Wight & Arn. = ''Benkara'' Michel Adanson, Adans. * ''Grisia'' Brongn. = ''Thiollierea'' Jean Xavier Hyacinthe Montrouzier, Montrouz. *''Gruhlmania'' Neck. = ''
Spermacoce ''Spermacoce'' or false buttonweed is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises about 275 species found throughout the tropics and subtropics. Its highest diversity is found in the Americas, followed by Africa, Austral ...
'' L. *''Grumilea'' Gaertn. = '' Psychotria'' L. * ''Guagnebina'' José Mariano da Conceição Vellozo, Vell. = ''
Manettia ''Manettia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are between 80 and 123 species. They are distributed in the West Indies, Mexico, and Central and South America. Most are vines. The genus was named after Saverio Manetti ...
'' Mutis ex L. * ''Guettarda'' L. * ''Guettardella'' Champ. ex
Benth. George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...
 * ''Guihaiothamnus'' H.S.Lo *''Guttenbergia'' Heinrich Zollinger, Zoll. & Moritzi = ''Gynochthodes'' Blume * ''Gynochthodes'' Blume *''Gynopachis'' Blume = ''
Aidia ''Aidia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by João de Loureiro in 1790. It has a wide distribution area and occurs in tropical Africa, tropical and subtropical Asia and the western Pacific. Species * ...
'' Lour. * ''Gyrostipula'' Jean-François Leroy (botanist), J.-F.Leroy


H

* ''Habroneuron'' Standl. *''Haldina'' Ridsdale = ''
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'' Salisb. *''Halesia'' P.Browne = ''Guettarda'' L. *''Hallea'' Jean-François Leroy (botanist), J.-F.Leroy = ''Fleroya'' Y.F.Deng * ''Hamelia''
Jacq. Nikolaus Joseph Freiherr von Jacquin (16 February 172726 October 1817) was a scientist who studied medicine, chemistry and botany. Biography Born in Leiden in the Netherlands, he studied medicine at Leiden University, then moved first to Par ...
 * ''Hamiltonia'' William Roxburgh, Roxb. = ''Spermadictyon'' William Roxburgh, Roxb. *''Hayataella'' Genkei Masamune, Masam. = ''Ophiorrhiza'' L. * ''Hedstromia'' Albert Charles Smith, A.C.Sm. * ''
Hedyotis ''Hedyotis'' (starviolet) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Many species of this genus such as ''Hedyotis biflora, H. corymbosa'' and ''H. diffusa'' are well known medicinal plants. ''Hedyotis'' is native to tropical and sub ...
'' L. * ''Hedythyrsus'' Bremek. * ''Heinsenia''
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 ''Deutsc ...
 * ''Heinsia''
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 ...
 * ''Hekistocarpa''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 * ''Helictosperma'' De Block *''Helospora''
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Timonius ''Timonius'' is a genus of plants in the family 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 recog ...
'' Rumph. ex
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 *''Hemidiodia''
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 ''Deutsc ...
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Spermacoce ''Spermacoce'' or false buttonweed is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises about 275 species found throughout the tropics and subtropics. Its highest diversity is found in the Americas, followed by Africa, Austral ...
'' L. *''Henlea'' Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten, H.Karst. = ''Rustia (plant), Rustia''
Klotzsch Johann Friedrich Klotzsch (9 June 1805 – 5 November 1860) was a German pharmacist and botanist. His principal work was in the field of mycology, with the study and description of many species of mushroom. Klotzsch was born in Wittenberg. Orig ...
 * ''Henriquezia''
Spruce A spruce is a tree of the genus ''Picea'' (), a genus of about 35 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal (taiga) regions of the Earth. ''Picea'' is the sole genus in the subfam ...
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Benth. George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...
 *''Herrera'' Michel Adanson, Adans. = ''Erithalis'' P.Browne * ''Heterophyllaea''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 *''Hexactina'' Willd. ex
Schult. Josef (Joseph) August Schultes (15 April 1773 in Vienna – 21 April 1831 in Landshut) was an Austrian botanist and professor from Vienna. Together with Johann Jacob Roemer (1763–1819), he published the 16th edition of Linnaeus' ''Systema ...
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Schult.f. Julius Hermann Schultes (4 February 1804 in Vienna – 1 September 1840 in Munich) was an Austrian botanist from Vienna. He co-authored volume 7 of the Roemer & Schultes edition of the ''Systema Vegetabilium'' with his father Josef August Sc ...
 = '' Amaioua'' Aubl. *''Hexasepalum'' Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling, Bartl. ex
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 ...
 *''Hexepta'' Raf. = ''Coffea'' L. * ''Hexodontocarpus'' Dulac = ''Sherardia'' L. * ''Heymia'' Dennst. = ''Dentella'' Johann Reinhold Forster, J.R.Forst. & Georg Forster, G.Forst. *''Higginsia'' Blume = ''Hypobathrum'' Blume *''Higginsia'' Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, Pers. = ''Hoffmannia'' Olof Peter Swartz, Sw. * ''Hillia (plant), Hillia''
Jacq. Nikolaus Joseph Freiherr von Jacquin (16 February 172726 October 1817) was a scientist who studied medicine, chemistry and botany. Biography Born in Leiden in the Netherlands, he studied medicine at Leiden University, then moved first to Par ...
 * ''Himalrandia'' T.Yamaz. * ''Hindsia''
Benth. George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...
ex John Lindley, Lindl. * ''Hintonia (plant), Hintonia'' Arthur Allman Bullock, Bullock * ''Hippotis'' Hipólito Ruiz López, Ruiz & José Antonio Pavón Jiménez, Pav. *''Hitoa'' Nadeaud = ''Ixora'' L. * ''Hodgkinsonia''
F.Muell. Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, (german: Müller; 30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist. He was appointed government botanist for the then colony of Victo ...
 * ''Hoffmannia'' Olof Peter Swartz, Sw. *''Holocarpa'' John Gilbert Baker, Baker = ''Pentanisia'' William Henry Harvey, Harv. * ''Holostyla'' Stephan Friedrich Ladislaus Endlicher, Endl. = ''Coelospermum'' Blume * ''Holostylis'' Rchb. = ''Coelospermum'' Blume * ''Holstianthus''
Steyerm. Julian Alfred Steyermark (January 27, 1909 – October 15, 1988) was a Venezuelan American botanist. His focus was on New World vegetation, and he specialized in the family Rubiaceae. Life and work Julian Alfred Steyermark was born in St. Louis, ...
 * ''Holtonia'' Standl. = '' Simira'' Aubl. * ''Homaloclados''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 = '' Faramea'' Aubl. * ''Homollea'' Arènes * ''Homolliella'' Arènes = ''Paracephaelis'' *''Hondbesseion'' Kuntze = ''Paederia'' L. *''Hondbessen'' Michel Adanson, Adans. = ''Paederia'' L. * '' Houstonia'' L. * ''Howardia''
Klotzsch Johann Friedrich Klotzsch (9 June 1805 – 5 November 1860) was a German pharmacist and botanist. His principal work was in the field of mycology, with the study and description of many species of mushroom. Klotzsch was born in Wittenberg. Orig ...
 = ''Pogonopus (plant), Pogonopus''
Klotzsch Johann Friedrich Klotzsch (9 June 1805 – 5 November 1860) was a German pharmacist and botanist. His principal work was in the field of mycology, with the study and description of many species of mushroom. Klotzsch was born in Wittenberg. Orig ...
 * ''Hutchinsonia'' Frans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter Robyns, Robyns * ''Hydnophytum'' Jack * ''Hydrophylax'' Carl Linnaeus the Younger, L.f. *''Hylacium'' Ambroise Marie François Joseph Palisot de Beauvois, P.Beauv. = '' Psychotria'' L. * ''Hymendocarpum'' Pierre ex Pit. = ''Nostolachma'' T.Durand *''Hymenocnemis''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
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Gaertnera ''Gaertnera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are at least 85 species distributed across the Old World tropics from Africa to Asia.
'' Lam. * ''Hymenocoleus'' Elmar Robbrecht, Robbr. * ''Hymenodictyon'' Wall. * ''Hymenopogon'' Wall. = ''Neohymenopogon'' Bennet * ''Hyperacanthus (plant), Hyperacanthus'' E.Mey. ex Bridson * ''Hypobathrum'' Blume *''Hypodematium''
A.Rich. Achille Richard was a French botanist, botanical illustrator and physician (27 April 1794 in Paris – 5 October 1852). Biography Achille was the son of the botanist Louis-Claude Marie Richard (1754–1821). He was a pharmacist in the Fren ...
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Spermacoce ''Spermacoce'' or false buttonweed is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises about 275 species found throughout the tropics and subtropics. Its highest diversity is found in the Americas, followed by Africa, Austral ...
'' L. * ''Hyptianthera'' Robert Wight, Wight & Arn.


I

*''Ibetralia'' Bremek. = ''Kutchubaea'' Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer, Fisch. ex
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 *''Imantina''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 = ''Gynochthodes'' Blume *''Indopolysolenia'' Bennet = ''Leptomischus'' Emmanuel Drake del Castillo, Drake *''Involucrella'' (
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) Neupane & N.Wikstr. *''Ipecacuanha'' Manuel Arruda da Câmara, Arruda = '' Psychotria'' L. * ''Isertia'' Schreb. * ''Isidorea'' A.Rich ex
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 ...
 * ''Ixora'' L.


J

* ''Jackia'' Wall. = ''Jackiopsis'' Ridsdale * ''Jackiopsis'' Ridsdale * ''Jainia'' N.P.Balakr. = ''Coptophyllum'' Korth. * ''Jamaicanthus'' Borhidi * ''Janotia'' Jean-François Leroy (botanist), J.-F.Leroy *''Jaubertia'' Jean Baptiste Antoine Guillemin, Guill. = '' Plocama'' Aiton *''Javorkaea'' Borhidi & Jarai-Koml. = '' Arachnothryx'' Planch. * ''Joosia'' Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten, H.Karst. * ''Jovetia'' Guédès *''Jurgensia'' Raf. = ''
Spermacoce ''Spermacoce'' or false buttonweed is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises about 275 species found throughout the tropics and subtropics. Its highest diversity is found in the Americas, followed by Africa, Austral ...
'' L. *''Justenia'' William Philip Hiern, Hiern = ''Bertiera'' Aubl.


K

* ''Kadua'' Adelbert von Chamisso, Cham. & Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal, Schltdl. * ''Kailarsenia'' Tirveng. * ''Kajewskiella'' Elmer Drew Merrill, Merr. & Lily May Perry, L.M.Perry * ''Kanapia'' Arriola & Alejandro *''Karamyschewia'' Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer, Fisch. & Carl Anton von Meyer, C.A.Mey. = ''Oldenlandia'' L. *''Katoutheka'' Michel Adanson, Adans. = ''Wendlandia'' Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling, Bartl. ex
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 ...
 *''Keenania''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 = ''Ophiorrhiza'' L. * ''Keetia'' Edwin Percy Phillips, E.Phillips * ''Kelloggia'' John Torrey, Torr. ex
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Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 * ''Kerianthera'' J.H.Kirkbr. *''Kerstingia''
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 ''Deutsc ...
 = ''Belonophora''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 * ''Khasiaclunea'' Ridsdale * ''Kindia (plant), Kindia'' Cheek *''Kinkina'' Michel Adanson, Adans. = ''Cinchona'' L. * ''Klossia (plant), Klossia''
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 i ...
 * '' Knoxia'' L. * ''Kochummenia'' K.M.Wong *''Koehneago'' Kuntze = ''Hoffmannia'' Olof Peter Swartz, Sw. * ''Kohautia'' Adelbert von Chamisso, Cham. & Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal, Schltdl. *''Kotchubaea'' Regel ex
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Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 = ''Kutchubaea'' Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer, Fisch. ex
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 ...
 * ''Kraussia'' William Henry Harvey, Harv. * ''Kupeantha'' Cheek *''Kurria'' Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Hochstetter, Hochst. & Steud. = ''Hymenodictyon'' Wall. * ''Kutchubaea'' Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer, Fisch. ex
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 ...
 * ''Kyrtanthus'' Johann Friedrich Gmelin, J.F.Gmel. = ''Posoqueria'' Aubl.


