Rubiaceae of the New World

By Piero Delprete and Rocio Cortés
 

POSOQUERIA Aublet

Posoqueria latifolia             Santa Catarina            Photo P. Delprete	Posoqueria longiflora     Photo C. Gracie close up of corolla with anther in two couple French Guyana
Posoqueria longiflora                 Guyana                  Photo P. Maas   Posoqueria latifolia Seedlings (left) Morro Bau, Santa Catarina Photo P. Delprete

Synonyms: Cyrtanthus Schreber, Kyrtanthus J. F. Gmelin (orth. var.); Martha F. Mueller; Posoria Rafinesque; Ramspekia Scopoli; Solena Willdenow (nom. superfl.), non Solena Loureiro (Cucurbitaceae); Stannia H. Karsten

Geographic distribution: Northern Central America (up to southern Mexico), southern Central America, northern Chocó area, southern Chocó area, West Indies, Magdalena-Llanos area, Napo-Marañón drainage, southwestern Amazon Basin, western Amazon Basin, Guayana Shield, central Amazon basin, eastern Amazon basin, Brazilian Atlantic coast, Brazilian planalto, northern Andes (above 1000 m), central Andes and southern intertropical Andes.

Number of species: 13.