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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Within Vinony's link graph, Guettarda is referenced by 32 other articles, and connects out to Australia, plant and Pacific Ocean.

It sits within the topics Botanical taxa named by Carl Linnaeus, Guettarda and Rubiaceae genera.

Its subject is documented across 19 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

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

Observations recorded37,385

General: . The widespread species Guettarda speciosa L. is the only one known from

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 1,479
With media: 454
Family: Rubiaceae
Collections: IBUNAM, CICY, YPM, LL, INECOL, MICH
Recorded in: Mexico, Peru, Honduras, Colombia

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Rubiaceae
Named after: Jean-Étienne Guettard
Image: Guettardia2.jpg

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taxon name: Guettarda
taxon rank: genus
topic's main category: Category:Guettarda
Commons category: Guettarda
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=5196
taxon common name: 海岸桐属

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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.

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