''Potameia'' is a genus of

plant Plants are the eukaryotes that form the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic. This means that they obtain their energy from sunlight, using chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis with c ...

in laurel family (

Lauraceae Lauraceae, or the laurels, is a plant Family (biology), family that includes the bay laurel, true laurel and its closest relatives. This family comprises about 2850 known species in about 45 genus (biology), genera worldwide. They are dicotyled ...

). It contains 23 species, which are native to

Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...

(22 species) or

Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...

(1 species).

Species

* '' Potameia antevaratra'' Kosterm. - Madagascar * '' Potameia argentea'' Kosterm. - Madagascar * '' Potameia capuronii'' Kosterm. - Madagascar * '' Potameia chartacea'' Kosterm. - Madagascar * '' Potameia confluens'' van der Werff - Madagascar * '' Potameia crassifolia'' Kosterm. - Madagascar * '' Potameia eglandulosa'' Kosterm. - Madagascar * '' Potameia elliptica'' Kosterm. - Madagascar * '' Potameia incisa'' Kosterm. - Madagascar * '' Potameia micrantha'' van der Werff - Madagascar * '' Potameia microphylla'' Kosterm. - Madagascar * '' Potameia nitens'' Kosterm. - Madagascar * '' Potameia obtusifolia'' van der Werff - Madagascar * '' Potameia resonjo'' Kosterm. - Madagascar * '' Potameia reticulata'' Kosterm. - Madagascar * '' Potameia rubra'' Kosterm. - Madagascar * '' Potameia salicifolia'' Kosterm. - Madagascar * '' Potameia siamensis'' Kosterm. - Thailand * '' Potameia thouarsiana'' (Baill.) Capuron - Madagascar * '' Potameia thouarsii'' Roem. & Schult. - Madagascar * '' Potameia tomentella'' van der Werff - Madagascar * '' Potameia vacciniifolia'' Kosterm. - Madagascar * '' Potameia velutina'' Kosterm. - Madagascar

References

Lauraceae genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Flora of Madagascar Flora of Thailand Lauraceae {{Laurales-stub