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Guettarda
Sign in to saveGuettarda is a plant genus in the family Rubiaceae. Most of these plants are known by the common name velvetseed.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGentianales
- FamilyRubiaceae
General: . The widespread species Guettarda speciosa L. is the only one known from
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,479
- With media
- 454
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Collections
- IBUNAM, CICY, YPM, LL, INECOL, MICH
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Peru, Honduras, Colombia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Rubiaceae
- Named after
- Jean-Étienne Guettard
- Image
- Guettardia2.jpg
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- Guettarda
- taxon common name
- 海岸桐属
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Encyclopedic overview
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Guettarda is a plant genus in the family Rubiaceae. Most of these plants are known by the common name velvetseed.
== Distribution == Most of the species are Neotropical. Twenty are found in New Caledonia and one reaches Australia. A few others are found on islands and in coastal areas of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is a tree of coastal habitats, up to in height.
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