Pavetteae

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.^[1]

Pavetteae
Pavetta crassicaulis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Ixoroideae
Tribe:	Pavetteae Dumort.
Type genus
Pavetta L.

Genera

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

• Cladoceras Bremek. (1 sp.)
• Coptosperma Hook.f. (21 sp.)
• Exallosperma De Block (1 sp.)^[5]
• Helictosperma De Block (2 sp.)^[5]
• Leptactina Hook.f. (19 sp.)
• Nichallea Bridson (1 sp.)
• Paracephaelis Baill. (4 sp.)
• Pavetta L. (358 sp.)
• Pseudocoptosperma De Block (1 sp.)^[5]
• Robbrechtia De Block (2 sp.)
• Rutidea DC. (21 sp.)
• Tarenna Gaertn. (191 sp.)
• Tulearia De Block (2 sp.)^[5]

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