Updated taxa of Rubiaceae in M and MSB

This is a list of newly updated genera and species in M and MSB. Lastly updated in October 2024 according to to World Flora Online, Plants of the World Online, Achille et al. 20061, Andersson (2000)2, Borhidi (2008)3, Kainulainen et al. 20104, Kårehed and Bremer (2007)5, Lack et al. 20216, Malcomber and Davis (2005)7, Razafimandimbison and Rydin (2024)8, Razafimandimbison et al. 20149, Wikström et al. 201310 and Zhu (2015)11.

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References

  1. Achille, F., Motley, T.J., Lowry, P.P., Jérémie, J. (2006). Polyphyly in Guettarda L. (Rubiaceae, Guettardeae) based on nrDNA ITS sequence data. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 93(1), 103-121. https://doi.org/10.3417/0026-6493(2006)93[103:PIGLRG]2.0.CO;2  
  2. Andersson, L. (2000). Peratanthe is a synonym of Nertera (Rubiaceae, Anthospermeae). Brittonia 52, 351–353 (2000). https://doi.org/10.2307/2666588
  3. Borhidi, A. (2008). Revalidation of the genus Tournefortiopsis Rusby, (Guettardeae, Rubiaceae) and a new Guettarda from Costa Rica. Acta Botanica Hungarica. 50, 61-72. https://doi.org/10.1556/ABot.50.2008.1-2.3.
  4. Kainulainen, K., Persson, C., Eriksson, T., Bremer, B. (2010). Molecular systematics and morphological character evolution of the Condamineeae (Rubiaceae)†. American Journal of Botany, 97, 1961-1981. https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1000090
  5. Kårehed, J. and Bremer, B. (2007). The Systematics of Knoxieae (Rubiaceae): Molecular Data and Their Taxonomic Consequences. Taxon. 56(4). 1051-1076. https://doi.org/10.2307/25065904  
  6. Lack, H.W., Böhme, K., Callmander, M.W. (2021). Augustin-Pyramus de Candolle’s L’Heritier Reliquiae: A volume of miscellaneous prints kept in Geneva. Candollea, 76(1), 145-165. https://doi.org/10.15553/c2021v761a15
  7. Malcomber, S.T. and Davis, A.P. (2005). Six new Gaertnera (Rubiaceae) species from Madagascar and phylogenetic analyses that support Hymenocnemis as a synonym of Gaertnera. Pp 371-397 in: Keating, R.C. Hollowell V.C. & Croat, T. (eds.) Festschrift for William G. D’Arcy: The legacy of a taxonomist. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 104. St. Louis: Missouri Botanical Garden Press.  
  8. Razafimandimbison, S.G. and Rydin, C. (2024). Phylogeny and classification of the coffee family (Rubiaceae, Gentianales): Overview and outlook. TAXON, 73, 673-717. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.13167
  9. Razafimandimbison, S.G., Taylor, C.M., Wikström, N., Pailler, T., Khodabandeh, A., Bremer, B. (2014). Phylogeny and generic limits in the sister tribes Psychotrieae and Palicoureeae (Rubiaceae): Evolution of schizocarps in Psychotria and origins of bacterial leaf nodules of the Malagasy species. American Journal of Botany. 101(7), 1102 – 1126. https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1400076  
  10. Wikström, N., Neupane, S., Kårehed, J., Motley, T.J. and Bremer, B. (2013). Phylogeny of Hedyotis L. (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae): Redefining a complex Asian–Pacific assemblage. Taxon, 62, 357-374. https://doi.org/10.12705/622.2
  11. Zhu, H. (2015). Paralasianthus (Rubiaceae), a new genus from Southeast Asia. Phytotaxa, 202(4), 273-278. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.202.4.5

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