Simira Explained

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 in southern tropical America.

Secondary metabolites have been isolated from various species in this genus.^[1]

Species

It contains the following species:^[2]

• 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 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)^[3]

Notes and References

1. Moreira . Vinicius F. . Vieira . Ivo J.C. . Braz-Filho . Raimundo . Chemical Constituents and Biological Activities of Simira Genus: A Contribution to the Chemotaxonomic of Rubiaceae Family . The Natural Products Journal . 2014 . 4 . 4 . 290–298. 10.2174/2210315505666141211225600 .
2. Web site: Simira Aubl. Plants of the World Online Kew Science. 27 April 2024. Plants of the World Online. en.
3. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:3304997-4 Holtonia microcarpa (Ruiz & Pav.) C.M.Taylor