L

* ''Lachnastoma'' Korth. = ''Nostolachma'' T.Durand *''Lachnosiphonium'' Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Hochstetter, Hochst. = ''Catunaregam'' Wolf * ''Ladenbergia''
Klotzsch Johann Friedrich Klotzsch (9 June 1805 – 5 November 1860) was a German pharmacist and botanist. His principal work was in the field of mycology, with the study and description of many species of mushroom. Klotzsch was born in Wittenberg. Orig ...
 * ''Lagotis'' E.Mey. = ''Carpacoce'' Otto Wilhelm Sonder, Sond. *''Lagynias'' E.Mey. ex Frans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter Robyns, Robyns = ''
Vangueria ''Vangueria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is named for , as '' V. madagascariensis'' is known in Malagasy. Distribution The genus contains over 50 species distributed in Africa south of the Sahara with one ...
'' Juss. * ''Lamprothamnus'' William Philip Hiern, Hiern *''Landia'' Comm. ex
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 ...
 = ''Bremeria'' Razafim. & Alejandro * ''Landiopsis'' René Paul Raymond Capuron, Capuron ex Bosser * ''Larsenaikia'' Tirveng. * ''Lasianthus'' Jack * ''Lasionema'' David Don, D.Don = ''Macrocnemum'' P.Browne * ''Lasiostoma''
Benth. George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...
 = ''Hydnophytum'' Jack * ''Lathraeocarpa'' Bremek. *''Laugeria'' L. = ''Guettarda'' L. *''Laugeria''
Vahl Vahl is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Christian-Friedrich Vahl (born 1955), German cardiac surgeon * Emanuel Vahl (born 1938), Ukrainian-Israeli composer *Herbert-Ernst Vahl, German SS general *Jens Vahl (1796–1854), Danis ...
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Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 = ''Stenostomum (plant), Stenostomum'' Karl Friedrich von Gaertner, C.F.Gaertn. *''Laugieria''
Jacq. Nikolaus Joseph Freiherr von Jacquin (16 February 172726 October 1817) was a scientist who studied medicine, chemistry and botany. Biography Born in Leiden in the Netherlands, he studied medicine at Leiden University, then moved first to Par ...
 = ''Guettarda'' L. *''Lawia'' Robert Wight, Wight = ''
Mycetia ''Mycetia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family 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 a ...
'' Reinw. * ''Laxmannia'' S.G.Gmel. ex Trin. = ''Phuopsis'' (August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach, Griseb.)
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 * ''Lecananthus'' Jack *''Lecanosperma'' Henry Hurd Rusby, Rusby = ''Heterophyllaea''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 * ''Lecariocalyx'' Bremek. *''Lecontea''
A.Rich. Achille Richard was a French botanist, botanical illustrator and physician (27 April 1794 in Paris – 5 October 1852). Biography Achille was the son of the botanist Louis-Claude Marie Richard (1754–1821). He was a pharmacist in the Fren ...
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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 ...
 = ''Paederia'' L. *''Leiochilus''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 = ''Coffea'' L. * ''Lelya'' Bremek. *''Lemairea'' de Vriese = ''
Mycetia ''Mycetia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family 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 a ...
'' Reinw. * ''Lemyrea'' ( A.Chev.) A.Chev. & Beille * ''Lepidostoma'' Bremek. *''Lepipogon'' Giuseppe Bertoloni, G.Bertol. = ''Catunaregam'' Wolf * ''Leptactina''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 * ''Leptodermis'' Wall. * ''Leptomischus'' Emmanuel Drake del Castillo, Drake * ''Leptopetalum'' William Jackson Hooker, Hook. & Arn. * ''Leptoscela''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 * ''Leptostigma'' Arn. *''Leptunis'' Steven = ''
Asperula ''Asperula'', commonly known as woodruff, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It contains 194 species and has a wide distribution area from Europe, northern Africa, temperate and subtropical Asia to Australasia. Species * ' ...
'' L. * ''Lerchea'' L. *''Leroyia'' Cavaco = ''Pyrostria'' Comm. ex A.Juss. * ''Leucocodon'' George Gardner (botanist), Gardner * ''Leucolophus'' Bremek. *''Lightfootia'' Schreb. = '' Rondeletia'' L. * ''Limnosipanea''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 *''Lindenia''
Benth. George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...
 = '' Augusta'' Pohl * ''Lintersemina'' Humberto Mend., Celis & M.A.González *''Lipostoma'' David Don, D.Don = ''Coccocypselum'' P.Browne * ''Lippaya'' Stephan Friedrich Ladislaus Endlicher, Endl. = ''Dentella'' Johann Reinhold Forster, J.R.Forst. & Georg Forster, G.Forst. *''Listeria'' Neck. = ''Oldenlandia'' L. *''Litosanthes'' Blume = ''Lasianthus'' Jack *''Lonicera'' Michel Adanson, Adans. = ''Hamelia''
Jacq. Nikolaus Joseph Freiherr von Jacquin (16 February 172726 October 1817) was a scientist who studied medicine, chemistry and botany. Biography Born in Leiden in the Netherlands, he studied medicine at Leiden University, then moved first to Par ...
 *''Loranthus guadalupensis''
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 ...
 = ''Notopleura parasitica ('' (Olof Peter Swartz, Sw.) Hammel *''Lorencea'' Borhidi = ''Coutaportla''
Urb. Ignatz Urban (7 January 1848 – 7 January 1931) was a German botanist. He is known for his contributions to the flora of the Caribbean and Brazil, and for his work as curator of the Berlin Botanical Garden. Born the son of a brewer, Urban sho ...
 * ''Loretoa'' Standl. = ''Capirona''
Spruce A spruce is a tree of the genus ''Picea'' (), a genus of about 35 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal (taiga) regions of the Earth. ''Picea'' is the sole genus in the subfam ...
 *''Lucinaea''
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 ...
 = ''Schradera''
Vahl Vahl is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Christian-Friedrich Vahl (born 1955), German cardiac surgeon * Emanuel Vahl (born 1938), Ukrainian-Israeli composer *Herbert-Ernst Vahl, German SS general *Jens Vahl (1796–1854), Danis ...
 * ''Luculia'' Robert Sweet (botanist), Sweet * ''Lucya''
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 ...
 * ''Ludekia'' Ridsdale *''Lycioserissa'' Roem. &
Schult. Josef (Joseph) August Schultes (15 April 1773 in Vienna – 21 April 1831 in Landshut) was an Austrian botanist and professor from Vienna. Together with Johann Jacob Roemer (1763–1819), he published the 16th edition of Linnaeus' ''Systema ...
 = ''Canthium'' Lam. * ''Lygistum'' P.Browne = ''
Manettia ''Manettia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are between 80 and 123 species. They are distributed in the West Indies, Mexico, and Central and South America. Most are vines. The genus was named after Saverio Manetti ...
'' Mutis ex L. *''Lygodisodea'' Hipólito Ruiz López, Ruiz & José Antonio Pavón Jiménez, Pav. = ''Paederia'' L.


