Augusta

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Ixoroideae
Tribus: Augusteae
Genus: Augustea
Species: A. austrocaledonica – A. longifolia – A. rivalis – A. vitiensis
Name

Augusta Pohl, Pl. Bras. Icon. Descr. 2: 1. (1828), nom. et typ. cons.

Type species: Augusta longifolia (Spreng.) Rehder, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935: 364. (1935)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Schreibersia Pohl, Flora 8: 183. (1825), nom. nud.
Augustea DC., Prodr. 4: 404. (1830), orth. var.
Bonifacia Silva Manso ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 216. (1840)
Siphonia Benth., Pl. Hartw.: 84 (1841), nom. illeg.
Lindenia Benth., Hooker's Icon. Pl. 5: t. 476. (1842)

Homonyms

Augusta Leandro, Denkschr. Königl. Akad. Wiss. München 7: 235. (1819)

References

Pohl, J.B.E. 1820. Plantarum Brasiliae Icones et Descriptiones 2: 1.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Augusta in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 22. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Augusta. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 22 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Augusta. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Mar. 2019.
Tropicos.org: Rubiaceae: Augusta. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 22.

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

Augusta austrocaledonica (Brongn.) J.H.Kirkbr. - New Caledonia
Augusta longifolia (Spreng.) Rehder - Brazil
Augusta longifolia var. longifolia
Augusta longifolia var. parvifolia (Pohl) Delprete - Rio de Janeiro
Augusta rivalis (Benth.) J.H.Kirkbr. - Mexico, Central America, Colombia
Augusta vitiensis (Seem.) J.H.Kirkbr. - Fiji

References

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