Augusta (plant) explained

Augusta is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.^[1] It is found in tropical Latin America from Mexico to Brazil and also in the southwestern Pacific (Fiji and New Caledonia).^[2]

Species

• Augusta austrocaledonica (Brongn.) J.H.Kirkbr. - New Caledonia
• Augusta longifolia (Spreng.) Rehder - Brazil
  • Augusta longifolia var. longifolia
  • Augusta longifolia var. parvifolia (Pohl) Delprete - Rio de Janeiro
• Augusta rivalis (Benth.) J.H.Kirkbr. - Mexico, Central America, Colombia
• Augusta vitiensis (Seem.) J.H.Kirkbr. - Fiji

External links

• Augusta in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/276149#page/162/mode/1up Johann Baptist Emanuel Pohl. 1829. Plantarum Brasiliae Icones et Descriptiones 2: 1. Augusta
2. Web site: Augusta in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae. 10 June 2014.