M

*''Macbrideina'' Standl. *'' Machaonia'' Humb. & Bonpl. *''Macrandria'' (Robert Wight, Wight & Arn.)
Meisn. Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner (1 November 1800 – 2 May 1874) was a Swiss botanist. Biography Born in Bern, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner. For most of his 40 ...
 = ''
Hedyotis ''Hedyotis'' (starviolet) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Many species of this genus such as ''Hedyotis biflora, H. corymbosa'' and ''H. diffusa'' are well known medicinal plants. ''Hedyotis'' is native to tropical and sub ...
'' L. *''Macrocalyx'' John Miers (botanist), Miers ex John Lindley, Lindl. = '' Psychotria'' L. *''Macrocnemum'' P.Browne *''Macrocneumum'' Domenico Vandelli, Vand. = '' Remijia''
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 ...
 *''Macrosiphon''
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 ...
 = ''Hindsia''
Benth. George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...
ex John Lindley, Lindl. *''Macrosphyra''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 *''Maguireocharis''
Steyerm. Julian Alfred Steyermark (January 27, 1909 – October 15, 1988) was a Venezuelan American botanist. His focus was on New World vegetation, and he specialized in the family Rubiaceae. Life and work Julian Alfred Steyermark was born in St. Louis, ...
 *''Maguireothamnus''
Steyerm. Julian Alfred Steyermark (January 27, 1909 – October 15, 1988) was a Venezuelan American botanist. His focus was on New World vegetation, and he specialized in the family Rubiaceae. Life and work Julian Alfred Steyermark was born in St. Louis, ...
 *''Malanea'' Aubl. *''Mallostoma'' Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten, H.Karst. = ''
Arcytophyllum ''Arcytophyllum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains 18 species, distributed from New Mexico to Bolivia. Description Members of this genus are shrubs or dwarf shrubs that occupy mountainous habitats. Thei ...
'' Willd. ex
Schult. Josef (Joseph) August Schultes (15 April 1773 in Vienna – 21 April 1831 in Landshut) was an Austrian botanist and professor from Vienna. Together with Johann Jacob Roemer (1763–1819), he published the 16th edition of Linnaeus' ''Systema ...
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Schult.f. Julius Hermann Schultes (4 February 1804 in Vienna – 1 September 1840 in Munich) was an Austrian botanist from Vienna. He co-authored volume 7 of the Roemer & Schultes edition of the ''Systema Vegetabilium'' with his father Josef August Sc ...
 *''Mamboga'' Francisco Manuel Blanco, Blanco = ''
Mitragyna ''Mitragyna'' is a genus of trees in the family Rubiaceae found in the tropical and subtropical regions of Asia and Africa. Members of this genus contain antimalarial and analgesic indole alkaloids. The Rubiacae are the fifth-largest family of f ...
'' Korth. *''
Manettia ''Manettia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are between 80 and 123 species. They are distributed in the West Indies, Mexico, and Central and South America. Most are vines. The genus was named after Saverio Manetti ...
'' Mutis ex L. *''Manostachya'' Bremek. *''Mantalania'' René Paul Raymond Capuron, Capuron ex Jean-François Leroy (botanist), J.-F.Leroy *''Mapouria'' Aubl. = '' Psychotria'' L. *''Mappia'' Hablitz ex Ledeb. = ''Crucianella'' L. *''Margaris'' August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach, Griseb. = ''Eumachia (plant genus), Eumachia''
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 ...
 *''Margaritopsis'' Sauvalle = ''Eumachia (plant genus), Eumachia''
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 ...
 *''Marquisia''
A.Rich. Achille Richard was a French botanist, botanical illustrator and physician (27 April 1794 in Paris – 5 October 1852). Biography Achille was the son of the botanist Louis-Claude Marie Richard (1754–1821). He was a pharmacist in the Fren ...
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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 ...
 = ''Coprosma'' Johann Reinhold Forster, J.R.Forst. & Georg Forster, G.Forst. *''Martensianthus'' Borhidi & Lozada-Pérez *''Martha'' F.J.Müll. = ''Posoqueria'' Aubl. *''Maschalanthe'' Blume = '' Urophyllum'' Jack ex Wall. *''Maschalocorymbus'' Bremek. = '' Urophyllum'' Jack ex Wall. *''Maschalodesme''
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Spruce A spruce is a tree of the genus ''Picea'' (), a genus of about 35 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal (taiga) regions of the Earth. ''Picea'' is the sole genus in the subfam ...
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Benth. George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...
 *''Meionandra'' Gauba = ''Valantia'' L. *''Melachone'' Alexander Gilli, Gilli = ''
Amaracarpus ''Amaracarpus'' is a genus of shrubs, treelets or trees in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Carl Ludwig Blume in 1826. Most of the species are endemic to New Guinea but a few have wider ranges in Southeast Asia from Myanmar (Burma) ...
'' Blume *''Melanopsidium'' Luigi Aloysius Colla, Colla *''Melanoxerus'' Kainul. & B.Bremer *''Menestoria''
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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. *''Mephitidia'' Reinw. ex Blume = ''Lasianthus'' Jack *''Mericarpaea'' Pierre Edmond Boissier, Boiss. *''Mericocalyx'' Bamps = ''Otiophora (plant), Otiophora'' Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini, Zucc. *''Merismostigma'' Spencer Le Marchant Moore, S.Moore = ''Coelospermum'' Blume *''Merumea''
Steyerm. Julian Alfred Steyermark (January 27, 1909 – October 15, 1988) was a Venezuelan American botanist. His focus was on New World vegetation, and he specialized in the family Rubiaceae. Life and work Julian Alfred Steyermark was born in St. Louis, ...
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Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 = ''Psydrax'' Gaertn. *''Metabolos'' Blume = ''
Hedyotis ''Hedyotis'' (starviolet) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Many species of this genus such as ''Hedyotis biflora, H. corymbosa'' and ''H. diffusa'' are well known medicinal plants. ''Hedyotis'' is native to tropical and sub ...
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A.Rich. Achille Richard was a French botanist, botanical illustrator and physician (27 April 1794 in Paris – 5 October 1852). Biography Achille was the son of the botanist Louis-Claude Marie Richard (1754–1821). He was a pharmacist in the Fren ...
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Hedyotis ''Hedyotis'' (starviolet) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Many species of this genus such as ''Hedyotis biflora, H. corymbosa'' and ''H. diffusa'' are well known medicinal plants. ''Hedyotis'' is native to tropical and sub ...
'' L. *''Metadina'' Reinier Cornelis Bakhuizen van den Brink (born 1911), Bakh.f. = ''
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'' Salisb. *''Mexocarpus'' Borhidi, E.Martínez & Ramos = ''Palicourea'' Aubl. *''Mexotis'' Terrell & H.Rob. *''Meyna'' William Roxburgh, Roxb. ex Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link, Link *''Micrasepalum''
Urb. Ignatz Urban (7 January 1848 – 7 January 1931) was a German botanist. He is known for his contributions to the flora of the Caribbean and Brazil, and for his work as curator of the Berlin Botanical Garden. Born the son of a brewer, Urban sho ...
 *''Microlicea holosericea'' Naudin = 'Perama holosericea'' (Naudin) Wurdack &
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 *''Microphysa (plant), Microphysa'' Schrenk *''Microsplenium''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 = '' Machaonia'' Humb. & Bonpl. *''Mitchella'' L. *''Mitracarpus'' Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini, Zucc. ex
Schult. Josef (Joseph) August Schultes (15 April 1773 in Vienna – 21 April 1831 in Landshut) was an Austrian botanist and professor from Vienna. Together with Johann Jacob Roemer (1763–1819), he published the 16th edition of Linnaeus' ''Systema ...
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Mitragyna ''Mitragyna'' is a genus of trees in the family Rubiaceae found in the tropical and subtropical regions of Asia and Africa. Members of this genus contain antimalarial and analgesic indole alkaloids. The Rubiacae are the fifth-largest family of f ...
'' Korth. *''Mitrasacmopsis'' Jovet *''Mitrastigma'' William Henry Harvey, Harv. = ''Psydrax'' Gaertn. *''Mitratheca''
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 = ''Oldenlandia'' L. *''Mitreola'' Boehm. = ''Ophiorrhiza'' L. *''Mitriostigma'' Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Hochstetter, Hochst. *''Molopanthera'' Nicolai Stepanovitch Turczaninow, Turcz. *''Monadelphanthus'' Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten, H.Karst. = ''Capirona''
Spruce A spruce is a tree of the genus ''Picea'' (), a genus of about 35 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal (taiga) regions of the Earth. ''Picea'' is the sole genus in the subfam ...
 *''Monosalpinx'' N.Hallé *''Montamans'' Dwyer = ''Notopleura (plant), Notopleura'' (
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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 ...
 *''Morierina'' Vieill. = ''Thiollierea'' Jean Xavier Hyacinthe Montrouzier, Montrouz. *'' Morinda'' L. *''Morindopsis''
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 *''Motleyia'' J.T.Johanss. *''Motleyothamnus'' Paudyal & Delprete *''Mouretia'' Pit. *''Multidentia'' Alexander Gilli, Gilli *''Mungos'' Michel Adanson, Adans. = ''Ophiorrhiza'' L. *''
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: * ' ...
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Mycetia ''Mycetia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family 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 a ...
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Mycetia ''Mycetia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family 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 a ...
'' Reinw. *''Myrmecodia'' Jack *''Myrmeconauclea'' Elmer Drew Merrill, Merr. *''Myrmedoma'' Odoardo Beccari, Becc. = ''Myrmephytum'' Odoardo Beccari, Becc. *''Myrmephytum'' Odoardo Beccari, Becc. *''Myrstiphylla''
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 i ...
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Manettia ''Manettia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are between 80 and 123 species. They are distributed in the West Indies, Mexico, and Central and South America. Most are vines. The genus was named after Saverio Manetti ...
'' Mutis ex L. *''Naletonia'' Bremek. = '' Psychotria'' L. *''Narega'' Raf. = ''Catunaregam'' Wolf * ''Nargedia'' Richard Henry Beddome, Bedd. *''Natalanthe'' Otto Wilhelm Sonder, Sond. = ''Tricalysia'' A.Rich ex
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 ...
 * ''Nauclea'' L. * ''Neanotis'' W.H.Lewis * ''Neblinathamnus''
Steyerm. Julian Alfred Steyermark (January 27, 1909 – October 15, 1988) was a Venezuelan American botanist. His focus was on New World vegetation, and he specialized in the family Rubiaceae. Life and work Julian Alfred Steyermark was born in St. Louis, ...
 * ''Neleixa'' Raf. = '' Faramea'' Aubl. * ''Nematostylis''
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 * ''Nemostylis'' Steven = ''Phuopsis'' (August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach, Griseb.)
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 * '' Nenax'' Gaertn. *''Neobaumannia'' John Hutchinson (botanist), Hutch. & Dalziel = '' Knoxia'' L. * ''Neobertiera'' Wernham * ''Neoblakea'' Standl. *''Neobreonia'' Ridsdale = '' Breonia'' A.Rich ex
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 *''Neofranciella'' André Guillaumin, Guillaumin = ''
Atractocarpus ''Atractocarpus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Its members are commonly known as native gardenias in Australia. The genus name is derived from the Ancient Greek terms ''atractos'' "spindle", and ''karpos'' "fruit", fr ...
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& K.Krause *''Neogaillonia'' Lincz. = '' Plocama'' Aiton * ''Neohymenopogon'' Bennet * ''Neolamarckia'' Bosser *''Neolaugeria'' Dan Henry Nicolson, Nicolson = ''Stenostomum (plant), Stenostomum'' Karl Friedrich von Gaertner, C.F.Gaertn. *''Neoleroya'' Cavaco = ''Pyrostria'' Comm. ex A.Juss. * ''Neomartensia'' Borhidi & Lozada-Pérez = ''Martensianthus'' Borhidi & Lozada-Pérez *''Neomazaea''
Urb. Ignatz Urban (7 January 1848 – 7 January 1931) was a German botanist. He is known for his contributions to the flora of the Caribbean and Brazil, and for his work as curator of the Berlin Botanical Garden. Born the son of a brewer, Urban sho ...
 = '' Mazaea'' Krug &
Urb. Ignatz Urban (7 January 1848 – 7 January 1931) was a German botanist. He is known for his contributions to the flora of the Caribbean and Brazil, and for his work as curator of the Berlin Botanical Garden. Born the son of a brewer, Urban sho ...
 * ''Neomussaenda'' Tange * ''Neonauclea'' Elmer Drew Merrill, Merr. *''Neopentanisia'' Verdc. = ''Pentanisia'' William Henry Harvey, Harv. *''Neorosea'' N.Hallé = ''Tricalysia'' A.Rich ex
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 ...
 * ''Neosabicea'' Wernham = ''
Manettia ''Manettia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are between 80 and 123 species. They are distributed in the West Indies, Mexico, and Central and South America. Most are vines. The genus was named after Saverio Manetti ...
'' Mutis ex L. *''Neoschimpera'' Hemsl. = ''
Amaracarpus ''Amaracarpus'' is a genus of shrubs, treelets or trees in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Carl Ludwig Blume in 1826. Most of the species are endemic to New Guinea but a few have wider ranges in Southeast Asia from Myanmar (Burma) ...
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 = ''Coffea'' L. * ''Nesohedyotis'' (
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 = ''Carapichea'' Aubl. * ''Neurocalyx'' William Jackson Hooker, Hook. *''Neurocarpaea'' R.Br. = ''Pentas''
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 * ''Nichallea'' Bridson * ''Nobula'' Michel Adanson, Adans. = ''Phyllis (plant), Phyllis'' L. * ''Nodocarpaea'' A.Gray *''Nonatelia'' Aubl. = ''Palicourea'' Aubl. * ''Normandia''
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 * ''Nostolachma'' T.Durand *''Nothocarpus'' George Edward Post, Post & Kuntze = ''Nodocarpaea'' A.Gray *''Nothophlebia'' Standl. = ''Pentagonia (plant), Pentagonia''
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 *''Notodontia'' Pierre ex Pit. = ''Lerchea'' L. * ''Notopleura (plant), Notopleura'' (
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 = ''Bobea'' Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré, Gaudich. * ''Ochreinauclea'' Ridsdale & Reinier Cornelis Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr., Bakh.f. *''Octavia''
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 = ''Lasianthus'' Jack *''Octodon'' Peter Thonning, Thonn. = ''
Spermacoce ''Spermacoce'' or false buttonweed is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises about 275 species found throughout the tropics and subtropics. Its highest diversity is found in the Americas, followed by Africa, Austral ...
'' L. * ''Octotropis'' Richard Henry Beddome, Bedd. *''Ohigginsia'' Hipólito Ruiz López, Ruiz & José Antonio Pavón Jiménez, Pav. = ''Hoffmannia'' Olof Peter Swartz, Sw. * ''Oldenlandia'' L. * ''Oldenlandiopsis'' Terrell & W.H.Lewis * ''Oligocodon'' Keay * ''Olostyla''
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 ...
 = ''Coelospermum'' Blume * ''Omiltemia'' Standl. * ''Opercularia (plant), Opercularia'' Gaertn. * ''Ophiorrhiza'' L. *''Ophryococcus'' Anders Sandøe Ørsted (botanist), Oerst. = ''Hoffmannia'' Olof Peter Swartz, Sw. *''Oregandra'' Standl. = ''Chione (plant), Chione''
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 ...
 * ''Oreopolus'' Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal, Schltdl. * ''Oribasia'' Schreb. = ''Palicourea'' Aubl. *''Orthostemma'' Wall. ex Voigt = ''Pentas''
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 * ''Osa (plant), Osa'' Aiello * ''Otiophora (plant), Otiophora'' Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini, Zucc. *''Otocalyx'' Townshend Stith Brandegee, Brandegee = '' Arachnothryx'' Planch. *''Otocephalus'' Emilio Chiovenda, Chiov. = ''Pentanisia'' William Henry Harvey, Harv. * ''Otomeria''
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 * ''Ottoschmidtia''
Urb. Ignatz Urban (7 January 1848 – 7 January 1931) was a German botanist. He is known for his contributions to the flora of the Caribbean and Brazil, and for his work as curator of the Berlin Botanical Garden. Born the son of a brewer, Urban sho ...
 *''Ourouparia'' Aubl. = '' Uncaria'' Schreb. * ''Oxyanthus''
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 ...
 * ''Oxyceros'' Lour. * ''Oxyspermum'' Christian Friedrich Ecklon, Eckl. & Karl Ludwig Philipp Zeyher, Zeyh. = ''Galopina'' Carl Peter Thunberg, Thunb.


