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Cinchoneae
The Cinchoneae are a tribe of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family containing about 125 species in 9 genera. Representatives are found from Costa Rica to southern tropical America. Species within Cinchoneae are characterized as small trees or shrubs with imbricate or valvate corolla aestivation and often dry capsular fruits. Many species contain alkaloids.
14 branches of this tribe, most-observed first
Quinine Trees
genusCinchona
Ladenbergia
genusLadenbergia
Luculia
genusLuculia
Remijia
genusRemijia
Heterophyllaea
genusHeterophyllaea
Stilpnophyllum
genusStilpnophyllum
Syringantha
genusSyringantha
Joosia
genusJoosia
Ciliosemina
genusCiliosemina
Didymochlamys
genusDidymochlamys
Cinchonopsis
genusCinchonopsis
Pimentelia
genusPimentelia
Berghesia
genusBerghesia
Maguireocharis
genusMaguireocharis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 788052.