''Simira'' is a genus of

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s in the family

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. The genus was first published by French

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and botanist

Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet (November 4, 1720 – May 6, 1778) was a French pharmacist, botanist and one of the earliest botanical explorers in South America.JSTOR He was one of the first botanists to study ethnobotany in the Neotro ...

in Hist. Pl. Guiane vol.1 on page 170 in 1775. The genus is native to Mexico and in southern tropical America.

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have been isolated from various species in this genus.

Species

It contains the following

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: *'' Simira alba'' *'' Simira aristeguietae'' *'' Simira cesariana'' *'' Simira colorata'' *'' Simira cordifolia'' *'' Simira corumbensis'' *'' Simira ecuadorensis'' *'' Simira eliezeriana'' *'' Simira erythroxylon'' *'' Simira fragrans'' *'' Simira gardneriana'' *'' Simira grazielae'' *'' Simira hadrantha'' *'' Simira hatschbachiorum'' *'' Simira hexandra'' *'' Simira hirsuta'' *'' Simira ignicola'' *'' Simira klugei'' *'' Simira lezamae'' *'' Simira longifolia'' *'' Simira macrocrater'' *'' Simira maxonii'' *'' Simira mexicana'' *''

Simira mollis ''Simira'' is a genus of plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus was first published by French pharmacist and botanist Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet in Hist. Pl. Guiane vol.1 on page 170 in 1775. The genus is native to Mexico and i ...

'' *'' Simira panamensis'' *'' Simira paraensis'' *'' Simira paraguayensis'' *'' Simira pikia'' *'' Simira pilosa'' *'' Simira podocarpa'' *'' Simira rhodoclada'' *'' Simira robusta'' *'' Simira rubescens'' *'' Simira rubra'' *'' Simira salvadorensis'' *'' Simira sampaioana'' *'' Simira standleyi'' *'' Simira tinctoria'' *'' Simira walteri'' *'' Simira williamsii'' *'' Simira wurdackii''

Formerly placed here

*'' Holtonia microcarpa'' (as ''Simira goudotii'' and ''Simira myriantha'' )''Holtonia microcarpa'' (Ruiz & Pav.) C.M.Taylor
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References

Rubiaceae genera Flora of the Neotropical realm Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Rubiaceae-stub