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Vangueria ''Vangueria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is named for , as '' V. madagascariensis'' is known in Malagasy. Distribution The genus contains over 50 species distributed in Africa south of the Sahara with one ...
'' Juss. * ''Pachystylus (plant), Pachystylus''
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 ''Deutsc ...
 * ''Paederia'' L. * ''Paedicalyx'' Pierre ex Pit. = ''Xanthophytum'' Reinw. ex Blume * ''Pagamea'' Aubl. * ''Pagameopsis''
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 * ''Paganuccia'' R.M.Salas *''Paiva'' José Mariano da Conceição Vellozo, Vell. = ''Sabicea'' Aubl. * ''Palicourea'' Aubl. *''Pallasia''
Klotzsch Johann Friedrich Klotzsch (9 June 1805 – 5 November 1860) was a German pharmacist and botanist. His principal work was in the field of mycology, with the study and description of many species of mushroom. Klotzsch was born in Wittenberg. Orig ...
 = ''Wittmackanthus'' Kuntze *''Pamplethantha'' Bremek. = ''Pauridiantha''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 *''Panchezia'' Jean Xavier Hyacinthe Montrouzier, Montrouz. = ''Ixora'' L. * ''Panetos'' Raf. = '' Houstonia'' L. *''Paolia'' Emilio Chiovenda, Chiov. = ''Coffea'' L. *''Pappostylum'' Pierre = ''Cremaspora''
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 * ''Paracarphalea'' Razafimandimbison, Ferm, B.Bremer & Kårehed * ''Paracephaelis''
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Mitragyna ''Mitragyna'' is a genus of trees in the family Rubiaceae found in the tropical and subtropical regions of Asia and Africa. Members of this genus contain antimalarial and analgesic indole alkaloids. The Rubiacae are the fifth-largest family of f ...
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Spermacoce ''Spermacoce'' or false buttonweed is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises about 275 species found throughout the tropics and subtropics. Its highest diversity is found in the Americas, followed by Africa, Austral ...
'' L. * ''Paraknoxia'' Bremek. * ''Paralasianthus'' H.Zhu * ''Paranotis'' Pedley ex K.L.Gibbons * ''Parapentas'' Bremek. *''Paratriaina'' Bremek. = ''Triainolepis''
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 * ''Paravinia'' Hassk. = ''Praravinia'' Korth. *''Patabea'' Aubl. = ''Ixora'' L. * ''Patima'' Aubl. *''Patsjotti'' Michel Adanson, Adans. = ''Strumpfia''
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 * ''Pauridiantha''
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 *''Pavate'' Michel Adanson, Adans. = ''
Pavetta ''Pavetta'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises about 360 species of trees, evergreen shrubs and sub-shrubs. It is found in woodlands, grasslands and thickets in sub-tropical and tropical Africa and Asia. The plan ...
'' L. * ''
Pavetta ''Pavetta'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises about 360 species of trees, evergreen shrubs and sub-shrubs. It is found in woodlands, grasslands and thickets in sub-tropical and tropical Africa and Asia. The plan ...
'' L. * ''Payera''
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 * ''Pecheya'' Scop. = ''Coussarea'' Aubl. * ''Peckeya'' Raf. = ''Coussarea'' Aubl. *''Pelagodendron'' Berthold Carl Seemann, Seem. = ''
Aidia ''Aidia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by João de Loureiro in 1790. It has a wide distribution area and occurs in tropical Africa, tropical and subtropical Asia and the western Pacific. Species * ...
'' Lour. * ''Pelaphia'' Joseph Banks, Banks & Daniel Solander, Sol. ex A.Cunn. = ''Coprosma'' Johann Reinhold Forster, J.R.Forst. & Georg Forster, G.Forst. * ''Pelaphoides rotundiflora'' Banks & Sol. ex Cheeseman = ''Coprosma spathulata'' A.Cunn subsp. ''spathulata'' * ''Peltospermum''
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 = ''Sacosperma'' George Taylor (botanist), G.Taylor *''Pentacarpaea'' William Philip Hiern, Hiern = ''Pentanisia'' William Henry Harvey, Harv. *''Pentacarpus'' George Edward Post, Post & Kuntze = ''Pentanisia'' William Henry Harvey, Harv. * ''Pentagonia (plant), Pentagonia''
Benth. George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...
 * ''Pentaloncha''
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 * ''Pentanisia'' William Henry Harvey, Harv. * ''Pentanopsis'' Alfred Barton Rendle, Rendle * ''Pentas''
Benth. George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...
 * ''Pentodon (plant), Pentodon'' Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Hochstetter, Hochst. * ''Peponidium'' (
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) Arènes * ''Perakanthus'' Frans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter Robyns, Robyns * ''Perama (plant), Perama'' Aubl. *''Peratanthe''
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 = ''Nertera'' Joseph Banks, Banks ex Daniel Solander, Sol. * ''Perdicesca'' Prov. = ''Mitchella'' L. * ''Perdicesea repens'' ( L.) Prov. = ''Mitchella repens'' L. * ''Peripeplus'' Pierre *''Pertusadina'' Ridsdale = ''
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'' Salisb. *''Petagomoa'' Bremek. = '' Psychotria'' L. *''Petesia'' P.Browne = '' Rondeletia'' L. * ''Petitiocodon'' Elmar Robbrecht, Robbr. * ''Petunga''
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 ...
 = ''Hypobathrum'' Blume *''Phallaria'' Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, Schumach. & Peter Thonning, Thonn. = ''Psydrax'' Gaertn. * ''Phellocalyx'' Bridson * ''Phialanthus'' August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach, Griseb. * ''Phialiphora'' Groeninckx * ''Phitopis''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 *''Phosanthus'' Raf. = ''Isertia'' Schreb. * ''Phuopsis'' (August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach, Griseb.)
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 * ''Phylanthera'' Noronha = ''Hypobathrum'' Blume *''Phyllacanthus''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 = ''Catesbaea'' L. * ''Phyllis (plant), Phyllis'' L. * ''Phyllocrater'' Wernham * ''Phyllomelia'' August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach, Griseb. * ''Phyllopentas'' ( Verdc.) Kårehed & B.Bremer * ''Phylohydrax'' Puff *''Phyteumoides'' Smeathman ex
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 ...
 = ''Virectaria'' Bremek. * ''Picardaea''
Urb. Ignatz Urban (7 January 1848 – 7 January 1931) was a German botanist. He is known for his contributions to the flora of the Caribbean and Brazil, and for his work as curator of the Berlin Botanical Garden. Born the son of a brewer, Urban sho ...
 * ''Pimentelia (plant), Pimentelia'' Hugh Algernon Weddell, Wedd. * ''Pinarophyllon'' Townshend Stith Brandegee, Brandegee * ''Pinckneya'' André Michaux, Michx. * ''Pinknea'' Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, Pers. = ''Pinckneya'' André Michaux, Michx. *''Piringa'' Juss. = ''
Gardenia ''Gardenia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the coffee family, Rubiaceae, native to the tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, Madagascar and Pacific Islands, and Australia. The genus was named by Carl Linnaeus and John Ellis af ...
'' J.Ellis * ''Pitardella'' Tirveng. *''Pittierothamnus''
Steyerm. Julian Alfred Steyermark (January 27, 1909 – October 15, 1988) was a Venezuelan American botanist. His focus was on New World vegetation, and he specialized in the family Rubiaceae. Life and work Julian Alfred Steyermark was born in St. Louis, ...
 = '' Amphidasya'' Standl. * ''Pittoniotis'' August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach, Griseb. * ''Placocarpa''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 * ''Placodium''
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 = '' Plocama'' Aiton *''Placopoda'' Isaac Bayley Balfour, Balf.f. = ''Dirichletia''
Klotzsch Johann Friedrich Klotzsch (9 June 1805 – 5 November 1860) was a German pharmacist and botanist. His principal work was in the field of mycology, with the study and description of many species of mushroom. Klotzsch was born in Wittenberg. Orig ...
 * ''Planaltina (plant), Planaltina'' R.M.Salas & E.L.Cabral * ''Plastolaena'' Pierre ex A.Chev. = ''
Schumanniophyton ''Schumanniophyton'' is a genus of three species of small tree native to west Africa and belonging to the family Rubiaceae. It contains the following species and varieties: * '' Schumanniophyton hirsutum'' (Hiern) R.D.Good, native from W. Central ...
'' Harms *''Platanocarpum'' Korth. = ''Nauclea'' L. *''Platanocephalus'' Sébastien Vaillant, Vaill. ex Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz, Crantz = ''Nauclea'' L. * ''Platycarpum'' Humb. & Bonpl. * ''Platymerium'' Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling, Bartl. ex
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 ...
 = ''Hypobathrum'' Blume *''Plectronia'' L. = different genera * ''Plectroniella'' Frans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter Robyns, Robyns *''Pleimeris'' Raf. = ''
Gardenia ''Gardenia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the coffee family, Rubiaceae, native to the tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, Madagascar and Pacific Islands, and Australia. The genus was named by Carl Linnaeus and John Ellis af ...
'' J.Ellis *''Pleiocarpidia''
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 ''Deutsc ...
 = '' Urophyllum'' Jack ex Wall. * ''Pleiocoryne'' Stephan Rauschert, Rauschert *''Pleiocraterium'' Bremek. = ''
Hedyotis ''Hedyotis'' (starviolet) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Many species of this genus such as ''Hedyotis biflora, H. corymbosa'' and ''H. diffusa'' are well known medicinal plants. ''Hedyotis'' is native to tropical and sub ...
'' L. * ''Pleotheca'' Wall. = ''Ophiorrhiza'' L. *''Plethyrsis'' Raf. = ''Richardia'' L. *''Pleureia'' Raf. = '' Psychotria'' L. * ''Pleurocarpus''
Klotzsch Johann Friedrich Klotzsch (9 June 1805 – 5 November 1860) was a German pharmacist and botanist. His principal work was in the field of mycology, with the study and description of many species of mushroom. Klotzsch was born in Wittenberg. Orig ...
 = ''Melanopsidium'' Luigi Aloysius Colla, Colla *''Pleurocoffea''
Baill. Henri Ernest Baillon was a French botanist and physician. He was born in Calais on 30 November 1827 and died in Paris on 19 July 1895. Baillon spent his professional life as a professor of natural history, and he published numerous works on b ...
 = ''Coffea'' L. * '' Plocama'' Aiton * ''Plocaniophyllon'' Townshend Stith Brandegee, Brandegee *''Poecilocalyx'' Bremek. = ''Pauridiantha''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 * ''Poederiopsis'' Henry Hurd Rusby, Rusby = ''
Manettia ''Manettia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are between 80 and 123 species. They are distributed in the West Indies, Mexico, and Central and South America. Most are vines. The genus was named after Saverio Manetti ...
'' Mutis ex L. *''Pogonanthus'' Jean Xavier Hyacinthe Montrouzier, Montrouz. = ''Gynochthodes'' Blume * ''Pogonolobus''
F.Muell. Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, (german: Müller; 30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist. He was appointed government botanist for the then colony of Victo ...
 = ''Coelospermum'' Blume * ''Pogonopus (plant), Pogonopus''
Klotzsch Johann Friedrich Klotzsch (9 June 1805 – 5 November 1860) was a German pharmacist and botanist. His principal work was in the field of mycology, with the study and description of many species of mushroom. Klotzsch was born in Wittenberg. Orig ...
 * ''Poiretia'' Johann Friedrich Gmelin, J.F.Gmel. = '' Houstonia'' L. * ''Polycoryne'' Keay = ''Pleiocoryne'' Stephan Rauschert, Rauschert * ''Polycycliska''
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 i ...
 = ''Lerchea'' L. *''Polyozus'' Lour. = '' Psychotria'' L. *''Polyphragmon'' Desf. = ''
Timonius ''Timonius'' is a genus of plants in the family 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 recog ...
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 * ''Polysolen'' Stephan Rauschert, Rauschert = ''Leptomischus'' Emmanuel Drake del Castillo, Drake * ''Polysolenia''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 = ''Leptomischus'' Emmanuel Drake del Castillo, Drake * ''Polysphaeria''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 * ''Polyura (plant), Polyura''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 *''Pomangium'' Reinw. = '' Argostemma'' Wall. *''Pomatium'' Carl Friedrich von Gaertner, C.F.Gaertn. = ''Bertiera'' Aubl. * ''Pomax'' Daniel Solander, Sol. ex
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 ...
 * ''Pomazota''
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 i ...
 = ''Coptophyllum'' Korth. *''Porocarpus'' Gaertn. = ''
Timonius ''Timonius'' is a genus of plants in the family 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 recog ...
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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 ...
 * ''Porterandia''
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 i ...
 * ''Portlandia (plant), Portlandia'' P.Browne * ''Posoqueria'' Aubl. * ''Posoria'' Raf. = ''Posoqueria'' Aubl. * ''Potima'' R.Hedw. = '' Faramea'' Aubl. * ''Pouchetia'' A.Rich ex
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 ...
 * ''Praravinia'' Korth. * ''Pravinaria'' Bremek. = '' Urophyllum'' Jack ex Wall. * ''Preussiodora'' Keay *''Princea'' Dubard & Dop = ''Triainolepis''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 * ''Prismatomeris'' Thwaites *''Pristidia'' Thwaites = ''
Gaertnera ''Gaertnera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are at least 85 species distributed across the Old World tropics from Africa to Asia.
'' Lam. *''Probletostemon''
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 ''Deutsc ...
 = ''Tricalysia'' A.Rich ex
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 ...
 *''Proscephaleium'' Korth. = ''Chassalia'' Comm. ex Jean Louis Marie Poiret, Poir. *''Psathura'' Comm. ex A.Juss. = '' Psychotria'' L. * ''Pseudaidia'' Tirveng. *''Pseudixora''
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 ...
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Aidia ''Aidia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by João de Loureiro in 1790. It has a wide distribution area and occurs in tropical Africa, tropical and subtropical Asia and the western Pacific. Species * ...
'' Lour. * ''Pseudochimarrhis'' Adolpho Ducke, Ducke = ''Chimarrhis''
Jacq. Nikolaus Joseph Freiherr von Jacquin (16 February 172726 October 1817) was a scientist who studied medicine, chemistry and botany. Biography Born in Leiden in the Netherlands, he studied medicine at Leiden University, then moved first to Par ...
 *''Pseudocinchona'' A.Chev. ex Perrot = ''Corynanthe'' Welw. * ''Pseudocoptosperma'' De Block * ''Pseudodiplospora'' Dep * ''Pseudogalium'' L.E.Yang, Z.L.Nie & H.Sun *''Pseudogaillonia'' Linchevskii = '' Plocama'' Aiton *''Pseudogardenia'' Keay = ''
Adenorandia ''Adenorandia'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Vermoesen in 1922. The genus contains only one species, viz. ''Adenorandia kalbreyeri'', which is found from west-central tropical Africa. ...
'' Vermoesen * ''Pseudohamelia'' Wernham * ''Pseudomantalania'' Jean-François Leroy (botanist), J.-F.Leroy * ''Pseudomiltemia'' Borhidi * ''Pseudomussaenda'' Wernham * ''Pseudonesohedyotis'' Tennant *''Pseudopeponidium'' Arènes = ''Pyrostria'' Comm. ex A.Juss. * ''Pseudopyxis''
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 ...
 *''Pseudosabicea'' N.Hallé = ''Sabicea'' Aubl. * ''Pseudrachicallis'' Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten, H.Karst. = ''
Arcytophyllum ''Arcytophyllum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains 18 species, distributed from New Mexico to Bolivia. Description Members of this genus are shrubs or dwarf shrubs that occupy mountainous habitats. Thei ...
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Schult. Josef (Joseph) August Schultes (15 April 1773 in Vienna – 21 April 1831 in Landshut) was an Austrian botanist and professor from Vienna. Together with Johann Jacob Roemer (1763–1819), he published the 16th edition of Linnaeus' ''Systema ...
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Schult.f. Julius Hermann Schultes (4 February 1804 in Vienna – 1 September 1840 in Munich) was an Austrian botanist from Vienna. He co-authored volume 7 of the Roemer & Schultes edition of the ''Systema Vegetabilium'' with his father Josef August Sc ...
 *''Psilanthopsis'' A.Chev. = ''Coffea'' L. *''Psilanthus''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 = ''Coffea'' L. *''Psilobium'' Jack = ''
Acranthera ''Acranthera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found from India to South Central China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries ...
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Meisn. Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner (1 November 1800 – 2 May 1874) was a Swiss botanist. Biography Born in Bern, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner. For most of his 40 ...
 *''Psilostoma''
Klotzsch Johann Friedrich Klotzsch (9 June 1805 – 5 November 1860) was a German pharmacist and botanist. His principal work was in the field of mycology, with the study and description of many species of mushroom. Klotzsch was born in Wittenberg. Orig ...
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Mart. Carl Friedrich Philipp (Karl Friedrich Philipp) von Martius (17 April 1794 – 13 December 1868) was a German botanist and explorer. Life Martius was born at Erlangen, the son of Prof Ernst Wilhelm Martius, court apothecary. He graduated PhD f ...
& Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini, Zucc. * ''Pteridocalyx'' Wernham *''Pterogaillonia'' Linchevskii = '' Plocama'' Aiton *''Pterostephus'' C.Presl. = ''
Spermacoce ''Spermacoce'' or false buttonweed is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises about 275 species found throughout the tropics and subtropics. Its highest diversity is found in the Americas, followed by Africa, Austral ...
'' L. * ''Ptychodea'' Willd. ex Adelbert von Chamisso, Cham. & Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal, Schltdl. = ''Sipanea'' Aubl. *''Ptychostigma'' Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Hochstetter, Hochst. = ''Galiniera'' Alire Raffeneau Delile, Delile * ''Pubeta'' L. = ''Duroia'' Carl Linnaeus the Younger, L.f. * ''Pubistylus'' Thoth. * ''Puffia'' Razafim. & B.Bremer *''Putoria'' Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, Pers. = '' Plocama'' Aiton * ''Pygmaeothamnus'' Frans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter Robyns, Robyns *''Pyragra'' Bremek. = '' Psychotria'' L. * ''Pyrostria'' Comm. ex A.Juss.


