Sipaneeae

Sipaneeae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae and contains about 43 species in 10 genera. Its representatives are found from Central to Southern Tropical America.^[1]

Sipaneeae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Ixoroideae
Tribe:	Sipaneeae Bremek.
Type genus
Sipanea Aubl.

Genera

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

• Chalepophyllum Hook.f. (1 sp) - Guyana, Venezuela
• Dendrosipanea Ducke (2 sp) - Southern Venezuela, Northern Brazil
• Limnosipanea Hook.f. (3 sp) - Panama to Southern Tropical America
• Maguireothamnus Steyerm. (2 sp) - Guyana, Venezuela (+ Northern Brazil?)
• Neblinathamnus Steyerm. (2 sp) - Venezuela, Northern Brazil
• Neobertiera Wernham (4 sp) - French Guiana, Guyana
• Pteridocalyx Wernham (2 sp) - Guyana
• Sipanea Aubl. (19 sp) - Trinidad to Central & Southern Tropical America
• Sipaneopsis Steyerm. (7 sp) - Colombia, Southern Venezuela, Northern Brazil
• Steyermarkia Standl. (1 sp) - South-Eastern Mexico, Guatemala

Synonyms

• Ptychodea Willd. ex Cham. & Schltdl. = Sipanea
• Sipania Seem. = Limnosipanea
• Virecta L.f. = Sipanea