Knoxieae is a

tribe The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to confli ...

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 Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

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 ...

and contains about 131

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in 16 genera. Its representatives are found in Tropical and Southern Africa, the islands in the Western Indian Ocean, the Arabian Peninsula, Tropical and Subtropical Asia, and Northern Australia.

Genera

Currently accepted names * '' Batopedina'' Verdc. (3 sp) * ''

Carphalea ''Carphalea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Rubiaceae. It is Endemism, endemic to Madagascar. The species ''C. kirondron'' has been called "flaming beauty".https://florafaunaweb.nparks.gov.sg/special-pages/plant ...

Juss. Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (; 12 April 1748 – 17 September 1836) was a French botanist, notable as the first to publish a natural classification of flowering plants; much of his system remains in use today. His classification was based on an ...

(3 sp) * '' Chamaepentas'' Bremek. (6 sp) * '' Dirichletia'' Klotzsch (5 sp) * '' Dolichopentas'' Kårehed & B.Bremer (4 sp) * ''

Knoxia ''Knoxia'' 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 are r ...

'' L. (13 sp) * '' Otiophora'' Zucc. (18 sp) * '' Otomeria'' Benth. (8 sp) * '' Paracarphalea'' Razafimandimbison, Ferm, B.Bremer & Kårehed (3 sp) * '' Paraknoxia'' Bremek. (1 sp) * '' Parapentas'' Bremek. (3 sp) * '' Pentanisia'' Harv. (19 sp) * ''

Pentas ''Pentas'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found in tropical and southern Africa, the Comoros, Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i M ...

'' Benth. (16 sp) * '' Phyllopentas'' ( Verdc.) Kårehed & B.Bremer (14 sp) * '' Rhodopentas'' Kårehed & B.Bremer (2 sp) * '' 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 ...

(13 sp) Synonyms * ''Afroknoxia'' 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 ''Deut ...

= ''

'' * ''Calanda''

= '' Pentanisia'' * ''Chlorochorion'' Puff & Robbr. = '' Pentanisia'' * ''Cuncea'' Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don = ''

'' * ''Dentillaria''

Kuntze Kuntze is a surname of German origin. People with that name include: * Carl Kuntze (1922-2006), Dutch rower who competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics * Edward J. Kuntze (1826-1870), Prussian-born American sculptor * Otto Kuntze (1843-1907), German ...

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'' * ''Diotocarpus''

Hochst. Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Hochstetter (16 February 1787 – 20 February 1860) was a German botanist and Protestant minister. Biography Hochstetter was born in Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg. He was the father of geologist Ferdinand H ...

= '' Pentanisia'' * ''Holocarpa'' Baker = '' Pentanisia'' * ''Mericocalyx'' Bamps = '' Otiophora'' * ''Neobaumannia''

Hutch. John Hutchinson, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, OBE, Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (7 April 1884 Blindburn, Northumberland – 2 September 1972 London) was an English botanist, taxonomist and author.''A Botanist in Southern Afric ...

& Dalziel = ''

'' * ''Neopentanisia'' Verdc. = '' Pentanisia'' * ''Neurocarpaea'' R.Br. ex Hiern = ''

'' * ''Neurocarpaea'' R.Br. = ''

'' * ''Orthostemma'' Wall. ex Voigt = ''

'' * ''Otocephalus''

Chiov. __NOTOC__ ''Emilio Chiovenda'' (18 May 1871 – 19 February 1941) was an Italian botanist. Chiovenda was born in Rome in 1871 to a family originating from rural Piedmont. He was educated at the Collegio Rosmini in Stresa and Domodossola College b ...

= '' Pentanisia'' * ''Paratriaina'' Bremek. = '' Triainolepis'' * ''Pentacarpaea'' Hiern = '' Pentanisia'' * ''Pentacarpus'' Post &

= '' Pentanisia'' * ''Placopoda'' Balf.f. = '' Dirichletia'' * ''Princea'' Dubard & Dop = '' Triainolepis'' * ''Tapinopentas'' Bremek. = '' Otomeria'' * ''Thyridocalyx'' Bremek. = '' Triainolepis'' * ''Vignaldia'' A.Rich. = ''

'' * ''Vissadali'' Adans. = ''

References

Rubioideae tribes {{Rubioideae-stub