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* ''Rachicallis''
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 * ''Ramonadoxa'' Paudyal & Delprete * ''Ramosmania'' Tirveng. & Verdc. *''Ramspekia'' Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Scop. = ''Posoqueria'' Aubl. * ''Randia (plant), Randia'' L. * ''Raritebe'' Wernham *''Ravnia'' Anders Sandøe Ørsted (botanist), Oerst. = ''Hillia (plant), Hillia''
Jacq. Nikolaus Joseph Freiherr von Jacquin (16 February 172726 October 1817) was a scientist who studied medicine, chemistry and botany. Biography Born in Leiden in the Netherlands, he studied medicine at Leiden University, then moved first to Par ...
 * ''Razafimandimbisonia'' Kainul. & B.Bremer *''Readea'' Gillespie = ''Eumachia (plant genus), Eumachia''
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 ...
 *''Relbunium'' (Stephan Friedrich Ladislaus Endlicher, Endl.)
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
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Galium ''Galium'' is a large genus of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the family Rubiaceae, occurring in the temperate zones of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Some species are informally known as bedstraw. There are over 600 spe ...
'' L. * '' Remijia''
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 ...
 *''Renistipula'' Borhidi = '' Arachnothryx'' Planch. * ''Rennellia'' Korth. *''Resinanthus'' ( Borhidi) Borhidi = ''Stenostomum (plant), Stenostomum'' Carl Friedrich von Gaertner, C.F.Gaertn. *''Restiaria'' Lour. = '' Uncaria'' Schreb. * '' Retiniphyllum'' Humb. & Bonpl. *''Reussia'' Dennst. = ''Paederia'' L. *''Rhabdostigma''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 = ''Kraussia'' William Henry Harvey, Harv. * ''Rhadinopus (plant), Rhadinopus'' Spencer Le Marchant Moore, S.Moore * ''Rhaphidura (plant), Rhaphidura'' Bremek. *''Rhipidantha'' Bremek. = ''Pauridiantha''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 * ''Rhodopentas'' Kårehed & B.Bremer * ''Rhodostoma'' Scheidw. = ''Palicourea'' Aubl. * ''Rhombospora'' Korth. = ''Greenea'' Robert Wight, Wight & Arn. *''Rhopalobrachium''
Schltr. Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter (16 October 1872 – 16 November 1925) was a German taxonomist, botanist, and author of several works on orchids. He went on botanical expeditions in Africa, Indonesia, New Guinea, South and Central America ...
& K.Krause = ''Cyclophyllum''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 *''Rhyssocarpus'' Stephan Friedrich Ladislaus Endlicher, Endl. = ''Melanopsidium'' Luigi Aloysius Colla, Colla * ''Richardia'' L. *''Richardsonia'' Carl Sigismund Kunth, Kunth = ''Richardia'' L. * ''Ridsdalea'' J.T.Pereira & K.M.Wong * ''Riodocea'' Delprete * ''Riqueuria'' Ruiz & José Antonio Pavón Jiménez, Pav. * ''Robbrechtia'' Petra De Block, De Block * ''Robynsia'' John Hutchinson (botanist), Hutch. * ''Rogiera'' Planch. * ''Roigella'' Borhidi & M.Fernandez Zeq. *''Rojoc'' Michel Adanson, Adans. = '' Morinda'' L. * ''Ronabea'' Aubl. *''Ronabia'' St.-Lag. = '' Psychotria'' L. * '' Rondeletia'' L. *''Rosea''
Klotzsch Johann Friedrich Klotzsch (9 June 1805 – 5 November 1860) was a German pharmacist and botanist. His principal work was in the field of mycology, with the study and description of many species of mushroom. Klotzsch was born in Wittenberg. Orig ...
 = ''Tricalysia'' A.Rich ex
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 ...
 * ''Rosenbergiodendron'' Fagerl. * ''Rotheria'' Meyen = ''Cruckshanksia'' William Jackson Hooker, Hook. & Arn. * ''Rothmannia'' Carl Peter Thunberg, Thunb. * ''Rovaeanthus'' Borhidi * ''Rubeola'' Hill = ''Sherardia'' L. * ''Rubia'' L. * ''Rubioides'' Daniel Solander, Sol. ex Gaertn. = ''Opercularia (plant), Opercularia'' Gaertn. * ''Rubovietnamia'' Triveng. * ''Rudgea'' Salisb. * ''Rustia (plant), Rustia''
Klotzsch Johann Friedrich Klotzsch (9 June 1805 – 5 November 1860) was a German pharmacist and botanist. His principal work was in the field of mycology, with the study and description of many species of mushroom. Klotzsch was born in Wittenberg. Orig ...
 * ''Rutidea''
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 ...
 *''Rytidotus''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 = ''Bobea'' Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré, Gaudich. * ''Rytigynia'' Blume


