Ophiorrhizeae

Ophiorrhizeae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae and contains about 364 species in 4 genera. Its representatives are found from tropical and subtropical Asia to the Pacific region.^[1]

Ophiorrhizeae
Ophiorrhiza mungos
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Rubioideae
Tribe:	Ophiorrhizeae Bremek. ex Verdc.
Type genus
Ophiorrhiza L.

Genera

Currently accepted names^[1][2][3][4]

• Lerchea L. (10 sp.) - China, Vietnam, Java, Sumatra
• Neurocalyx Hook. (5 sp.) - India, Sri Lanka
• Ophiorrhiza L. (317 sp.) - tropical and subtropical Asia to the Pacific region
• Xanthophytum Reinw. ex Blume (32 sp.) - tropical and subtropical Asia to the southwestern Pacific region

Synonyms

• Codaria Kuntze = Lerchea
• Hayataella Masam. = Ophiorrhiza
• Mitreola Boehm. = Ophiorrhiza
• Mungos Adans. = Ophiorrhiza
• Notodontia Pierre ex Pit. = Lerchea
• Paedicalyx Pierre ex Pit. = Xanthophytum
• Polycycliska Ridl. = Lerchea
• Siderobombyx Bremek. = Xanthophytum
• Xanthophytopsis Pit. = Xanthophytum