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Saurauia
Saurauia is a genus of plants in the family Actinidiaceae. It comprises about over 300 species distributed in the tropics and subtropics of Asia and South and Central America. Genetic evidence and the cell biology of the group support monophyly of the genus. Monophyly of the genus is also supported by micromorphological characters and by phylogenetic analysis, although the exact evolutionary relationships of Saurauia with the other two genera of the Actinidiaceae, Actinidia and Clematoclethra, are not well understood. It is also the only extant genus within its family whose natural distribution includes areas outside of Asia (tropical South and Central America).
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Oldham's Saurauia
speciesSaurauia tristyla

Saurauia napaulensis
speciesSaurauia napaulensis

Saurauia scabrida
speciesSaurauia scabrida

Saurauia montana
speciesSaurauia montana

Saurauia yasicae
speciesSaurauia yasicae

Saurauia tomentosa
speciesSaurauia tomentosa

Saurauia ursina
speciesSaurauia ursina

Saurauia serrata
speciesSaurauia serrata

Saurauia cauliflora
speciesSaurauia cauliflora

Saurauia madrensis
speciesSaurauia madrensis

Saurauia rubens
speciesSaurauia rubens

Saurauia andreana
speciesSaurauia andreana
Saurauia oreophila
speciesSaurauia oreophila

Saurauia pedunculata
speciesSaurauia pedunculata

Saurauia selerorum
speciesSaurauia selerorum

Saurauia scabra
speciesSaurauia scabra

Saurauia roxburghii
speciesSaurauia roxburghii

Saurauia kegeliana
speciesSaurauia kegeliana

Saurauia bracteosa
speciesSaurauia bracteosa

Saurauia cuatrecasasiana
speciesSaurauia cuatrecasasiana

Saurauia brachybotrys
speciesSaurauia brachybotrys

Saurauia bullosa
speciesSaurauia bullosa

Saurauia punduana
speciesSaurauia punduana

Saurauia glabra
speciesSaurauia glabra

Saurauia rubiformis
speciesSaurauia rubiformis

Saurauia vulcani
speciesSaurauia vulcani

Saurauia amoena
speciesSaurauia amoena

Saurauia molinae
speciesSaurauia molinae

Saurauia villosa
speciesSaurauia villosa

Saurauia latibractea
speciesSaurauia latibractea

Saurauia waldheimii
speciesSaurauia waldheimii

Saurauia aspera
speciesSaurauia aspera

Saurauia rubicunda
speciesSaurauia rubicunda

Saurauia aequatoriensis
speciesSaurauia aequatoriensis
Saurauia pseudostrigillosa
speciesSaurauia pseudostrigillosa

Saurauia pulchra
speciesSaurauia pulchra

Saurauia natalicia
speciesSaurauia natalicia

Saurauia arnoldii
speciesSaurauia arnoldii
Saurauia pendula
speciesSaurauia pendula

Saurauia malayana
speciesSaurauia malayana
Saurauia prainiana
speciesSaurauia prainiana

Saurauia armata
speciesSaurauia armata
Saurauia reinwardtiana
speciesSaurauia reinwardtiana
Saurauia nudiflora
speciesSaurauia nudiflora

Saurauia isoxanthotricha
speciesSaurauia isoxanthotricha

Saurauia costata
speciesSaurauia costata
Saurauia copelandii
speciesSaurauia copelandii

Saurauia spectabilis
speciesSaurauia spectabilis

Saurauia herthae
speciesSaurauia herthae

Saurauia polyneura
speciesSaurauia polyneura
Saurauia matudae
speciesSaurauia matudae

Saurauia pittieri
speciesSaurauia pittieri
Saurauia spinuligera
speciesSaurauia spinuligera
Saurauia planchonii
speciesSaurauia planchonii

Saurauia excelsa
speciesSaurauia excelsa
Saurauia leprosa
speciesSaurauia leprosa

Saurauia pringlei
speciesSaurauia pringlei

Saurauia leucocarpa
speciesSaurauia leucocarpa
Saurauia pavonii
speciesSaurauia pavonii

Saurauia mexiae
speciesSaurauia mexiae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 143574.