Aragoa

Genus of flowering plants

Aragoa
Aragoa cupressina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Tribe: Plantagineae
Genus: Aragoa
Kunth (1819)
species[1]

19; see text

Aragoa is a genus of woody perennials native to the páramo of Colombia and north-western Venezuela. It classified as the sister taxon to Littorella and Plantago, all of which are now classified in the family Plantaginaceae.[2][3] It is found at elevations above about 3000 m.[2]

Species

19 species are accepted.[1]

  • Aragoa abietina Kunth
  • Aragoa abscondita Fern.Alonso
  • Aragoa castroviejoi Fern.Alonso
  • Aragoa × chingacensis Fern.Alonso
  • Aragoa cleefii Fern.Alonso
  • Aragoa corrugatifolia Fern.Alonso
  • Aragoa cundinamarcensis Fern.Alonso
  • Aragoa cupressina Kunth
  • Aragoa × diazii Fern.Alonso
  • Aragoa dugandii Romero
  • Aragoa funckii Fern.Alonso
  • Aragoa × funzana Fern.Alonso
  • Aragoa hammenii Fern.Alonso
  • Aragoa × jaramilloi Fern.Alonso
  • Aragoa kogiorum Romero
  • Aragoa lucidula S.F.Blake
  • Aragoa lycopodioides Benth. ex Oliver
  • Aragoa occidentalis Pennell
  • Aragoa parviflora Fern.Alonso & Castrov.
  • Aragoa perez-arbelaeziana Romero
  • Aragoa picachensis Fern.Alonso
  • Aragoa romeroi Fern.Alonso
  • Aragoa tamana Fern.Alonso

References

  1. ^ a b Aragoa Kunth. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b Ronald K. Hoggard; Paul J. Kores; Mia Molvray; Gloria D. Hoggard; David A. Broughton (2003). "Molecular systematics and biogeography of the amphibious genus Littorella (Plantaginaceae)". American Journal of Botany. 90 (3): 429–435. doi:10.3732/ajb.90.3.429. PMID 21659136.
  3. ^ Bello, M. A.; Chase, M. W.; Olmstead, R. G.; Rønsted, N.; Albach, D. (2002). "The Paramo Endemic Aragoa Is the Sister Genus of Plantago (Plantaginaceae; Lamiales): Evidence from Plastid rbcL and Nuclear Ribosomal ITS Sequence Data". Kew Bulletin. 57 (3): 585–597. doi:10.2307/4110987. JSTOR 4110987.
Taxon identifiers
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