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Appunia
Sign in to saveAppunia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1873. The genus is found from southern Mexico, Central America, and northern South America.
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GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGentianales
- FamilyRubiaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 25
- With media
- 13
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Collections
- UNEMAT, MO, NY, JBRJ, CENARGEN, UNICAMP
- Recorded in
- Brasil, Venezuela, Brazil, French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana
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Appunia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1873. The genus is found from southern Mexico, Central America, and northern South America.
==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
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