Aragoa

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Plantaginaceae
Tribus: Plantagineae
Genus: Aragoa
Species: A. abietina – A. abscondita – A. castroviejoi – A. cleefii – A. corrugatifolia – A. cundinamarcensis – A. cupressina – A. dugandii – A. funckii – A. hammenii – A. kogiorum – A. lucidula – A. lycopodioides – A. occidentalis – A. parviflora – A. perez-arbelaeziana – A. picachensis – A. romeroi – A. tamana

Nothospecies: A. × chingacensis – A. × diazii – A. × funzana – A. × jaramilloi
Name

Aragoa Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 3: 154. (1819)
Type species: Aragoa cupressina Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 3: 156, pl. 216. (1819)

References

Kunth, C.S. (1819) Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (quarto ed.) 3: 154.
Bello, M.A., Chase, M.W., Olmstead, R.G., Rønsted, N. & Albach, D. (2002) The Páramo 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.
The Plant List 2013. Aragoa in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2914 Sept. 24.
Tropicos.org 2014. Aragoa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 Sept. 2014.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Aragoa. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 24 2014.

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.[1][2] It is found at altitudes above about 3000 m.[1]
References

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.
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.