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Coptosapelteae

tribe of plants

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ5169095 ↗
Source-derived summary

Coptosapelteae is a tribe incertae sedis of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae and contains about 55 species in 2 genera. Its representatives are found in tropical and subtropical Asia. This tribe has not been placed within as subfamily of Rubiaceae, but is sister to the rest of the family.

Genera

Currently accepted names

Acranthera Arn. ex Meisn. (39 sp)

Coptosapelta Korth. (16 sp)

Synonyms:

Androtropis R.Br. ex Wall. = Acranthera

Gonyanera Korth. = Acranthera

Psilobium Jack = Acranthera

Thysanospermum Champ.

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This entry incorporates text from “Coptosapelteae” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.