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Matourea
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Matourea

Matourea is a genus in the family Plantaginaceae. It includes nine species native to tropical South America and Nicaragua. The name Matourea refers to the town of Matoury (French Guiana).

It is the correct name for former genus Achetaria that contained ten species.

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9 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Brazilian Snapdragon

speciesMatourea azurea

Matourea pratensis

speciesMatourea pratensis

Matourea erecta

speciesMatourea erecta

Matourea crenata

speciesMatourea crenata

Matourea latifolia

speciesMatourea latifolia

Matourea ocymoides

speciesMatourea ocymoides

Matourea platychila

speciesMatourea platychila

Matourea scutellarioides

speciesMatourea scutellarioides

Matourea caparaoensis

speciesMatourea caparaoensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1443673.