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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Rubioideae |
| Tribe: | Morindeae |
| Genus: | Appunia Hook.f. |
| Type species | |
| Appunia tenuiflora (Benth.) B.D.Jacks.
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| Synonyms | |
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Appunia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1873.1 The genus is found from southern Mexico, Central America, and northern South America.2
Species
- Appunia aurantiaca (K.Krause) Sandwith - Roraima
- Appunia brachycalyx (Bremek.) Steyerm. - Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana
- Appunia calycina (Benth.) Sandwith - Guyana
- Appunia debilis Sandwith - Guyana
- Appunia guatemalensis Donn. - Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Chiapas, Tabasco, Veracruz
- Appunia longipedunculata (Steyerm.) Delprete - Colombia, Venezuela
- Appunia megalantha C.M.Taylor & Lorence - Colombia, Perú
- Appunia odontocalyx Sandwith - Bolivia
- Appunia peduncularis (Kunth) Delprete - Venezuela, Brazil
- Appunia seibertii Standl. - Panamá, Colombia Ecuador
- Appunia surinamensis (Bremek.) Steyerm. - Suriname
- Appunia tenuiflora (Benth.) B.D.Jacks. - French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Perú, northern Brazil
- Appunia triphylla Ducke - Brazil
- Appunia venezuelensis Steyerm. - Venezuela
References
References
- Joseph Dalton Hooker. 1873. Genera Plantarum 2(1): 120
- "Appunia in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 10 June 2014.