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* ''Sabicea'' Aubl. *''Sacconia'' Stephan Friedrich Ladislaus Endlicher, Endl. = ''Chione (plant), Chione''
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 ...
 * ''Sacosperma'' George Taylor (botanist), G.Taylor *''Sahlbergia'' Neck. = ''
Gardenia ''Gardenia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the coffee family, Rubiaceae, native to the tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, Madagascar and Pacific Islands, and Australia. The genus was named by Carl Linnaeus and John Ellis af ...
'' J.Ellis *''Saldanha'' José Mariano da Conceição Vellozo, Vell. = ''Hillia (plant), Hillia''
Jacq. Nikolaus Joseph Freiherr von Jacquin (16 February 172726 October 1817) was a scientist who studied medicine, chemistry and botany. Biography Born in Leiden in the Netherlands, he studied medicine at Leiden University, then moved first to Par ...
 * ''Saldinia'' A.Rich ex
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 ...
 * ''Salzmannia''
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 ...
 *''Samama'' Rumph. ex Kuntze = '' Breonia'' A.Rich ex
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 ...
 *''Santalina''
Baill. Henri Ernest Baillon was a French botanist and physician. He was born in Calais on 30 November 1827 and died in Paris on 19 July 1895. Baillon spent his professional life as a professor of natural history, and he published numerous works on b ...
 = ''Coptosperma''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 *''Santia'' Robert Wight, Wight & Arn. = ''Coptosperma''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 * ''Saprosma'' Blume *''Sarcocephalus'' Adam Afzelius, Afzel. ex R.Br. = ''Nauclea'' L. *''Sarcopygme'' Setch. & Erling Christophersen, Christoph. = '' Morinda'' L. *''Sardinia'' José Mariano da Conceição Vellozo, Vell. = ''Guettarda'' L. *''Sarissus'' Gaertn. = ''Hydrophylax'' Carl Linnaeus the Younger, L.f. * ''Scandentia'' E.L.Cabral & Bacigalupo = ''Denscantia'' E.L.Cabral *''Scepseothamnus'' Adelbert von Chamisso, Cham. = '' Alibertia'' A.Rich ex
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 ...
 *''Schachtia'' Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten, H.Karst. = ''Duroia'' Carl Linnaeus the Younger, L.f. *''Schenckia''
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 ''Deutsc ...
 = ''Deppea'' Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal, Schltdl. & Adelbert von Chamisso, Cham. *''Schetti'' Michel Adanson, Adans. = ''Ixora'' L. *''Schiedea'' Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling, Bartl. = '' Machaonia'' Humb. & Bonpl. * ''Schismatoclada'' John Gilbert Baker, Baker *''Schizangium'' Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling, Bartl. ex
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 ...
 = ''Mitracarpus'' Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini, Zucc. ex
Schult. Josef (Joseph) August Schultes (15 April 1773 in Vienna – 21 April 1831 in Landshut) was an Austrian botanist and professor from Vienna. Together with Johann Jacob Roemer (1763–1819), he published the 16th edition of Linnaeus' ''Systema ...
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Schult.f. Julius Hermann Schultes (4 February 1804 in Vienna – 1 September 1840 in Munich) was an Austrian botanist from Vienna. He co-authored volume 7 of the Roemer & Schultes edition of the ''Systema Vegetabilium'' with his father Josef August Sc ...
 * ''Schizenterospermum'' Homolle ex Arènes * ''Schizocalyx (plant), Schizocalyx'' Hugh Algernon Weddell, Wedd. * ''Schizocolea'' Bremek. * ''Schizomussaenda'' H.L.Li *''Schizospermum'' Boivin ex
Baill. Henri Ernest Baillon was a French botanist and physician. He was born in Calais on 30 November 1827 and died in Paris on 19 July 1895. Baillon spent his professional life as a professor of natural history, and he published numerous works on b ...
 = ''Cremaspora''
Benth. George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...
 * ''Schizostigma'' Arn. ex
Meisn. Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner (1 November 1800 – 2 May 1874) was a Swiss botanist. Biography Born in Bern, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner. For most of his 40 ...
 = ''Sabicea'' Aubl. * ''Schmidtottia''
Urb. Ignatz Urban (7 January 1848 – 7 January 1931) was a German botanist. He is known for his contributions to the flora of the Caribbean and Brazil, and for his work as curator of the Berlin Botanical Garden. Born the son of a brewer, Urban sho ...
 * ''Schoenleinia''
Klotzsch Johann Friedrich Klotzsch (9 June 1805 – 5 November 1860) was a German pharmacist and botanist. His principal work was in the field of mycology, with the study and description of many species of mushroom. Klotzsch was born in Wittenberg. Orig ...
 = ''Bathysa'' C.Presl * ''Schradera''
Vahl Vahl is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Christian-Friedrich Vahl (born 1955), German cardiac surgeon * Emanuel Vahl (born 1938), Ukrainian-Israeli composer *Herbert-Ernst Vahl, German SS general *Jens Vahl (1796–1854), Danis ...
 * ''Schreibersia'' Pohl = '' Augusta'' Pohl * ''
Schumanniophyton ''Schumanniophyton'' is a genus of three species of small tree native to west Africa and belonging to the family Rubiaceae. It contains the following species and varieties: * '' Schumanniophyton hirsutum'' (Hiern) R.D.Good, native from W. Central ...
'' Harms * ''Schwendenera''
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 ''Deutsc ...
 *''Schwenkfelda'' Schreb. = ''Sabicea'' Aubl. *''Sclerococcus'' Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling, Bartl. = ''
Hedyotis ''Hedyotis'' (starviolet) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Many species of this genus such as ''Hedyotis biflora, H. corymbosa'' and ''H. diffusa'' are well known medicinal plants. ''Hedyotis'' is native to tropical and sub ...
'' L. *''Scleromitrion'' (Robert Wight, Wight & Arn.)
Meisn. Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner (1 November 1800 – 2 May 1874) was a Swiss botanist. Biography Born in Bern, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner. For most of his 40 ...
 * '' Scolosanthus''
Vahl Vahl is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Christian-Friedrich Vahl (born 1955), German cardiac surgeon * Emanuel Vahl (born 1938), Ukrainian-Israeli composer *Herbert-Ernst Vahl, German SS general *Jens Vahl (1796–1854), Danis ...
 * ''Scyphiphora'' Carl Friedrich von Gaertner, C.F.Gaertn. *''Scyphochlamys'' Isaac Bayley Balfour, Balf.f. = ''Pyrostria'' Comm. ex A.Juss. * ''Scyphostachys'' Thwaites * ''Seemannia'' William Jackson Hooker, Hook. = ''Pentagonia (plant), Pentagonia''
Benth. George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...
 * ''Semaphyllanthe'' L.Andersson = ''Calycophyllum''
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 ...
 * ''Sericanthe'' Elmar Robbrecht, Robbr. * ''Serissa'' Comm. ex A.Juss. *''Sestinia'' Pierre Edmond Boissier, Boiss. & Rudolph Friedrich Hohenacker, Hohen. = ''Wendlandia'' Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling, Bartl. ex
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 ...
 * ''Seychellea (plant), Seychellea'' Razafim., Kainul. & Rydin * ''Shaferocharis''
Urb. Ignatz Urban (7 January 1848 – 7 January 1931) was a German botanist. He is known for his contributions to the flora of the Caribbean and Brazil, and for his work as curator of the Berlin Botanical Garden. Born the son of a brewer, Urban sho ...
 * ''Sherardia'' L. * '' Sherbournia'' G.Don *''Sicelium'' P.Browne = ''Coccocypselum'' P.Browne *''Sickingia'' Willd. = '' Simira'' Aubl. *''Siderobombyx'' Bremek. = ''Xanthophytum'' Reinw. ex Blume *''Siderodendrum'' Schreb. = ''Ixora'' L. *''Sideroxyloides''
Jacq. Nikolaus Joseph Freiherr von Jacquin (16 February 172726 October 1817) was a scientist who studied medicine, chemistry and botany. Biography Born in Leiden in the Netherlands, he studied medicine at Leiden University, then moved first to Par ...
 = ''Ixora'' L. * ''Siemensia''
Urb. Ignatz Urban (7 January 1848 – 7 January 1931) was a German botanist. He is known for his contributions to the flora of the Caribbean and Brazil, and for his work as curator of the Berlin Botanical Garden. Born the son of a brewer, Urban sho ...
 *''Silamnus'' Raf. = ''
Cephalanthus ''Cephalanthus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are about six species that are commonly known as buttonbush. Description They are shrubs or small trees growing to tall. The leaves are simple, arranged in opposite ...
'' L. * '' Simira'' Aubl. * ''Singaporandia'' K.M.Wong *''Sinoadina'' Ridsdale = ''
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'' Salisb. * ''Sipanea'' Aubl. * ''Sipaneopsis''
Steyerm. Julian Alfred Steyermark (January 27, 1909 – October 15, 1988) was a Venezuelan American botanist. His focus was on New World vegetation, and he specialized in the family Rubiaceae. Life and work Julian Alfred Steyermark was born in St. Louis, ...
 * ''Sipania'' Berthold Carl Seemann, Seem. = ''Limnosipanea''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 *''Siphomeris'' Wenceslas Bojer, Bojer = ''Paederia'' L. *''Siphonandra'' Nicolai Stepanovitch Turczaninow, Turcz. = '' Arachnothryx'' Planch. * ''Siphonandrium''
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 ''Deutsc ...
 * ''Siphonia''
Benth. George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...
 = '' Augusta'' Pohl *''Solena'' Lour. = ''Posoqueria'' Aubl. * ''Solenandra''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 *''Solenixora''
Baill. Henri Ernest Baillon was a French botanist and physician. He was born in Calais on 30 November 1827 and died in Paris on 19 July 1895. Baillon spent his professional life as a professor of natural history, and he published numerous works on b ...
 = ''Coffea'' L. * ''Sommera'' Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal, Schltdl. *''Spallanzania''
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 ...
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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. *''Spathichlamys'' R.Parker = ''Greenea'' Robert Wight, Wight & Arn. * ''
Spermacoce ''Spermacoce'' or false buttonweed is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises about 275 species found throughout the tropics and subtropics. Its highest diversity is found in the Americas, followed by Africa, Austral ...
'' L. *''Spermacoceodes'' Kuntze = ''
Spermacoce ''Spermacoce'' or false buttonweed is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises about 275 species found throughout the tropics and subtropics. Its highest diversity is found in the Americas, followed by Africa, Austral ...
'' L. * ''Spermadictyon'' William Roxburgh, Roxb. *''Sphaerophora'' Blume = ''Gynochthodes'' Blume * ''Sphinctanthus''
Benth. George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...
 * ''Spicillaria''
A.Rich. Achille Richard was a French botanist, botanical illustrator and physician (27 April 1794 in Paris – 5 October 1852). Biography Achille was the son of the botanist Louis-Claude Marie Richard (1754–1821). He was a pharmacist in the Fren ...
 = ''Hypobathrum'' Blume *''Spiradiclis'' Blume = ''Ophiorrhiza'' L. * ''Sprucea''
Benth. George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...
 = '' Simira'' Aubl. * ''Squamellaria'' Odoardo Beccari, Becc. * ''Stachyarrhena''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 *''Stachyococcus'' Standl. = ''Carapichea'' Aubl. * ''Staelia'' Adelbert von Chamisso, Cham. & Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal, Schltdl. * ''Standleya'' Alexander Curt Brade, Brade * ''Stannia'' Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten, H.Karst. = ''Posoqueria'' Aubl. *''Staurospermum'' Peter Thonning, Thonn. = ''Mitracarpus'' Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini, Zucc. ex
Schult. Josef (Joseph) August Schultes (15 April 1773 in Vienna – 21 April 1831 in Landshut) was an Austrian botanist and professor from Vienna. Together with Johann Jacob Roemer (1763–1819), he published the 16th edition of Linnaeus' ''Systema ...
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Schult.f. Julius Hermann Schultes (4 February 1804 in Vienna – 1 September 1840 in Munich) was an Austrian botanist from Vienna. He co-authored volume 7 of the Roemer & Schultes edition of the ''Systema Vegetabilium'' with his father Josef August Sc ...
 * ''Steenisia'' Reinier Cornelis Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr., Bakh.f. * ''Stelechantha'' Bremek. = ''Pauridiantha''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 *''Stellix'' Noronha = '' Psychotria'' L. *''Stelmanis'' Raf. = ''Oldenlandia'' L. *''Stelmotis'' Raf. = ''Oldenlandia'' L. * ''Stenaria'' ( Raf.) Terrell * ''Stenosepala'' C.Perss. * ''Stenostomum (plant), Stenostomum'' Carl Friedrich von Gaertner, C.F.Gaertn. * ''Stenotis (plant), Stenotis'' Terrell * ''Stephanium'' Schreb. = ''Palicourea'' Aubl. * ''Stephanococcus'' Bremek. * ''Stephegyne'' Korth. = ''
Mitragyna ''Mitragyna'' is a genus of trees in the family Rubiaceae found in the tropical and subtropical regions of Asia and Africa. Members of this genus contain antimalarial and analgesic indole alkaloids. The Rubiacae are the fifth-largest family of f ...
'' Korth. *''Steudelago'' Kuntze = ''Exostema'' (Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, Pers.) Louis Claude Marie Richard, Rich. ex Humb. & Bonpl. * ''Stevensia (plant), Stevensia'' Pierre Antoine Poiteau, Poit. * ''Steyermarkia'' Standl. * ''Stichianthus'' Theodoric Valeton, Valeton *''Stigmanthus'' Lour. = ''Gynochthodes'' Blume * ''Stilpnophyllum''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 * ''Stipularia (plant), Stipularia'' Ambroise Marie François Joseph Palisot de Beauvois, P.Beauv. *''Stomandra'' Standl. = ''Rustia (plant), Rustia''
Klotzsch Johann Friedrich Klotzsch (9 June 1805 – 5 November 1860) was a German pharmacist and botanist. His principal work was in the field of mycology, with the study and description of many species of mushroom. Klotzsch was born in Wittenberg. Orig ...
 *''Straussia'' A.Gray = '' Psychotria'' L. * ''Streblosa'' Korth. * ''Streblosiopsis'' Theodoric Valeton, Valeton *''Strempelia''
A.Rich. Achille Richard was a French botanist, botanical illustrator and physician (27 April 1794 in Paris – 5 October 1852). Biography Achille was the son of the botanist Louis-Claude Marie Richard (1754–1821). He was a pharmacist in the Fren ...
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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 ...
 = ''Rudgea'' Salisb. *''Striolaria'' Adolpho Ducke, Ducke = ''Pentagonia (plant), Pentagonia''
Benth. George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...
 * ''Strumpfia''
Jacq. Nikolaus Joseph Freiherr von Jacquin (16 February 172726 October 1817) was a scientist who studied medicine, chemistry and botany. Biography Born in Leiden in the Netherlands, he studied medicine at Leiden University, then moved first to Par ...
 *''Sturmia'' Carl Friedrich von Gaertner, C.F.Gaertn. = ''Stenostomum (plant), Stenostomum'' Carl Friedrich von Gaertner, C.F.Gaertn. *''Stylocoryna'' Cav. = ''
Aidia ''Aidia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by João de Loureiro in 1790. It has a wide distribution area and occurs in tropical Africa, tropical and subtropical Asia and the western Pacific. Species * ...
'' Lour. *''Stylocoryne'' Robert Wight, Wight & Arn. = ''
Aidia ''Aidia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by João de Loureiro in 1790. It has a wide distribution area and occurs in tropical Africa, tropical and subtropical Asia and the western Pacific. Species * ...
'' Lour. * ''Stylosiphonia'' Townshend Stith Brandegee, Brandegee * ''Suberanthus'' Borhidi & M.Fernandez Zeq. *''Sukunia'' Albert Charles Smith, A.C.Sm. = ''
Atractocarpus ''Atractocarpus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Its members are commonly known as native gardenias in Australia. The genus name is derived from the Ancient Greek terms ''atractos'' "spindle", and ''karpos'' "fruit", fr ...
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Schltr. Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter (16 October 1872 – 16 November 1925) was a German taxonomist, botanist, and author of several works on orchids. He went on botanical expeditions in Africa, Indonesia, New Guinea, South and Central America ...
& K.Krause *''Sulcanux''
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 i ...
 = '' Psychotria'' L. *''Sulipa'' Francisco Manuel Blanco, Blanco = ''
Gardenia ''Gardenia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the coffee family, Rubiaceae, native to the tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, Madagascar and Pacific Islands, and Australia. The genus was named by Carl Linnaeus and John Ellis af ...
'' J.Ellis *''Sulitia'' Elmer Drew Merrill, Merr. = ''
Atractocarpus ''Atractocarpus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Its members are commonly known as native gardenias in Australia. The genus name is derived from the Ancient Greek terms ''atractos'' "spindle", and ''karpos'' "fruit", fr ...
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Schltr. Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter (16 October 1872 – 16 November 1925) was a German taxonomist, botanist, and author of several works on orchids. He went on botanical expeditions in Africa, Indonesia, New Guinea, South and Central America ...
& K.Krause * ''Sulzeria'' Roem. &
Schult. Josef (Joseph) August Schultes (15 April 1773 in Vienna – 21 April 1831 in Landshut) was an Austrian botanist and professor from Vienna. Together with Johann Jacob Roemer (1763–1819), he published the 16th edition of Linnaeus' ''Systema ...
 = '' Faramea'' Aubl. *''Suteria''
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 ...
 = '' Psychotria'' L. *''Sykesia'' Arn. = ''
Gaertnera ''Gaertnera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are at least 85 species distributed across the Old World tropics from Africa to Asia.
'' Lam. *''Symphyllarion'' François Gagnepain, Gagnep. = ''
Hedyotis ''Hedyotis'' (starviolet) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Many species of this genus such as ''Hedyotis biflora, H. corymbosa'' and ''H. diffusa'' are well known medicinal plants. ''Hedyotis'' is native to tropical and sub ...
'' L. * ''Synaptantha''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 *''Synisoon''
Baill. Henri Ernest Baillon was a French botanist and physician. He was born in Calais on 30 November 1827 and died in Paris on 19 July 1895. Baillon spent his professional life as a professor of natural history, and he published numerous works on b ...
 = '' Retiniphyllum'' Humb. & Bonpl. * ''Syringantha'' Standl.


