Monotypic Rubiaceae genera

Burchellia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. Burchellia bubalina, which is endemic to southern Africa: the Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal and the Northern Provinces in South Africa, and Eswatini. It is commonly known as wild pomegranate (English) or wildegranaat (Afrikaans).

Strumpfia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. Strumpfia maritima, which is found from southern Florida to northern Venezuela. Strumpfia maritima is also the only species in the tribe Strumpfieae. It is an evergreen shrub of coastal areas that rarely exceeds in height. Pride of Big Pine is a common name. Strumpfia was named by Nicolaus Jacquin in 1760 in his compilation entitled Enumeratio Systematis Plantarum. It was named for Christopher Strumpf, professor of chemistry and botany at Hall, in Magdeburg, and editor of Carl

Sherardia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, Sherardia arvensis, the (blue) field madder, which is widespread across most of Europe and northern Africa as well as southwest and central Asia (from Turkey to Saudi Arabia to Kazakhstan) and Macaronesia (Canary Islands, Azores, Madeira, Savage Islands). It is also reportedly naturalized in Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, Kerguelen, Ethiopia, Sudan, southern Africa, Mexico, Costa Rica, South America, Bermuda, Cuba, Haiti and much of Canada and the United States (especially the Paci

Crossopteryx is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. Crossopteryx febrifuga, which is found in tropical and southern Africa.

Nernstia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Ignatz Urban in 1923.

Dibrachionostylus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. Dibrachionostylus kaessneri, which is endemic to Kenya.

Phyllomelia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae. It includes a single species, Phyllomelia coronata, a shrub or tree endemic to Cuba.

Cladoceras is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. Cladoceras subcapitatum, which is endemic to eastern Kenya and Tanzania.

Breonadia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by in 1975. The genus contains only one species, viz. Breonadia salicina, which is found in tropical and southern Africa from Mali and Benin east to Ethiopia, south to South Africa, as well as Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Madagascar.

Wittmackanthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, Wittmackanthus stanleyanus, which is found in Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Guyana.

Schizomussaenda is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae. The only species is Schizomussaenda henryi.

Dunnia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. Dunnia sinensis, which is endemic to Guangdong. The '''''Dunnia's''''' survival is threatened due to the presence of humans. Humans' have populated and exploited their natural habitats, along streams and hillsides at low altitudes, to the point of only five isolated habitats being all that's left.

Cosmocalyx is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. Cosmocalyx spectabilis, which is found in Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala.

Gomphocalyx is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. Gomphocalyx herniarioides, which is endemic to Madagascar.

Trailliaedoxa is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. Trailliaedoxa gracilis, which is endemic to south-central China. It is also the only species in the tribe Trailliaedoxeae.

Boholia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Elmer Drew Merrill in 1926. The genus contains only one species, viz. Boholia nematostylis, which is native to Sumatra and the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia and the Philippines.

Oldenlandiopsis (creeping-bluet) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is monospecific, comprising only one species, Oldenlandiopsis callitrichoides. This species had previously been placed in Hedyotis or in Oldenlandia. It is native to the West Indies, southern Mexico, and Central America. It is naturalized elsewhere, including Florida, Hawaii, South America, and tropical Africa.

Siemensia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae. It only contains one known species, Siemensia pendula (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Urb.

Chapelieria is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. Chapelieria madagascariensis, which is endemic to Madagascar.

Serissa japonica is a species of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is the sole species in genus Serissa. It is native to open sub-tropical woodlands and wet meadows in southeast Asia, from India, and China to Japan. It is commonly called the snowrose, tree of a thousand stars, or Japanese boxthorn. Snowrose and tree of a thousand stars are different cultivars. The only method of differentiating is measuring the difference in the shape and size of the flowers produced.

Scyphiphora is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is the only genus in the tribe Scyphiphoreae. The genus contains only one species, viz. Scyphiphora hydrophylacea, which has a large distribution range from India, to tropical Asia and the western Pacific. It is a shrub of about and is often found in mangrove forests or sandy beaches.

Fergusonia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. Fergusonia zeylanica, which is only found in southern India and western Sri Lanka.

Chalepophyllum is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The single species, Chalepophyllum guyanense, occurs in Guyana and southern Venezuela.

Lamprothamnus zanguebaricus is a species of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae. It is the sole species in genus Lamprothamnus. It is a shrub or tree native to eastern Africa, ranging from southern Somalia to Kenya and Tanzania.

Dolichodelphys is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, Dolichodelphys chlorocrater, which is found in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

Dioicodendron is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. Dioicodendron dioicum, which is found from western South America to northwestern Venezuela.

Gardeniopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. Gardeniopsis longifolia, which is found in Thailand, Borneo, Malaysia, and Sumatra.

Landiopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae. It only contains one known species, Landiopsis capuronii.

Temnocalyx is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was originally described by Walter Robyns in 1928 and contained five species. Since then most of these species have been made synonym and currently only one species name remains valid, i.e. Temnocalyx nodulosa. The species is endemic to southwestern Tanzania.

Hedstromia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae. It only contains one species, Hedstromia latifolia.

Pomax is a genus of flowering plants in the coffee family, Rubiaceae. Pomax umbellata, found in Australia, is the sole species of the genus. The genus was created in 1830, by the Swiss taxonomist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, and published in his Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis. Pomax umbellata was first described as Opercularia umbellata by Joseph Gaertner in 1788. but was transferred to the genus, Pomax by Daniel Solander in 1834.

Stichianthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae. The only species is Stichianthus minutiflorus.

Jackiopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by in 1979. The genus contains only one species, viz. Jackiopsis ornata, which is found in Borneo, Malaysia and Sumatra. It is also the only species in the tribe Jackieae.

Dioecrescis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. Dioecrescis erythroclada, which is native to India, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Hydrophylax is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus the Younger in 1782. The genus contains only one species, Hydrophylax maritima, which is found in India, Sri Lanka and Thailand.

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Glionnetia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. Glionnetia sericea, which is endemic to Mahé and Silhouette Island in the Seychelles. The species thrives mainly on high ridges in the mountains and it does not seem to grow well at lower altitudes. Glionnetia sericea is a small flower with paniculate terminal inflorescences and it has capsules that are dispersed by wind.

Carterella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. Carterella alexanderae, which is endemic to Baja California Sur in Mexico. It grows on steep slopes in the mountains.

Durringtonia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. Durringtonia paludosa, which is endemic to Australia (northeastern New South Wales and southeastern Queensland).

Picardaea is a genus of plant in the family Rubiaceae. Picardaea haitiensis is the only member of this genus and endemic to the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean. It is listed as endangered in the red list of the Dominican Republic but is not currently assessed by the IUCN.

Duperrea is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. Duperrea pavettifolia, which is native to Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Nesohedyotis is a genus of flowering plants endemic to the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean. It in the family Rubiaceae (the family that includes coffee).

Blepharidium is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. Blepharidium guatemalense, which is native to Guatemala, Honduras and southern Mexico (Chiapas, Campeche, Tabasco). Older works might mention two species (viz. B. guatemalense and B. mexicanum).

Stylosiphonia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae. The only species is Stylosiphonia glabra.

Emmeorhiza is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. Emmeorhiza umbellata, which is found from northern Trinidad to tropical South America.

Nodocarpaea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae. It contains a single species, Nodocarpaea radicans, a subshrub endemic to Cuba.

Clarkella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. Clarkella nana, which is native to India, China, Uttarakhand, the Western Himalayas, Burma and Thailand.

Gillespiea is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. Gillespiea speciosa, which is endemic to the island of Vanua Levu in Fiji.

Acrobotrys is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Karl Moritz Schumann and Kurt Krause in 1908. The sole species is Acrobotrys discolor, which is endemic to Colombia.

Capirona is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. Capirona decorticans, which is native to northern South America. It has been reported from French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and northern Brazil.

Eosanthe is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. Eosanthe cubensis, which is endemic to Sierra Cristal National Park, in Cuba.

Jovetia is a monotypic genus of plants in the family Rubiaceae. It contains only one currently accepted species, Jovetia humilis, endemic to Madagascar.

Aidiopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The type species was Aidiopsis forbesii but this is now considered a synonym of Aidiopsis orophila. It is native to Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, Java and the Andaman Islands.

Paragenipa lancifolia is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Rubiaceae. It is a shrub or tree endemic to the Seychelles. It is the sole species in genus Paragenipa.

Nematostylis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, i.e. Nematostylis anthophylla, which is endemic to Madagascar.

Bothriospora is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. Bothriospora corymbosa, native to Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and northern Brazil.

Diyaminauclea is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. Diyaminauclea zeylanica, which is endemic to Sri Lanka.

Coryphothamnus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. Coryphothamnus auyantepuiensis, which is endemic to southern Venezuela.

Preussiodora is a genus of plants in the family Rubiaceae. It contains only one species, Preussiodora sulphurea, native to central Africa (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, and the islands in the Gulf of Guinea).

Diacrodon is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. Diacrodon compressus, which is endemic to northeastern Brazil.