Pagamea Explained

Pagamea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae, native to northern South America. Shrubs or small trees, they are specialists in the Amazonian white-sand forests.^[1]

Species

Currently accepted species include:^[2]

• Pagamea acrensis Steyerm.
• Pagamea anisophylla Standl. & Steyerm.
• Pagamea aracaensis B.M.Boom
• Pagamea capitata Benth.
• Pagamea coriacea Spruce ex Benth.
• Pagamea diceras Steyerm.
• Pagamea duckei Standl.
• Pagamea dudleyi Steyerm.
• Pagamea duidana Standl. & Steyerm.
• Pagamea guianensis Aubl.
• Pagamea harleyi Steyerm.
• Pagamea hirsuta Spruce ex Benth.
• Pagamea jauaensis Steyerm.
• Pagamea macrophylla Spruce ex Benth.
• Pagamea magniflora Steyerm.
• Pagamea montana Gleason & Standl.
• Pagamea pauciflora Standl. & Steyerm.
• Pagamea pilosa (Standl.) Steyerm.
• Pagamea plicata Spruce ex Benth.
• Pagamea plicatiformis Steyerm.
• Pagamea puberula Steyerm.
• Pagamea sessiliflora Spruce ex Benth.
• Pagamea spruceana Vicent. & E.M.B.Prata
• Pagamea standleyana Steyerm.
• Pagamea thyrsiflora Spruce ex Benth.
• Pagamea velutina Steyerm.

Notes and References

1. 10.1093/botlinnean/boy051 . Towards integrative taxonomy in Neotropical botany: Disentangling the Pagamea guianensis species complex (Rubiaceae) . 2018 . Prata . Eduardo M B. . Sass . Chodon . Rodrigues . Doriane P. . Domingos . Fabricius M C B. . Specht . Chelsea D. . Damasco . Gabriel . Ribas . Camila C. . Fine . Paul V A. . Vicentini . Alberto . Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society . 188 . 2 . 213–231 . free .
2. Web site: Pagamea Aubl. . . 2017 . Plants of the World Online . Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . 3 September 2020 . 17 April 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220417070333/https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:25107-1 . live .