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Axinaea
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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]

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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.
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