Spermacoceae

Translingual

Spermacoce articularis, one of the Spermacoceae

Etymology

Spermacoce +‎ -eae

Proper noun

Spermacoceae

1. A taxonomic tribe within the family Rubiaceae – more than 1,200 species in about 60 genera of tropical and subtropical flowering plants.

Hypernyms

• (tribe): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Gentianales - order; Rubiaceae - family, Rubioideae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (tribe): Arcytophyllum, Crusea, Dentella, Diodia, Ernodea, Hedyotis, Houstonia, Kadua, Manettia, Mitracarpus, Oldenlandia, Opercularia, Planaltina, Richardia, Spermacoce, Staelia, Stenaria, Tessiera - selected genera

References

• Spermacoceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Spermacoceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Spermacoceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Spermacoceae at APWeb
• Spermacoceae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Spermacoceae at Tropicos
• Spermacoceae at APWeb