Rubiaceae

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Lady's Bedstraw (Galium verum)

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae Juss.

Type Genus

Rubia
L.

Genera

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For a full list, see: List of Rubiaceae genera

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Rubiaceae is a family of flowering plants, variously called the madder, bedstraw, or coffee family. Other common plants included here are gardenia, cinchona, partridgeberry, gambier, ixora, and noni. A number of formerly accepted families (Dialypetalanthaceae, Henriqueziaceae, Naucleaceae, and Theligonaceae) are now incorporated within the Rubiaceae following genetic research by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. As now circumscribed, there are about 600 genera and more than 10,000 species in the Rubiaceae.

[edit] Subfamilies

The genera are distributed into tribes, and these placed in one of three recognized subfamilies:

Rubioideae
- Anthospermeae
- Argostemmateae
- Coussareeae
- Craterispermeae
- Danaideae
- Gaertnereae
- Lasiantheae
- Morindeae
- Ophiorrhizeae
- Paederieae
- Perameae
- Psychotrieae
- Rubieae
- Sabiceeae
- Schradereae
- Spermacoceae
- Theligoneae
- Urophylleae
- Virectarieae

Cinchonoideae
- Calycophylleae
- Catesbaeeae
- Naucleeae
- Chiococceae
- Cinchoneae
- Condamineeae
- Coptosapelteae
- Guettardeae
- Hamelieae
- Hillieae
- Isertieae
- Mussaendeae
- Rondeletieae
- Simireae
- Exostema group

Ixoroideae
- Alberteae
- Coffeeae
- Cremasporeae
- Gardenieae
- Hippotideae
- Ixoreae
- Octotropideae
- Pavetteae
- Retiniphylleae
- Sipaneeae
- Vanguerieae