Axinaea

Axinaea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae. As of 2012, there are at least 42 species.^[2] They are small trees and shrubs. They are native to the Americas; almost all are found in the Andes.^[3]

Axinaea
Axinaea macrophylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Melastomataceae
Genus:	Axinaea Ruiz & Pav.
Synonyms[1]
Chastenaea DC.

Plants of this genus are pollinated when birds, several species of fruit-eating tanagers, consume specialized appendages on the stamens. As they grasp the nutritious appendages, a cloud of pollen is released. This has been called "puff pollination".^[4][5]

Species include:^[1]

• Axinaea affinis Cogn.
• Axinaea alata E.Cotton
• Axinaea campii E.Cotton
• Axinaea carolina-telleziae Bussmann & Paniagua
• Axinaea colombiana Lozano & Alvear
• Axinaea confusa E.Cotton
• Axinaea costaricensis Cogn.
• Axinaea crassinoda Triana
• Axinaea dentata E.Cotton
• Axinaea dependens Ruiz & Pav.
• Axinaea disrupta E.Cotton
• Axinaea fallax Gleason ex Cuatrec.
• Axinaea fernando-cabiesii Bussmann, J.A.Gruhn & A.Glenn
• Axinaea flava E.Cotton, Bussmann & P.Lozano
• Axinaea floribunda Triana
• Axinaea glandulosa Ruiz & Pav. ex D. Don
• Axinaea glauca E.Cotton & P.Lozano
• Axinaea grandifolia Triana
• Axinaea lanceolata Ruiz & Pav.
• Axinaea lawessonii E.Cotton
• Axinaea lehmannii Cogn.
• Axinaea luteynii E.Cotton
• Axinaea macrophylla Triana
• Axinaea merianiae Triana
• Axinaea mertensioides Wurdack
• Axinaea minutiflora E.Cotton
• Axinaea nitida Cogn.
• Axinaea oblongifolia (Cogn.) Wurdack
• Axinaea pauciflora Cogn.
• Axinaea pendula E.Cotton
• Axinaea pennellii Gleason
• Axinaea quitensis Benoist
• Axinaea reginae Bussmann, Gruhn & A.Glenn
• Axinaea ruizteranii Wurdack
• Axinaea sclerophylla Triana
• Axinaea scutigera Triana
• Axinaea sessilifolia Triana
• Axinaea sodiroi Wurdack
• Axinaea tomentosa Cogn.
• Axinaea wurdackii Sagást., S.J.Arroyo & E.Rodr.