Guettarda

Contains 2 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Guettarda L.
RUBIACEAE
VELVETSEED
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Classification
GENTIANALES
Guettarda
Citation
GUETTARDA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 991. 1753.
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TYPE: Guettarda speciosa Linnaeus
Distribution Map Present

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Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Guettarda elliptica HAMMOCK VELVETSEED Native FACU (NWPL)
Guettarda scabra ROUGH VELVETSEED Native FAC (NWPL)
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
G. elliptica
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
G. scabra
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