''Sabicea'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s 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 recognizable by simple, opposite leaves with interpetiolar stipules ...
. They are known commonly as the woodvines. The type species is
''
Sabicea cinerea''.
[ There are about 145 species. Most are distributed in tropical Africa and South America.][Zemagho, L., Lachenaud, O., Dessein, S., Liede-Schumann, S., & Sonké, B. (2014)]
Two new ''Sabicea'' (Rubiaceae) species from West Central Africa: ''Sabicea bullata'' and ''Sabicea urniformis''.
''Phytotaxa'', 173(4), 285-292.
Species include:
*'' Sabicea batesii''
* '' Sabicea cinerea'' Aubl. – largeflower woodvine
* '' Sabicea medusula''
* '' Sabicea pedicellata''
* '' Sabicea pyramidalis'' L. Andersson
* '' Sabicea stenantha'' K.Krause
* '' Sabicea villosa'' Willd.
Carl Ludwig Willdenow (22 August 1765 – 10 July 1812) was a German botanist, pharmacist, and plant taxonomist. He is considered one of the founders of phytogeography, the study of the geographic distribution of plants. Willdenow was also ...
ex Roem.
Johann Jacob Roemer (8 January 1763, Zurich – 15 January 1819) was a physician and professor of botany in Zurich, Switzerland. He was also an entomologist.
With Austrian botanist Joseph August Schultes, he published the 16th edition of Carl ...
& 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 ...
– woolly woodvine
* '' Sabicea xanthotricha'' Wernham
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Rubiaceae genera
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