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Spermacoceae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae and contains about 1346 species in 57 genera. Its representatives are found in the tropics and subtropics.

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Spermacoceae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae and contains about 1346 species in 57 genera. Its representatives are found in the tropics and subtropics.

==Genera== Currently accepted names Agathisanthemum (5 sp.) Amphiasma (7 sp.) Amphistemon (2 sp.) Anthospermopsis (1 sp.) Arcytophyllum (18 sp.) Astiella (1 sp.) Bouvardia (51 sp.) Carajasia (1 sp.) Carterella (1 sp.) Conostomium (5 sp.) Cordylostigma (9 sp.) Crusea (15 sp.) Debia (4 sp.) Dentella (8 sp.) Dibrachionostylus (1 sp.) Dimetia (6 sp.) Diodella (12 sp.) Diodia (23 sp.) Edrastima (5 sp.) Emmeorhiza (1 sp.) Ernodea (8 sp.) Exallage (18 sp.) Galianthe (48 sp.) Gomphocalyx (1 sp.) Hedyotis (182 sp.) Hedythyrsus (3 sp.) Houstonia (24 sp.) Hydrophylax (1 sp.) Involucrella (2 sp.) Kadua (30 sp.) Kohautia (28 sp.) Lathraeocarpa (2 sp.) Lelya (1 sp.) Leptopetalum (8 sp.) Manettia (125 sp.) Manostachya (3 sp.) Mitracarpus (65 sp.) Mitrasacmopsis (1 sp.) Neanotis (34 sp.) Nesohedyotis (1 sp.) Oldenlandia (217 sp.) Oldenlandiopsis (1 sp.) Pentanopsis (2 sp.) Pentodon (2 sp.) Phylohydrax (2 sp.) Planaltina (3 sp.) Psyllocarpus (9 sp.) Richardia (16 sp.) Sacosperma (2 sp.) Schwendenera (1 sp.) Spermacoce (286 sp.) Staelia (21 sp.) Stenaria (6 sp.) Stephanococcus (1 sp.) Synaptantha (2 sp.) Tessiera (2 sp.) Thamnoldenlandia (1 sp.)

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