Poraqueiba

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Metteniusaceae
Genus: Poraqueiba
Species: P. guianensis – P. paraensis – P. sericea
Name

Poraqueiba Aubl. Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 123, pl. 47. (1775)

Type species: Poraqueiba guianensis Aubl. Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 123, pl. 47. (1775)

Synonymy

Barreria Scopoli, J.A., Introd. Hist. Nat. 182 (1777)
Meisteria Scop., Introd. 124 (1777).
Bareria Juss., Dict. Sci. Nat. [F. Cuvier] 4: 61 (1806)

References

Aublet, J.B.C.F. 1775. Histoire des Plantes de la Guiane Françoise 1: 123–124, pl. 47. BHL
International Plant Names Index. 2016. Poraqueiba. Published online. Accessed: July 3 2016.
Tropicos.org 2016. Poraqueiba. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 3 July 2016.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Poraqueiba in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Poraqueiba is a genus of flowering plants in the family Metteniusaceae. It comprises 3 species native to Panama and South America.[1]
References

Grandtner, M. M.; Chevrette, Julien (2013). Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press. p. 518. ISBN 9780123969545.