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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Meliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Melioideae |
| Genus: | Ruagea H.Karst. |
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Ruagea is a genus of plants in the family Meliaceae.1 It includes nine species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Guatemala to Venezuela and Bolivia.2 Most species are small or medium-sized trees native to montane rain forest and cloud forest in the Andes and Central American mountains, while Ruagea glabra and R. insignis also grow in lowland rain forests.3
Species
Nine species are accepted.2
- Ruagea glabra Triana & Planch.
- Ruagea hirsuta (C.DC.) Harms
- Ruagea insignis (C.DC.) T.D.Penn.
- Ruagea membranacea W.Palacios
- Ruagea microphylla W.Palacios
- Ruagea ovalis (Rusby) Harms
- Ruagea pubescens H.Karst.
- Ruagea subviridiflora (C.DC.) Harms
- Ruagea tomentosa Cuatrec.
References
References
- "Ruagea H.Karst". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
- "Ruagea H.Karst". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- Blanca M Rojas-Andrés, Yuliia Lihanova, Terence D Pennington, Alexandra N Muellner-Riehl, Phylogenetics of the Andean tree genus Ruagea (Meliaceae): implications for taxonomy, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 201, Issue 4, April 2023, Pages 443–454, https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boac068