Coccocypseleae (Tribe)

Overview

Taxonomy

The Tribe Coccocypseleae is a member of the Subfamily Rubioideae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Coccocypseleae:

Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
  - Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
    - Phylum: Tracheophyta Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
      - Subphylum: Euphyllophytina
        Infraphylum: Radiatopses Kenrick & Crane, 1997
        Class: Magnoliopsida Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
        Subclass: Asteridae Takhtajan, 1967
        Superorder: Gentiananae Thorne Ex Reveal, 1992
        Order: Gentianales Lindley, 1833
        Family: Rubiaceae (iks-OR-uh) A.L. de Jussieu, 1789
        Subfamily: Rubioideae
        Tribe: Coccocypseleae

The Tribe Coccocypseleae is further organized into finer groupings including:

Genus (1): Coccocypselum
Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 48 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Tribe Coccocypseleae.

Genera

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Coccocypselum

Coccocypselum is a of about 35 species of flowering plants in the family (Rubiaceae), distributed throughout the tropics of the Americas. All species of the genus Coccocypselum are herbaceous with fleshy, blue or purple fruits, and 4-petaled flowers. [more]

At least 48 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Coccocypselum.

More info about the Genus Coccocypselum may be found here.

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