Coutarea
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cinchonoideae |
| Tribe: | Chiococceae |
| Genus: | Coutarea Aubl. |
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Coutarea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.[1] The genus is native to southern Mexico, Central America, South America and the West Indies.[2]
These plants are woody trees and shrubs with oppositely arranged leaves and terminal inflorescences. The large, showy flowers are white, pink, red, or purplish, sometimes with whitish or greenish markings. The fruit is a woody, flattened capsule containing seeds with large wings.[3]
Species[]
- Standl. - Ecuador, Peru
- C.M.Taylor - Ecuador
- Planch. & Linden - Colombia
- C.M.Taylor - Peru
- (Jacq.) K.Schum. - widespread in Latin America
- Cham. - Brazil
References[]
- ^ Aublet, Jean Baptiste Christophe Fusée. 1775. Histoire des Plantes de la Guiane Françoise 1: 314, t. 122
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Coutarea
- ^ Coutarea. Selected Rubiaceae Tribes and Genera. Tropicos.
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- Rubiaceae genera
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