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Simira

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Simira is a genus of plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus was first published by French pharmacist and botanist Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet in Hist. Pl. Guiane vol.1 on page 170 in 1775.

Species

PHYLUM

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
FamilyAsparagaceae
Observations46

Simira es un género con 43 especies[2]​ de plantas con flores perteneciente a la familia de las rubiáceas. Es el único género de la tribu Simireae. Es nativo de México y Centro y Suramérica. Especies seleccionadas Simira aristeguietae (Steyerm.) Steyerm. (1972). Simira calderoniana (Standl.) Steyerm. (1972). Simira catappifolia (Standl.) Steyerm. (1972). Simira cesariana C.M.Taylor (2000). Simira erythroxylon (Willd.) Bremek., denominada en Venezuela aguatire[3]​ Simira rubescens (Benth.) Bremek. ex Steyerm - paraguata del Orinoco[4]​ Referencias ↑ Sinónimos en Kew ↑ Simira en PlantList ↑ Malaret, Augusto (1970). Lexicón de Fauna y Flora. Madrid: Comisión Permanente de la Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española. pp. vii + 569. ↑ Colmeiro, Miguel: «Diccionario de los diversos nombres vulgares de muchas plantas usuales ó notables del antiguo y nuevo mundo», Madrid, 1871.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
404
With media
122
Family
Rubiaceae
Collections
CAS, IBUNAM, NY, F, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), UFERSA
Recorded in
Mexico, Brazil, Peru, Perú, Brasil, Belice, Ecuador

Wikidata facts

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Parent taxon
Rubiaceae
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Simira salvadorensis.jpg
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Simira is a genus of plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus was first published by French pharmacist and botanist Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet in Hist. Pl. Guiane vol.1 on page 170 in 1775.

The genus is native to Mexico and in southern tropical America.

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