Sherbournieae

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: Sherbournieae
Genera: Atractogyne – Mitriostigma – Oxyanthus – Sherbournia
Name

Sherbournieae Mouly & B.Bremer, Taxon 63(4): 814. (2014)

Type genus: Sherbournia G.Don, in Loud. Encyc. Pl. Suppl. 2: 1323. (1855)

References

Mouly, A., Kainulainen, K., Persson, C., Davis, A.P., Wong, K.M., Razafimandimbison, S.G. & Bremer, B. 2014. Phylogenetic structure and clade circumscriptions in the Gardenieae complex (Rubiaceae). Taxon 63(4): 801-818. DOI: 10.12705/634.4 PDF Reference page.
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. Sherbournieae. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 15 2018.

Sherbournieae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae and contains 54 species in 4 genera. Its representatives are found in tropical and southern Africa.[1]
Genera

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

Atractogyne Pierre (2 sp)
Mitriostigma Hochst. (5 sp)
Oxyanthus DC. (34 sp)
Sherbournia G.Don (13 sp)

Synonyms

Afrohamelia Wernham = Atractogyne
Amaralia Welw. ex Hook.f. = Sherbournia
Megacarpha Hochst. = Oxyanthus

References

"World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 1 April 2016.
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.
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.