Gaertnereae

Gaertnereae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae and contains about 95 species in 2 genera. Gaertnera is found from tropical Africa to tropical Asia, while Pagamea is found in southern tropical America.[1]

Gaertnereae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Rubioideae
Tribe:	Gaertnereae Bremek. ex S.P.Darwin
Type genus
Gaertnera Lam.

Genera

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

• Gaertnera Lam. (70 sp)
• Pagamea Aubl. (25 sp)

Synonyms

• Andersonia Willd. ex Schult. = Gaertnera
• Fructesca DC. ex Meisn. = Gaertnera
• Hymenocnemis Hook.f. = Gaertnera
• Pristidia Thwaites = Gaertnera
• Sykesia Arn. = Gaertnera

References

1. "World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 20 July 2012.
2. Bremer B (2009). "A review of molecular phylogenetic studies of Rubiaceae". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 96: 4–26. doi:10.3417/2006197.
3. Bremer B, Eriksson E (2009). "Time tree of Rubiaceae: phylogeny and dating the family, subfamilies, and tribes" (PDF). International Journal of Plant Sciences. 170: 766–793. doi:10.1086/599077.
4. 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.