Spermacoceae

Spermacoceae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae and contains about 1346 species in 57 genera. Its representatives are found in the tropics and subtropics.

Genera
Currently accepted names


 * Agathisanthemum (5 sp.)
 * Amphiasma (7 sp.)
 * Amphistemon (2 sp.)
 * Anthospermopsis (1 sp.)
 * Arcytophyllum (18 sp.)
 * Astiella (1 sp.)
 * Bouvardia (51 sp.)
 * Carajasia (1 sp.)
 * Carterella (1 sp.)
 * Conostomium (5 sp.)
 * Cordylostigma (9 sp.)
 * Crusea (15 sp.)
 * Debia (4 sp.)
 * Dentella (8 sp.)
 * Dibrachionostylus (1 sp.)
 * Dimetia (6 sp.)
 * Diodella (12 sp.)
 * Diodia (23 sp.)
 * Edrastima (5 sp.)
 * Emmeorhiza (1 sp.)
 * Ernodea (8 sp.)
 * Exallage (18 sp.)
 * Galianthe (48 sp.)
 * Gomphocalyx (1 sp.)
 * Hedyotis (182 sp.)
 * Hedythyrsus (3 sp.)
 * Houstonia (24 sp.)
 * Hydrophylax (1 sp.)
 * Involucrella (2 sp.)
 * Kadua (30 sp.)
 * Kohautia (28 sp.)
 * Lathraeocarpa (2 sp.)
 * Lelya (1 sp.)
 * Leptopetalum (8 sp.)
 * Manettia (125 sp.)
 * Manostachya (3 sp.)
 * Mitracarpus (65 sp.)
 * Mitrasacmopsis (1 sp.)
 * Neanotis (34 sp.)
 * Nesohedyotis (1 sp.)
 * Oldenlandia (217 sp.)
 * Oldenlandiopsis (1 sp.)
 * Pentanopsis (2 sp.)
 * Pentodon (2 sp.)
 * Phylohydrax (2 sp.)
 * Planaltina (3 sp.)
 * Psyllocarpus (9 sp.)
 * Richardia (16 sp.)
 * Sacosperma (2 sp.)
 * Schwendenera (1 sp.)
 * Spermacoce (286 sp.)
 * Staelia (21 sp.)
 * Stenaria (6 sp.)
 * Stephanococcus (1 sp.)
 * Synaptantha (2 sp.)
 * Tessiera (2 sp.)
 * Thamnoldenlandia (1 sp.)

Synonyms


 * Adenothola = Manettia
 * Aeginetia = Bouvardia
 * Allaeophania = Hedyotis
 * Anistelma = Hedyotis
 * Anotis = Arcytophyllum
 * Arbulocarpus = Spermacoce
 * Bigelovia = Spermacoce
 * Bigelowia = Spermacoce
 * Borreria = Spermacoce
 * Chaenocarpus = Spermacoce
 * Chamisme = Houstonia
 * Chenocarpus = Spermacoce
 * Conotrichia = Manettia
 * Cormylus = Oldenlandia
 * Covolia = Spermacoce
 * Dasycephala = Spermacoce
 * Decapenta = Diodia
 * Dichrospermum = Spermacoce
 * Diodioides = Spermacoce
 * Dioneiodon = Diodia
 * Diphragmus = Tessiera
 * Diplophragma = Hedyotis
 * Duvaucellia = Kohautia
 * Dyctiospora = Oldenlandia
 * Ebelia = Diodia
 * Edrastenia = Edrastima
 * Eionitis = Oldenlandia
 * Endlichera = Emmeorhiza
 * Endolasia = Manettia
 * Endopogon = Diodella
 * Ereicoctis = Arcytophyllum
 * Gerontogea = Oldenlandia
 * Gonotheca = Leptopetalum
 * Gouldia = Kadua
 * Gruhlmania = Spermacoce
 * Guagnebina = Manettia
 * Hemidiodia = Spermacoce
 * Heymia = Dentella
 * Hypodematium = Spermacoce
 * Jurgensia = Spermacoce
 * Karamyschewia = Oldenlandia
 * Lippaya = Dentella
 * Listeria = Oldenlandia
 * Lygistum = Manettia
 * Macrandria = Hedyotis
 * Mallostoma = Arcytophyllum
 * Metabolos = Hedyotis
 * Metabolus = Hedyotis
 * Mitratheca = Oldenlandia
 * Nacibea = Manettia
 * Neosabicea = Manettia
 * Octodon = Spermacoce
 * Panetos = Houstonia
 * Paragophyton = Spermacoce
 * Peltospermum = Sacosperma
 * Pleiocraterium = Hedyotis
 * Plethyrsis = Richardia
 * Poederiopsis = Manettia
 * Poiretia = Houstonia
 * Pseudrachicallis = Arcytophyllum
 * Pterostephus = Spermacoce
 * Richardsonia = Richardia
 * Sarissus = Hydrophylax
 * Schiedea = Richardia
 * Schizangium = Mitracarpus
 * Sclerococcus = Hedyotis
 * Scleromitrion = Hedyotis
 * Spermacoceodes = Spermacoce
 * Staurospermum = Mitracarpus
 * Stelmanis = Oldenlandia
 * Stelmotis = Oldenlandia
 * Symphyllarion = Hedyotis
 * Tardavel = Spermacoce
 * Teinosolen = Arcytophyllum
 * Terrellianthus = Arcytophyllum
 * Thecagonum = Leptopetalum
 * Thecorchus = Oldenlandia
 * Theyodis = Oldenlandia
 * Triodon = Diodia
 * Vanessa = Manettia
 * Wiegmannnia = Kadua