Augusta (plant)
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''Augusta'' is a
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of
flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
s in the
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Rubiaceae Rubiaceae () is a family (biology), family of flowering plants, commonly known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family. It consists of terrestrial trees, shrubs, lianas, or herbs that are recognizable by simple, opposite leaves with Petiole ( ...
.Johann Baptist Emanuel Pohl. 1829. Plantarum Brasiliae Icones et Descriptiones 2: 1. ''Augusta''
/ref> It is found in tropical
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and also in the southwestern
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and
New Caledonia New Caledonia ( ; ) is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, southwest of Vanuatu and east of Australia. Located from Metropolitan France, it forms a Overseas France#Sui generis collectivity, ''sui generis'' collectivity of t ...
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Species

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Augusta austrocaledonica ''Augusta austrocaledonica'' is a plant species native to New Caledonia New Caledonia ( ; ) is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, southwest of Vanuatu and east of Australia. Located from Metropolitan France, it forms a ...
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New Caledonia New Caledonia ( ; ) is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, southwest of Vanuatu and east of Australia. Located from Metropolitan France, it forms a Overseas France#Sui generis collectivity, ''sui generis'' collectivity of t ...
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Augusta longifolia ''Augusta longifolia'' is a plant species native to Brazil. References

Augusteae Plants described in 1935 Flora of Brazil {{Ixoroideae-stub ...
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**''Augusta longifolia'' var. ''longifolia'' **''Augusta longifolia'' var. ''parvifolia'' (
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Augusta rivalis ''Augusta rivalis'' is a plant species native to Mexico, Central America and Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in Nort ...
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,
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Augusta vitiensis ''Augusta rivalis'' is a plant species native to Fiji Fiji, officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists of ...
'' ( Seem.) J.H.Kirkbr. -
Fiji Fiji, officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists of an archipelago of more than 330 islands—of which about ...


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''Augusta'' in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae
Rubiaceae genera Augusteae Flora of Central America {{Ixoroideae-stub