Ruagea
| Ruagea | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Meliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Melioideae |
| Genus: | H.Karst. |
| Species | |
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Ruagea is a genus of plants in the family Meliaceae.[1] It includes nine species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Guatemala to Venezuela and Bolivia.[2] Most species are small or medium-sized trees native to montane rain forest and cloud forest in the Andes and Central American mountains, while Ruagea glabra and R. insignis also grow in lowland rain forests.[3]
Species
Nine species are accepted.[2]
- Ruagea glabra Triana & Planch.
- Ruagea hirsuta (C.DC.) Harms
- Ruagea insignis (C.DC.) T.D.Penn.
- Ruagea membranacea W.Palacios
- Ruagea microphylla W.Palacios
- Ruagea ovalis (Rusby) Harms
- Ruagea pubescens H.Karst.
- Ruagea subviridiflora (C.DC.) Harms
- Ruagea tomentosa Cuatrec.
References
- ^ "Ruagea H.Karst". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
- ^ a b "Ruagea H.Karst". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ Blanca M Rojas-Andrés, Yuliia Lihanova, Terence D Pennington, Alexandra N Muellner-Riehl, Phylogenetics of the Andean tree genus Ruagea (Meliaceae): implications for taxonomy, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 201, Issue 4, April 2023, Pages 443–454, https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boac068