Coutarea
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| Coutarea hexandra | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cinchonoideae |
| Tribe: | Chiococceae |
| Genus: | Coutarea Aubl. |
| Type species | |
| Coutarea speciosa
(syn. of Coutarea hexandra) | |
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Coutarea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.[1] The genus is native to southern Mexico, Central America, South America and the West Indies.[2]
These plants are woody trees and shrubs with oppositely arranged leaves and terminal inflorescences. The large, showy flowers are white, pink, red, or purplish, sometimes with whitish or greenish markings. The fruit is a woody, flattened capsule, containing seeds with large wings.[3]
Species
[edit | edit source]- Coutarea andrei Standl. - Ecuador, Peru
- Coutarea coutaportloides C.M.Taylor - Ecuador
- Coutarea diervilloides Planch. & Linden - Colombia
- Coutarea fuchsioides C.M.Taylor - Peru
- Coutarea hexandra (Jacq.) K.Schum. - widespread in Latin America
- Coutarea mollis Cham. - Brazil
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Aublet, Jean Baptiste Christophe Fusée. 1775. Histoire des Plantes de la Guiane Françoise 1: 314, t. 122
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Coutarea
- ^ Coutarea. Selected Rubiaceae Tribes and Genera. Tropicos.
External links
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