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Pagamea

Pagamea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae, native to northern South America. Shrubs or small trees, they are specialists in the Amazonian white-sand forests.

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Pagamea
Pagamea guianensis showing superior ovary
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Rubioideae
Tribe: Gaertnereae
Genus: Pagamea
Aubl.1
Species

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Pagamea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae, native to northern South America.2 Shrubs or small trees, they are specialists in the Amazonian white-sand forests.3

Species

Currently accepted species include:2

  • Pagamea acrensis Steyerm.
  • Pagamea anisophylla Standl. & Steyerm.
  • Pagamea aracaensis B.M.Boom
  • Pagamea capitata Benth.
  • Pagamea coriacea Spruce ex Benth.
  • Pagamea diceras Steyerm.
  • Pagamea duckei Standl.
  • Pagamea dudleyi Steyerm.
  • Pagamea duidana Standl. & Steyerm.
  • Pagamea guianensis Aubl.
  • Pagamea harleyi Steyerm.
  • Pagamea hirsuta Spruce ex Benth.
  • Pagamea jauaensis Steyerm.
  • Pagamea macrophylla Spruce ex Benth.
  • Pagamea magniflora Steyerm.
  • Pagamea montana Gleason & Standl.
  • Pagamea pauciflora Standl. & Steyerm.
  • Pagamea pilosa (Standl.) Steyerm.
  • Pagamea plicata Spruce ex Benth.
  • Pagamea plicatiformis Steyerm.
  • Pagamea puberula Steyerm.
  • Pagamea sessiliflora Spruce ex Benth.
  • Pagamea spruceana Vicent. & E.M.B.Prata
  • Pagamea standleyana Steyerm.
  • Pagamea thyrsiflora Spruce ex Benth.
  • Pagamea velutina Steyerm.
References

References

  1. Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 112 (1775)
  2. "Pagamea Aubl". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Archived from the original on 17 April 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  3. Prata, Eduardo M B.; Sass, Chodon; Rodrigues, Doriane P.; Domingos, Fabricius M C B.; Specht, Chelsea D.; Damasco, Gabriel; Ribas, Camila C.; Fine, Paul V A.; Vicentini, Alberto (2018). "Towards integrative taxonomy in Neotropical botany: Disentangling the Pagamea guianensis species complex (Rubiaceae)". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 188 (2): 213–231. doi:10.1093/botlinnean/boy051.