Sipaneeae

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: Sipaneeae
Genera: Chalepophyllum – Dendrosipanea – Limnosipanea – Maguireothamnus – Neblinathamnus – Neobertiera – Pteridocalyx – Sipanea – Sipaneopsis – Steyermarkia
Name

Sipaneeae Bremek. Recueil Trav. Bot. Néerl. 31: 252. (1934)

Type genus: Sipanea Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 147 (t. 56). (1775)

References

Bremekamp, C.E.B. 1934. Recueil des Travaux Botaniques Néerlandais 31: 252.
Delprete, P.G. & Cortés-B, R. 2004. A Phylogenetic Study of the Tribe Sipaneeae (Rubiaceae, Ixoroideae), Using trnL-F and ITS Sequence Data. Taxon 53(2): 347-356. DOI: 10.2307/4135613 Paywall. ResearchGate Open access. 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.

Sipaneeae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae and contains about 43 species in 10 genera. Its representatives are found from Central to Southern Tropical America.[1]
Genera

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

Chalepophyllum Hook.f. (1 sp) - Guyana, Venezuela
Dendrosipanea Ducke (2 sp) - Southern Venezuela, Northern Brazil
Limnosipanea Hook.f. (3 sp) - Panama to Southern Tropical America
Maguireothamnus Steyerm. (2 sp) - Guyana, Venezuela (+ Northern Brazil?)
Neblinathamnus Steyerm. (2 sp) - Venezuela, Northern Brazil
Neobertiera Wernham (4 sp) - French Guiana, Guyana
Pteridocalyx Wernham (2 sp) - Guyana
Sipanea Aubl. (19 sp) - Trinidad to Central & Southern Tropical America
Sipaneopsis Steyerm. (7 sp) - Colombia, Southern Venezuela, Northern Brazil
Steyermarkia Standl. (1 sp) - South-Eastern Mexico, Guatemala

Synonyms

Ptychodea Willd. ex Cham. & Schltdl. = Sipanea
Sipania Seem. = Limnosipanea
Virecta L.f. = Sipanea

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.