Pagamea

Pagamea
Pagamea guianensis showing superior ovary
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
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

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.