T

*''Tainus(plant), Tainus'' Torr.-Montúfar, H.Ochot. & Borsch *''Tamatavia''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 = ''Chapelieria'' A.Rich ex
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 ...
 *''Tamilnadia'' Tirveng. & Sastre *''Tammsia'' Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten, H.Karst. *''Tamridaea'' Thulin & B.Bremer *''Tangaraca'' Michel Adanson, Adans. = ''Hamelia''
Jacq. Nikolaus Joseph Freiherr von Jacquin (16 February 172726 October 1817) was a scientist who studied medicine, chemistry and botany. Biography Born in Leiden in the Netherlands, he studied medicine at Leiden University, then moved first to Par ...
 *''Tangshuia'' S.S.Ying *''Tapanhuacanga'' José Mariano da Conceição Vellozo, Vell. ex Domenico Vandelli, Vand. = unplaced name *''Tapinopentas'' Bremek. = ''Otomeria''
Benth. George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...
 *''Tapiphyllum'' Frans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter Robyns, Robyns = ''
Vangueria ''Vangueria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is named for , as '' V. madagascariensis'' is known in Malagasy. Distribution The genus contains over 50 species distributed in Africa south of the Sahara with one ...
'' Juss. *''Tapogomea'' Aubl. = '' Psychotria'' L. *''Tardavel'' Michel Adanson, Adans. = ''
Spermacoce ''Spermacoce'' or false buttonweed is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises about 275 species found throughout the tropics and subtropics. Its highest diversity is found in the Americas, followed by Africa, Austral ...
'' L. *''Tarenna'' Gaertn. *''Tarennoidea'' Tirveng. & Sastre *''Tatea'' Berthold Carl Seemann, Seem. = ''Thiollierea'' Jean Xavier Hyacinthe Montrouzier, Montrouz. *''Teinosolen''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 = ''
Arcytophyllum ''Arcytophyllum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains 18 species, distributed from New Mexico to Bolivia. Description Members of this genus are shrubs or dwarf shrubs that occupy mountainous habitats. Thei ...
'' Willd. ex
Schult. Josef (Joseph) August Schultes (15 April 1773 in Vienna – 21 April 1831 in Landshut) was an Austrian botanist and professor from Vienna. Together with Johann Jacob Roemer (1763–1819), he published the 16th edition of Linnaeus' ''Systema ...
&
Schult.f. Julius Hermann Schultes (4 February 1804 in Vienna – 1 September 1840 in Munich) was an Austrian botanist from Vienna. He co-authored volume 7 of the Roemer & Schultes edition of the ''Systema Vegetabilium'' with his father Josef August Sc ...
 *''Temnocalyx'' Frans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter Robyns, Robyns *''Temnopteryx (plant), Temnopteryx''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 *''Tennantia'' Verdc. *''Tepesia'' Carl Friedrich von Gaertner, C.F.Gaertn. = ''Hamelia''
Jacq. Nikolaus Joseph Freiherr von Jacquin (16 February 172726 October 1817) was a scientist who studied medicine, chemistry and botany. Biography Born in Leiden in the Netherlands, he studied medicine at Leiden University, then moved first to Par ...
 *''Terebraria'' Martín Sessé y Lacasta, Sessé ex Kuntze = ''Stenostomum (plant), Stenostomum'' Carl Friedrich von Gaertner, C.F.Gaertn. *''Terrellianthus'' Borhidi = ''
Arcytophyllum ''Arcytophyllum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains 18 species, distributed from New Mexico to Bolivia. Description Members of this genus are shrubs or dwarf shrubs that occupy mountainous habitats. Thei ...
'' Willd. ex
Schult. Josef (Joseph) August Schultes (15 April 1773 in Vienna – 21 April 1831 in Landshut) was an Austrian botanist and professor from Vienna. Together with Johann Jacob Roemer (1763–1819), he published the 16th edition of Linnaeus' ''Systema ...
&
Schult.f. Julius Hermann Schultes (4 February 1804 in Vienna – 1 September 1840 in Munich) was an Austrian botanist from Vienna. He co-authored volume 7 of the Roemer & Schultes edition of the ''Systema Vegetabilium'' with his father Josef August Sc ...
 *''Tertrea''
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 ...
 = '' Machaonia'' Humb. & Bonpl. *''Tessiera''
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 ...
 *''Tetralopha''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 = ''Gynochthodes'' Blume *''Tetramerium'' Carl Friedrich von Gaertner, C.F.Gaertn. = '' Faramea'' Aubl. *''Tetraplasia'' Rehder = ''Damnacanthus'' Carl Friedrich von Gaertner, C.F.Gaertn. *''Tetrastigma''
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 ''Deutsc ...
 = ''
Schumanniophyton ''Schumanniophyton'' is a genus of three species of small tree native to west Africa and belonging to the family Rubiaceae. It contains the following species and varieties: * '' Schumanniophyton hirsutum'' (Hiern) R.D.Good, native from W. Central ...
'' Harms *''Thamnoldenlandia'' Groeninckx *''Thecagonum'' Babu = ''Oldenlandia'' L. *''Thecorchus'' Bremek. = ''Oldenlandia'' L. *''Theligonum'' L. *''Theyodis''
A.Rich. Achille Richard was a French botanist, botanical illustrator and physician (27 April 1794 in Paris – 5 October 1852). Biography Achille was the son of the botanist Louis-Claude Marie Richard (1754–1821). He was a pharmacist in the Fren ...
 = ''Oldenlandia'' L. *''Thieleodoxa'' Adelbert von Chamisso, Cham. = '' Alibertia'' A.Rich ex
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 ...
 * ''Thiersia''
Baill. Henri Ernest Baillon was a French botanist and physician. He was born in Calais on 30 November 1827 and died in Paris on 19 July 1895. Baillon spent his professional life as a professor of natural history, and he published numerous works on b ...
 = '' Faramea'' Aubl. *''Thiollierea'' Jean Xavier Hyacinthe Montrouzier, Montrouz. *''Thogsennia'' Aiello *''Thouarsiora'' Homolle ex Arènes = ''Ixora'' L. *''Thunbergia'' Montin = ''
Gardenia ''Gardenia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the coffee family, Rubiaceae, native to the tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, Madagascar and Pacific Islands, and Australia. The genus was named by Carl Linnaeus and John Ellis af ...
'' J.Ellis *''Thyridocalyx'' Bremek. = ''Triainolepis''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 *''Thysanospermum'' Champ. ex
Benth. George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...
 = ''Coptosapelta'' Korth. *''
Timonius ''Timonius'' is a genus of plants in the family 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 recog ...
'' Rumph. ex
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 ...
 *''Tinadendron'' Achille *''Tobagoa''
Urb. Ignatz Urban (7 January 1848 – 7 January 1931) was a German botanist. He is known for his contributions to the flora of the Caribbean and Brazil, and for his work as curator of the Berlin Botanical Garden. Born the son of a brewer, Urban sho ...
 *''Tocoyena'' Aubl. *''Tontanea'' Aubl. = ''Coccocypselum'' P.Browne *''Tortuella''
Urb. Ignatz Urban (7 January 1848 – 7 January 1931) was a German botanist. He is known for his contributions to the flora of the Caribbean and Brazil, and for his work as curator of the Berlin Botanical Garden. Born the son of a brewer, Urban sho ...
 *''Tournefortiopsis'' Henry Hurd Rusby, Rusby = ''Guettarda'' L. *''Trailliaedoxa'' William Wright Smith, W.W.Sm. & George Forrest (botanist), Forrest *''Tresanthera'' Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten, H.Karst. = ''Rustia (plant), Rustia''
Klotzsch Johann Friedrich Klotzsch (9 June 1805 – 5 November 1860) was a German pharmacist and botanist. His principal work was in the field of mycology, with the study and description of many species of mushroom. Klotzsch was born in Wittenberg. Orig ...
 *''Trevirania'' Gustav Heynhold, Heynh. = '' Psychotria'' L. * ''Triainolepis''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 * ''Tribrachya'' Korth. = ''Rennellia'' Korth. * ''Tricalysia'' A.Rich ex
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 ...
 *''Trichogalium'' Fourr. = ''
Galium ''Galium'' is a large genus of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the family Rubiaceae, occurring in the temperate zones of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Some species are informally known as bedstraw. There are over 600 spe ...
'' L. * ''Trichostachys''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 * ''Triflorensia'' S.T.Reynolds *''Trigonopyren'' Bremek. = '' Psychotria'' L. *''Triodon''
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 ...
 = ''Diodia'' L. *''Trisciadia''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
 *''Tromlyca'' Borhidi *''Trukia'' Kaneh. = ''
Atractocarpus ''Atractocarpus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Its members are commonly known as native gardenias in Australia. The genus name is derived from the Ancient Greek terms ''atractos'' "spindle", and ''karpos'' "fruit", fr ...
''
Schltr. Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter (16 October 1872 – 16 November 1925) was a German taxonomist, botanist, and author of several works on orchids. He went on botanical expeditions in Africa, Indonesia, New Guinea, South and Central America ...
& K.Krause *''Tsiangia'' But, H.H.Hsue & P.T.Li = ''Ixora'' L. *''Tulearia'' De Block


