Anthospermeae

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Rubioideae
Tribus: Anthospermeae
Genera: Anthospermum – Carpacoce – Coprosma – Durringtonia – Galopina – Leptostigma – Nenax – Nertera – Normandia – Opercularia – Phyllis – Pomax

Name

Anthospermeae Cham. & Schltdl. ex DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 4: 343, 578. (1830)

Type genus: Anthospermum L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1058. (1753)

References

Chamisso, L.K.A. von & Schlechtendal, D.F.L. von 1830. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 4: 343 578.
Anderson, C.L., Rova, J.H. & Andersson, L. 2001. Molecular phylogeny of the tribe Anthospermeae (Rubiaceae): systematic and biogeographic implications. Australian Systematic Botany 14(2): 231-244. DOI: 10.1071/SB00021 Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Anthospermeae. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 15 2018.

Anthospermeae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae and contains 208 species in 12 genera. Its representatives are found in the Southern Hemisphere, with the exception of the two species of the genus Phyllis.[1] At least two genera, namely Coprosma and Galopina are anemophilous.[2]
Genera

Currently accepted names[1][3][4][5]

Anthospermum L. (39 sp)
Carpacoce Sond. (7 sp)
Coprosma J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. (110 sp)
Durringtonia R.J.F.Hend. & Guymer (1 sp)
Galopina Thunb. (4 sp)
Leptostigma Arn. (7 sp)
Nenax Gaertn. (9 sp)
Nertera Banks ex Sol. (10 sp)
Normandia Hook.f. (1 sp)
Opercularia Gaertn. (17 sp)
Phyllis L. (2 sp)
Pomax Sol. ex DC. (1 sp)

Synonyms

Ambraria Cruse = Nenax
Ambraria Heist. ex Fabr. = Anthospermum
Bupleuroides Moench = Phyllis
Caprosma G.Don = Coprosma
Corynula Hook.f. = Leptostigma
Cryptospermum Young = Opercularia
Cunina C.Gay = Nertera
Erythrodanum Thouars = Nertera
Eurynome DC. = Coprosma
Gomozia Mutis ex L.f. = Nertera
Lagotis E.Mey. = Carpacoce
Marquisia A.Rich. ex DC. = Coprosma
Nobula Adans. = Phyllis
Oxyspermum Eckl. & Zeyh. = Galopina
Pelaphia Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn. = Coprosma
Peratanthe Urb. = Nertera
Rubioides Sol. ex Gaertn. = Opercularia

References

"World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 13 April 2016.
Ronse De Craene, Louis P. (2010). Floral Diagrams: An Aid to Understanding Flower Morphology and Evolution. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 319. ISBN 9781139484558.
Bremer B (2009). "A review of molecular phylogenetic studies of Rubiaceae". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 96: 4–26. doi:10.3417/2006197. S2CID 53378010.
Bremer B, Eriksson E (2009). "Time tree of Rubiaceae: phylogeny and dating the family, subfamilies, and tribes". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 170 (6): 766–793. doi:10.1086/599077. S2CID 49332892.
Robbrecht E, Manen J-F (2006). "The major evolutionary lineages of the coffee family (Rubiaceae, angiosperms). Combined analysis (nDNA and cpDNA) to infer the position of Coptosapelta and Luculia, and supertree construction based on rbcL, rps16, trnL-trnF and atpB-rbcL data. A new classification in two subfamilies, Cinchonoideae and Rubioideae". Systematic Geography of Plants. 76: 85–146.