Pavetteae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae and contains about 624 species in 9 genera. Its representatives are found from the tropics and subtropics of the Old World and the southern Pacific region.
Genera Currently accepted names
Cladoceras Bremek. (1 sp.) Coptosperma Hook.f. (21 sp.) Exallosperma (1 sp.)De Block P, Rakotonasolo F, Ntore S, Razafimandimbison SG, Janssens S (2018) Four new endemic genera of Rubiaceae (Pavetteae) from Madagascar represent multiple radiations into drylands. PhytoKeys 99: 1-66. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.99.23713 Helictosperma (2 sp.) Leptactina Hook.f. (19 sp.) Nichallea Bridson (1 sp.) Paracephaelis Baill. (4 sp.) Pavetta L. (358 sp.) Pseudocoptosperma (1 sp.) Robbrechtia De Block (2 sp.) Rutidea DC. (21 sp.) Tarenna Gaertn. (191 sp.) Tulearia (2 sp.)
Synonyms
Acmostigma Raf. = Pavetta Baconia DC. = Pavetta Bonatia Schltr. & K.Krause = Tarenna Camptophytum Pierre ex A.Chev. = Tarenna Canthiopsis Seem. = Tarenna Chomelia L. = Tarenna Coleactina N.Hallé = Leptactina Crinita Houtt. = Pavetta Cupi Adans. = Tarenna Dictyandra Welw. ex Hook.f. = Leptactina Enterospermum Hiern = Coptosperma Exechostylus K.Schum. = Pavetta Flemingia W.Hunter = Tarenna Pavate Adans. = Pavetta Santalina Hiern = Coptosperma Verulamia DC. ex Poir. = Pavetta Wahlenbergia Blume = Tarenna Webera Schreb. = Tarenna Zygoon Hiern = Coptosperma
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