''Coutarea'' is a

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s in the family

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. The genus is native to southern

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.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, ''Coutarea''
/ref> 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.''Coutarea''.
Selected Rubiaceae Tribes and Genera. Tropicos.

Species

*'' Coutarea andrei'' Standl. -

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Coutarea coutaportloides ''Coutarea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is native to southern Mexico, Central America, South America and the West Indies. These plants are woody trees and shrubs with oppositely arranged leaves and termina ...

'' C.M.Taylor - Ecuador *''

Coutarea diervilloides ''Coutarea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is native to southern Mexico, Central America, South America and the West Indies. These plants are woody trees and shrubs with oppositely arranged leaves and termina ...

'' Planch. & Linden - Colombia *''

Coutarea fuchsioides ''Coutarea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is native to southern Mexico, Central America, South America and the West Indies. These plants are woody trees and shrubs with oppositely arranged leaves and termina ...

'' C.M.Taylor - Peru *''

Coutarea hexandra ''Coutarea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is native to southern Mexico, Central America, South America and the West Indies. These plants are woody trees and shrubs with oppositely arranged leaves and termina ...

'' ( Jacq.)

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- widespread in Latin America *''

Coutarea mollis ''Coutarea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is native to southern Mexico, Central America, South America and the West Indies. These plants are woody trees and shrubs with oppositely arranged leaves and termina ...

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References

External links

''Coutarea'' in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae
Rubiaceae genera Chiococceae {{Cinchonoideae-stub