Biology:Posoqueria

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Posoqueria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found Mexico to tropical America.[1]

Cytology

The chromosome count of Posoqueria latifolia is 2n = 32, 34, or 36.[2]

Taxonomy

It was described by Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet in 1775 with Posoqueria longiflora Aubl. as the type species.[3][4]

Species

  • Posoqueria acutifolia Mart.
  • Posoqueria bahiensis Macias & L.S.Kinosh.
  • Posoqueria calantha Barb.Rodr.
  • Posoqueria chocoana C.M.Taylor
  • Posoqueria coriacea M.Martens & Galeotti
  • Posoqueria correana C.M.Taylor
  • Posoqueria costaricensis C.M.Taylor
  • Posoqueria fragrantissima Linden & André
  • Posoqueria grandiflora Standl.
  • Posoqueria grandifructa Hammel & C.M.Taylor
  • Posoqueria laevis C.M.Taylor
  • Posoqueria latifolia (Rudge) Schult.
  • Posoqueria laurifolia Mart.
  • Posoqueria longifilamentosa C.M.Taylor
  • Posoqueria longiflora Aubl.
  • Posoqueria palustris Mart.
  • Posoqueria platysiphonia Rusby
  • Posoqueria robusta Hammel & C.M.Taylor
  • Posoqueria tarairensis C.M.Taylor
  • Posoqueria trinitatis DC.
  • Posoqueria velutina Standl.
  • Posoqueria williamsii Steyerm.

References

  1. "Posoqueria in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do?plantName=Posoqueria. Retrieved April 13, 2016. 
  2. Kiehn, M., & Berger, A. (2020). Neotropical Rubiaceae: Synthesis of chromosome data from Costa Rican taxa, with insights on the systematics of the family. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 105(4), 423–458. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27098317
  3. Missouri Botanical Garden. (n.d.). Posoqueria Aubl. Tropicos. Retrieved September 17, 2025, from https://www.tropicos.org/name/40015341
  4. Aublet, Fusée. (1775). Histoire des plantes de la Guiane Françoise : rangées suivant la méthode sexuelle, avec plusieurs mémoires sur différens objects intéressans, relatifs à la culture & au commerce de la Guiane Françoise, & une notice des plantes de l’Isle-de-France ... (Vol. 1, p. 133). P. F. Didot jeune. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/362109
  • Data related to Rubiaceae at Wikispecies

Wikidata ☰ Q5551821 entry