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Coussarea
Sign in to saveCoussarea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found from southern Mexico to tropical America.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGentianales
- FamilyRubiaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,401
- With media
- 392
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Collections
- IBUNAM, UFPB, NY, CEPLAC, F, UEFS
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Brasil, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Brazil, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador
Wikidata facts
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- Coussarea albescens (DC.) Müll.Arg. (10725618106).jpg
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- Coussarea
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- Coussarea
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- Category:Coussarea
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Coussarea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found from southern Mexico to tropical America.
There are about 120 species. They are shrubs and trees with oppositely arranged leaves and large, showy white flowers with four lobes. The flowers are often fragrant.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Coussarea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.