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Augusta (plant)

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Augusta
Augusta longifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Ixoroideae
Tribe: Augusteae
Genus: Augusta
Pohl
Type species
Augusta lanceolata (synonym of Augusta longifolia var. longifolia)[1]

Augusta is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.[2] It is found in tropical Latin America from Mexico to Brazil and also in the southwestern Pacific (Fiji and New Caledonia).[3]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Johann Baptist Emanuel Pohl. 1829. Plantarum Brasiliae Icones et Descriptiones 2: 1. Augusta
  3. ^ "Augusta in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 10 June 2014.
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