Sabiceeae

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: Ixoroideae
Tribus: Sabiceeae
Genera: Hekistocarpa – Sabicea – Tamridaea – Virectaria
Name

Sabiceeae A.Stahl, Estud. Fl. Puerto-Rico 5: 32. (1887)

Type genus: Sabicea Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 192, t. 75, 76. (1775)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Virectarieae Verdc., Kew Bull. 30: 366. (1975)

References

Aublet, J.B.C.F. Histoire des Plantes de la Guiane francoise 5: 32.
Kainulainen, K., Razafimandimbison, S.G. & Bremer, B. 2013. Phylogenetic relationships and new tribal delimitations in subfamily Ixoroideae (Rubiaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 173(3): 387-406. DOI: 10.1111/boj.12038 PDF Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Sabiceeae. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 27 2018.
Zemagho, L.A., Liede-Schumann, S., Sonké, B., Janssens, S., Lachenaud, O., Verstraete, B. & Dessein, S. 2016. Phylogenetics of tribe Sabiceeae (Ixoroideae, Rubiaceae) revisited, with a new subgeneric classification for Sabicea. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 182(3): 551–580. DOI: 10.1111/boj.12475 Open access ResearchGate Reference page.

Sabiceeae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae and contains about 164 species in 7 genera. Its representatives are found in tropical Africa, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, and from Mexico to tropical America.[1] The genus Sabicea is one of the rare genera in Rubiaceae that occurs both in tropical Africa and tropical America.
Genera

Currently accepted names[1][2][3][4]

Hekistocarpa Hook.f. (1 sp)
Pentaloncha Hook.f. (2 sp)
Sabicea Aubl. (149 sp)
Stipularia P.Beauv. (2 sp)
Tamridaea Thulin & B.Bremer (1 sp)
Temnopteryx Hook.f. (1 sp)
Virectaria Bremek. (8 sp)

Synonyms

Ecpoma K.Schum. = Sabicea
Paiva Vell. = Sabicea
Phyteumoides Smeathman ex DC. = Virectaria
Pseudosabicea N.Hallé = Sabicea
Schizostigma Arn. ex Meisn. = Sabicea
Schwenkfelda Schreb. = Sabicea
Virecta Afzel. ex Sm. = Virectaria

References

"World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 1 April 2016.
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.
Bremer B (2009). "A review of molecular phylogenetic studies of Rubiaceae". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 96: 4–26. doi:10.3417/2006197.
Bremer B, Eriksson E (2009). "Time tree of Rubiaceae: phylogeny and dating the family, subfamilies, and tribes". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 170: 766–793. doi:10.1086/599077.