U

*''Ucriana'' Willd. = ''Tocoyena'' Aubl. * '' Uncaria'' Schreb. *''Uncariopsis'' Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten, H.Karst. = ''Schradera''
Vahl Vahl is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Christian-Friedrich Vahl (born 1955), German cardiac surgeon * Emanuel Vahl (born 1938), Ukrainian-Israeli composer *Herbert-Ernst Vahl, German SS general *Jens Vahl (1796–1854), Danis ...
 *''Uragoga''
Baill. Henri Ernest Baillon was a French botanist and physician. He was born in Calais on 30 November 1827 and died in Paris on 19 July 1895. Baillon spent his professional life as a professor of natural history, and he published numerous works on b ...
 = '' Psychotria'' L. *''Urceolaria'' Willd. ex Cothen. = ''Schradera''
Vahl Vahl is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Christian-Friedrich Vahl (born 1955), German cardiac surgeon * Emanuel Vahl (born 1938), Ukrainian-Israeli composer *Herbert-Ernst Vahl, German SS general *Jens Vahl (1796–1854), Danis ...
 * '' Urophyllum'' Jack ex Wall. *''Uruparia'' Raf. = '' Uncaria'' Schreb.


V

* ''Vaillantia'' Hoffm. = ''Valantia'' L. * ''Valantia'' L. * ''Vanessa'' Raf. = ''
Manettia ''Manettia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are between 80 and 123 species. They are distributed in the West Indies, Mexico, and Central and South America. Most are vines. The genus was named after Saverio Manetti ...
'' Mutis ex L. * ''
Vangueria ''Vangueria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is named for , as '' V. madagascariensis'' is known in Malagasy. Distribution The genus contains over 50 species distributed in Africa south of the Sahara with one ...
'' Juss. * ''Vangueriella'' Verdc. * ''Vangueriopsis'' Frans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter Robyns, Robyns *''Varneria'' L. = ''
Gardenia ''Gardenia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the coffee family, Rubiaceae, native to the tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, Madagascar and Pacific Islands, and Australia. The genus was named by Carl Linnaeus and John Ellis af ...
'' J.Ellis *''Vavanga'' Julius von Rohr, Rohr = ''
Vangueria ''Vangueria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is named for , as '' V. madagascariensis'' is known in Malagasy. Distribution The genus contains over 50 species distributed in Africa south of the Sahara with one ...
'' Juss. *''Versteegia'' Theodoric Valeton, Valeton = ''Ixora'' L. *''Verulamia''
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 ...
ex Jean Louis Marie Poiret, Poir. = ''
Pavetta ''Pavetta'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises about 360 species of trees, evergreen shrubs and sub-shrubs. It is found in woodlands, grasslands and thickets in sub-tropical and tropical Africa and Asia. The plan ...
'' L. * ''Vidalasia'' Tirveng. *''Vignaldia''
A.Rich. Achille Richard was a French botanist, botanical illustrator and physician (27 April 1794 in Paris – 5 October 1852). Biography Achille was the son of the botanist Louis-Claude Marie Richard (1754–1821). He was a pharmacist in the Fren ...
 = ''Pentas''
Benth. George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...
 * ''Villaria'' Rolfe *''Virecta'' Adam Afzelius, Afzel. ex James Edward Smith (botanist), SM. = ''Virectaria'' Bremek. *''Virecta'' Carl Linnaeus the Younger, L.f. = ''Sipanea'' Aubl. * ''Virectaria'' Bremek. * ''Viscoides''
Jacq. Nikolaus Joseph Freiherr von Jacquin (16 February 172726 October 1817) was a scientist who studied medicine, chemistry and botany. Biography Born in Leiden in the Netherlands, he studied medicine at Leiden University, then moved first to Par ...
 = ''Notopleura (plant), Notopleura'' (
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
) Bremek. *''Vissadali'' Michel Adanson, Adans. = '' Knoxia'' L. *''Viviania'' Luigi Aloysius Colla, Colla = ''Melanopsidium'' Luigi Aloysius Colla, Colla *''Viviania'' Raf. = ''Guettarda'' L. * ''Voigtia''
Klotzsch Johann Friedrich Klotzsch (9 June 1805 – 5 November 1860) was a German pharmacist and botanist. His principal work was in the field of mycology, with the study and description of many species of mushroom. Klotzsch was born in Wittenberg. Orig ...
 = ''Bathysa'' C.Presl


W

*''Wahlenbergia'' Blume = ''Tarenna'' Gaertn. * ''Wallichia'' Reinw. ex Blume = '' Urophyllum'' Jack ex Wall. *''Wandersong (plant), Wandersong'' David W.Taylor *''Warburgina'' Eig. = ''Callipeltis'' Steven *''Warneria'' J.Ellis = ''
Gardenia ''Gardenia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the coffee family, Rubiaceae, native to the tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, Madagascar and Pacific Islands, and Australia. The genus was named by Carl Linnaeus and John Ellis af ...
'' J.Ellis * ''Warszewiczia''
Klotzsch Johann Friedrich Klotzsch (9 June 1805 – 5 November 1860) was a German pharmacist and botanist. His principal work was in the field of mycology, with the study and description of many species of mushroom. Klotzsch was born in Wittenberg. Orig ...
 * ''Watsonamra'' Kuntze = ''Pentagonia (plant), Pentagonia''
Benth. George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...
 *''Webera'' Schreb. = ''Tarenna'' Gaertn. * ''Wendlandia'' Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling, Bartl. ex
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 ...
 *''Wernhamia'' Spencer Le Marchant Moore, S.Moore = '' Simira'' Aubl. * ''Wiegmannia'' Meyen = ''Kadua'' Adelbert von Chamisso, Cham. & Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal, Schltdl. * ''Willdenovia'' Johann Friedrich Gmelin, J.F.Gmel. = ''Posoqueria'' Aubl. * ''Williamsia'' Elmer Drew Merrill, Merr. = ''Praravinia'' Korth. * ''Wittmackanthus'' Kuntze


X

*''Xanthophytopsis'' Pit. = ''Xanthophytum'' Reinw. ex Blume *''Xanthophytum'' Reinw. ex Blume *''Xantonnea'' Pierre ex Pit. = ''Discospermum'' Nicol Alexander Dalzell, Dalzell *''Xantonneopsis'' Pit. *''Xerococcus'' Anders Sandøe Ørsted (botanist), Oerst. = ''Hoffmannia'' Olof Peter Swartz, Sw. *''Xeromphis'' Raf. = ''Catunaregam'' Wolf


Y

*''Yangapa'' Raf. = ''
Gardenia ''Gardenia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the coffee family, Rubiaceae, native to the tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, Madagascar and Pacific Islands, and Australia. The genus was named by Carl Linnaeus and John Ellis af ...
'' J.Ellis *''Yutajea''
Steyerm. Julian Alfred Steyermark (January 27, 1909 – October 15, 1988) was a Venezuelan American botanist. His focus was on New World vegetation, and he specialized in the family Rubiaceae. Life and work Julian Alfred Steyermark was born in St. Louis, ...
 = ''Isertia'' Schreb.


Z

*''Zaluzania'' Raf. = ''Bertiera'' Aubl. *''Zamaria'' Raf. = '' Rondeletia'' L. * ''Zeuxanthe''
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 i ...
 = ''Prismatomeris'' Thwaites * ''Zuccarinia'' Blume *''Zwaardekronia'' Korth. = ''Chassalia'' Comm. ex Jean Louis Marie Poiret, Poir. *''Zygoon'' William Philip Hiern, Hiern = ''Coptosperma''
Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...


References

{{Reflist Rubiaceae genera, List of genera Lists of plant genera (alphabetic), Rubiaceae Taxonomic lists (genera, taxonomic), Rubiaceae