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Ruagea
Ruagea is a genus of plants in the family Meliaceae. It includes nine species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Guatemala to Venezuela and Bolivia. Most species are small or medium-sized trees native to montane rain forest and cloud forest in the Andes and Central American mountains, while Ruagea glabra and R. insignis also grow in lowland rain forests.
11 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Ruagea pubescens
speciesRuagea pubescens
Ruagea glabra
speciesRuagea glabra
Ruagea hirsuta
speciesRuagea hirsuta
Ruagea tomentosa
speciesRuagea tomentosa
Ruagea insignis
speciesRuagea insignis
Ruagea subviridiflora
speciesRuagea subviridiflora
Ruagea microphylla
speciesRuagea microphylla
Ruagea beckii
speciesRuagea beckii
Ruagea ovalis
speciesRuagea ovalis
Ruagea membranacea
speciesRuagea membranacea
Ruagea raimondii
speciesRuagea raimondii
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 181276.