{{Short description|Genus of flowering plant}} {{automatic taxobox |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Geophila |authority = D.Don |image=Geophila repens (18993972911).jpg|image_caption=''Geophila repens''|type_species ='''''Geophila reniformis''''' |type_species_authority =D. Don. |subdivision_ranks=|subdivision=|synonyms = *''Carinta'' <small>W.Wight</small> *''Geocardia'' <small>Standl.</small> }}
'''''Geophila''''' is a genus of herbs in the family Rubiaceae.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=John|first=Dwyer|date=1980|title=Flora of Panama - Rubiaceae I|journal=Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden|language=en|volume=v.67 (1980)|pages=186–187|issn=0026-6493}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Rubiaceae/Geophila/|title=Geophila — The Plant List|website=www.theplantlist.org|language=en|access-date=2018-06-03}}</ref> This genus is pantropical, as it is found in most tropical regions.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Taylor|first1=C.M.|last2=Campos|first2=Marina|last3=Zappi|first3=Daniela|date=2007|title=Flora da Reserva Ducke, Amazonas, Brasil - Rubiaceae|journal=Rodriguésia|language=pt|volume=58|issue=3|pages=571|doi=10.1590/2175-7860200758306|issn=0370-6583|doi-access=free}}</ref>
The name '''''Geophila''''' was once applied to a genus of mushrooms (defined by Lucien Quélet in 1886 with the modern ''Stropharia inuncta'' as type species), but this usage is now obsolete and illegitimate.<ref name="Index Fungorum">{{cite web |url=http://www.indexfungorum.org/Names/NamesRecord.asp?RecordID=17646 |title=''Geophila'' page |work=Species Fungorum |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Kew |access-date=2018-07-06 }}</ref>
== Species == The following species are recognized:<ref name=":1" />{{div col|colwidth=30em}} * ''Geophila afzelii'' <small>Hiern</small> * ''Geophila aschersoniana'' <small>Büttner</small> * ''Geophila cordata'' <small>Bello</small> * ''Geophila cordifolia'' <small>Miq.</small> * ''Geophila croatii'' <small>Steyerm.</small> * ''Geophila emarginata'' <small>K.Krause</small> * ''Geophila erythrocarpa'' <small>Vanth. & Dessein</small> * ''Geophila flaviflora'' <small>Aké Assi</small> * ''Geophila gracilis'' <small>(Ruiz & Pav.) DC.</small> * ''Geophila hirta'' <small>Korth.</small> * ''Geophila humifusa'' <small>King & Gamble</small> * ''Geophila ingens'' <small>Wernham</small> * ''Geophila lancistipula'' <small>Hiern</small> * ''Geophila macrocarpa'' <small>(Müll.Arg.) ined.</small> * ''Geophila macropoda'' <small>(Ruiz & Pav.) DC.</small> * ''Geophila matthewii'' <small>Ridl.</small> * ''Geophila melanocarpa'' <small>Ridl.</small> * ''Geophila minutiflora'' <small>Alain</small> * ''Geophila obvallata'' <small>Didr.</small> * ''Geophila orbicularis'' <small>(Müll.Arg.) Steyerm.</small> * ''Geophila pilosa'' <small>H.Pearson</small> * ''Geophila prancei'' <small>Steyerm.</small> * ''Geophila renaris'' <small>De Wild. & T.Durand</small> * ''Geophila repens'' <small>(L.) I.M.Johnst.</small> * ''Geophila scortechinii'' <small>King</small> * ''Geophila speciosa'' <small>K.Schum.</small> * ''Geophila tenuis'' <small>(Müll.Arg.) Standl.</small> * ''Geophila yunnanensis'' <small>H.lév.</small> * ''Geophila zollingeriana'' <small>Miq.</small> {{div col end}}
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Category:Rubiaceae genera Category:Palicoureeae Category:Taxa named by David Don
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