Contains 2 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Guettarda L.
VELVETSEED
Classification
GENTIANALES
Guettarda
Citation
GUETTARDA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 991. 1753.
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TYPE: Guettarda speciosa Linnaeus
Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Guettarda elliptica HAMMOCK VELVETSEED Native FACU (NWPL)
Guettarda scabra ROUGH VELVETSEED Native FAC (NWPL)
[Family identification key]
1.  Upper surface of leaf blade not scabrous, the trichomes not bullate, secondary and tertiary venation prominulous or slightly impressed on; tertiary venation flat or slightly prominulous on leaf blade underside, sparse to moderately covered in trichomes and the surface visible; leaf blade usually <4 cm long
1.  Upper surface of leaf blade scabrous, the trichomes bullate at the base, secondary and tertiary venation often impressed; tertiary venation prominent on leaf blade underside, densely pubescent and obscuring the surface; leaf blade usually >3 cm long
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Cadamba Cadamba Sonnerat, Voy. Indes Orient. 2: 228, pl. 128. 1782. TYPE: Cadamba jasminiflora Sonnerat 1782.
Dicrobotryum Dicrobotryum Willdenow ex Schultes, in Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg. 5: xiii, 221. 1819. TYPE: Dicrobotryum divaricatum Willdenow ex Schultes
Donkelaaria Donkelaaria Lemaire, Ill. Hort. 2: 72, f. 4. 1855. TYPE: Donkelaaria dichotoma Lemaire
Edechia Edechia Loefling, Iter Hispan. 259, 271, 306. 1758. TYPE: Non designatus.
Halesia Halesia P. Browne, Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica 205. 1756, nom. rej. vs. Halesia Ellis ex Linnaeus 1759. TYPE: Guettarda argentea Lamarck
Laugieria Laugieria Jacquin, Enum. Syst. Pl. 2, 16. 1760. TYPE: Laugieria odorata Jacquin
Matthiola Matthiola Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1192. 1753, nom. rej. vs. Matthiola R. Brown 1812. TYPE: Matthiola scabra Linnaeus
Sardinia Sardinia Vellozo, Fl. Flumin. 144. 1829 ("1825"). TYPE: Sardinia bella Vellozo
Tournefortiopsis Tournefortiopsis Rusby, Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 4: 369. 1907. TYPE: Tournefortiopsis reticulata Rusby 1907.
Viviania Viviania Rafinesque, Specchio Sci. 1: 117. 1814, non Cavanilles 1804. TYPE: Viviania domingensis Rafinesque