family Rubiaceae

noun

1. widely distributed family of mostly tropical trees and shrubs and herbs; includes coffee and chinchona and gardenia and madder and bedstraws and partridgeberry

   Synonyms

   • Rubiaceae, family Rubiaceae, madder family

   Less specific

   • asterid dicot family

   Members

   • madderwort, rubiaceous plant, Rubia, genus Rubia, Asperula, genus Asperula, Calycophyllum, genus Calycophyllum, Chiococca, genus Chiococca, Coffea, genus Coffea, genus Cinchona, genus Chinchona, Galium (more) , genus Galium, genus Gardenia, genus Genipa, genus Hamelia, Mitchella, genus Mitchella, Nauclea, genus Nauclea, Pinckneya, genus Pinckneya, Psychotria, genus Psychotria, Sarcocephalus, genus Sarcocephalus, Vangueria, genus Vangueria

   Member of

   • Rubiales, order Rubiales