Augusta (plant)
| Augusta | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Ixoroideae |
| Genus: | Augusta Pohl |
| Type species | |
| Augusta lanceolata (synonym of Augusta longifolia var. longifolia)[1] Pohl | |
Augusta is a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family.[2] It is found in tropical Latin America from Mexico to Brazil and also in the southwestern Pacific (Fiji and New Caledonia).[3]
Species
- Augusta austrocaledonica (Brongn.) J.H.Kirkbr. - New Caledonia
- Augusta longifolia (Spreng.) Rehder - Brazil
- Augusta longifolia var. longifolia
- Augusta longifolia var. parvifolia (Pohl) Delprete - Rio de Janeiro
- Augusta rivalis (Benth.) J.H.Kirkbr. - Mexico, Central America, Colombia
- Augusta vitiensis (Seem.) J.H.Kirkbr. - Fiji
References
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Johann Baptist Emanuel Pohl. 1829. Plantarum Brasiliae Icones et Descriptiones 2: 1. Augusta
- ↑ "Augusta in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved June 2014. Check date values in:
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