''Ossaea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family
Melastomataceae. There are about 90 species distributed from
Mexico to
South America and the
Caribbean
The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Se ...
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[Goldenberg, R., & Reginato, M. (2009)]
New species of ''Behuria'', ''Miconia'', and ''Ossaea'' (Melastomataceae) from eastern Brazil.
''The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society'', 293-301.
Species include:
* ''
Ossaea boekei''
* ''
Ossaea incerta''
* ''
Ossaea palenquensis''
* ''
Ossaea sparrei''
References
Melastomataceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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