Augusta (plant)

Augusta is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.^[2] It is found in tropical Latin America from Mexico to Brazil and also in the southwestern Pacific (Fiji and New Caledonia).^[3]

Augusta
Augusta longifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Ixoroideae
Tribe:	Augusteae
Genus:	Augusta Pohl
Type species
Augusta lanceolata (synonym of Augusta longifolia var. longifolia)[1] Pohl

Species

• Augusta austrocaledonica (Brongn.) J.H.Kirkbr. - New Caledonia
• Augusta longifolia (Spreng.) Rehder - Brazil
  • Augusta longifolia var. longifolia
  • Augusta longifolia var. parvifolia (Pohl) Delprete - Rio de Janeiro
• Augusta rivalis (Benth.) J.H.Kirkbr. - Mexico, Central America, Colombia
• Augusta vitiensis (Seem.) J.H.Kirkbr. - Fiji