Spermacoceae
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Spermacoce articularis, one of the Spermacoceae
Translingual
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Etymology
Spermacoce + -eae
Proper noun
Spermacoceae
- 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): Spermacoce – type genus; Arcytophyllum, Crusea, Dentella, Diodia, Ernodea, Hedyotis, Houstonia, Kadua, Manettia, Mitracarpus, Oldenlandia, Opercularia, Planaltina, Richardia, Staelia, Stenaria, Tessiera – selected other 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
