''Amaioua'' is a
genus of
flowering plants in the
family Rubiaceae. It was first described by
Jean Baptiste Aublet in 1775. The genus is native to tropical America from southern
Mexico to
Brazil, including
Cuba and
Trinidad.
Species
* ''
Amaioua brevidentata''
Steyerm.
Julian Alfred Steyermark (January 27, 1909 – October 15, 1988) was a Venezuelan American botanist. His focus was on New World vegetation, and he specialized in the family Rubiaceae.
Life and work
Julian Alfred Steyermark was born in St. Louis, ...
- Venezuela, Guyana
* ''
Amaioua contracta''
Standl. -
Amazonas (state of Brazil)
* ''
Amaioua corymbosa''
Kunth - southern
Mexico to
Brazil, including
Cuba and
Trinidad
* ''
Amaioua guianensis''
Aubl. - Brazil, Perú, Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana
* ''
Amaioua intermedia''
Mart.
Carl Friedrich Philipp (Karl Friedrich Philipp) von Martius (17 April 1794 – 13 December 1868) was a German botanist and explorer.
Life
Martius was born at Erlangen, the son of Prof Ernst Wilhelm Martius, court apothecary.
He graduated PhD f ...
ex Schult. & Schult.f.
Julius Hermann Schultes (4 February 1804 in Vienna – 1 September 1840 in Munich) was an Austrian botanist from Vienna. He co-authored volume 7 of the Roemer & Schultes edition of the ''Systema Vegetabilium'' with his father Josef August S ...
- Brazil, Perú, Bolivia
* ''
Amaioua magnicarpa''
Dwyer - Panamá, Colombia
* ''
Amaioua monteiroi''
Standl. -
Pará
* ''
Amaioua pedicellata''
Dwyer - Costa Rica, Panamá
* ''
Amaioua pilosa''
K.Schum. - eastern Brazil
References
External links
''Amaioua'' in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae
Rubiaceae genera
Cordiereae
Flora of Central America
Flora of South America
Flora of the Caribbean
Neotropical realm flora
Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Christian Fusée-Aublet
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