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How many genera and species are in the madder family Rubiaceae?
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Gentianales
Great yellow gentian (Gentiana lutea) plants in bloom.
The Rubiaceae family, commonly known as the madder family, is a member of the Gentianales order. It consists of 611 genera and more than 13,150 species of flowering plants, which are distributed primarily throughout the tropics.1