Guettarda
Guettarda is a plant genus in the family Rubiaceae. Most of these plants are known by the common name velvetseed.
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GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGentianales
- FamilyRubiaceae
Native toAldabra, Andaman Is., Argentina Northeast, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South
General: . The widespread species Guettarda speciosa L. is the only one known from
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Guettarda is a plant genus in the family Rubiaceae. Most of these plants are known by the common name velvetseed.
== Distribution == Most of the species are Neotropical. Twenty are found in New Caledonia and one reaches Australia. A few others are found on islands and in coastal areas of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is a tree of coastal habitats, up to in height.