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Ferdinandusa

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Rubiaceae

Order
  
Gentianales

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Cosmibuena, Emmeorhiza, Malanea, Pogonopus, Heterophyllaea

Ferdinandusa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae, native to the American tropics.

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Taxonomy

The genus was initially named Ferdinandea by Johann Baptist Emanuel Pohl (but that name was an illegitimate homonym) who placed it in the family Bignoniaceae.

Species

Species include:

  • Ferdinandusa boomii Steyerm.
  • Ferdinandusa chlorantha (Wedd.) Standl.
  • Ferdinandusa cordata Ducke
  • Ferdinandusa dissimiliflora (Mutis ex Humb.) Standl.
  • Ferdinandusa duckei Steyerm.
  • Ferdinandusa edmundoi Sucre
  • Ferdinandusa elliptica (Pohl) Pohl
  • Ferdinandusa goudotiana K.Schum.
  • Ferdinandusa guainiae Spruce ex K.Schum.
  • Ferdinandusa hirsuta Standl.
  • Ferdinandusa lanceolata K.Schum.
  • Ferdinandusa leucantha Standl.
  • Ferdinandusa loretensis Standl.
  • Ferdinandusa neblinensis Steyerm.
  • Ferdinandusa nitida Ducke
  • Ferdinandusa panamensis Standl. & L.O.Williams
  • Ferdinandusa paporiensis Suess.
  • Ferdinandusa paraensis Ducke
  • Ferdinandusa rudgeoides (Benth.) Wedd.
  • Ferdinandusa scandens Ducke
  • Ferdinandusa schultesii Steyerm.
  • Ferdinandusa speciosa (Pohl) Pohl
  • Ferdinandusa sprucei K.Schum.
  • Ferdinandusa uaupensis Spruce ex K.Schum.

    • References

    Ferdinandusa Wikipedia
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