''Sagotia'' is a
genus of
plants under the
family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1860.
[Tropicos, Sagotia Baill.]
/ref> It is native to northern South America.[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
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;Species[
*'' Sagotia brachysepala'' (Müll.Arg.) Secco - French Guinea, Suriname, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil
*'' Sagotia racemosa'' ]Baill.
Henri Ernest Baillon was a French botanist and physician. He was born in Calais on 30 November 1827 and died in Paris on 19 July 1895.
Baillon spent his professional life as a professor of natural history, and he published numerous works on ...
- French Guinea, Suriname, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil; possibly Panama + Costa Rica
;Formerly included[
moved to '']Morierina
''Thiollierea'' is a genus of shrubs in the family Rubiaceae
The Rubiaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family. It consists of terrestrial trees, shrubs, lianas, or herbs that are recog ...
'' (Rubiaceae)
*''Sagotia gardenioides - Morierina montana'' ( Rubiaceae)
;Names in homonym genus[Tropicos, ''Sagotia'' Duchassaing & Walpers ]
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In 1851, Duchassaing & Walpers used the same generic name, ''Sagotia'', to refer to a very different plant.Duchassaing de Fontbressin, Édouard Placide & Walpers, Wilhelm Gerhard . 1851. Linnaea : Ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange 23(6): 737-739
in Latin Ordinarily, the rules of nomenclature mandate that the older name should be considered legitimate, while the newer one would need to be abandoned. In this case, however, the decision was made to conserve the newer name and reject the older one. Thus the one name in the older name was changed as follows:
*''Sagotia triflora'' (L.) Duchass. & Walp. - ''Desmodium triflorum
''Grona triflora'', known as creeping tick trefoil or three-flower beggarweed, is a plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to tropical regions around the globe and introduced to subtropical regions including the southern United States.
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References
Codiaeae
Flora of South America
Euphorbiaceae genera
Taxa named by Henri Ernest Baillon
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