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Saurauia
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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).

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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

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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.