Posoqueria

Posoqueria
Posoqueria latifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Ixoroideae
Tribe:	Posoquerieae
Genus:	Posoqueria Aubl.
Type species
Posoqueria longiflora Aubl. [1]
Synonyms
Cyrtanthus Schreb. Kyrtanthus J.F.Gmel. MarthaF.J.Müll. Posoria Raf. Ramspekia Scop. Solena Lour. Stannia H.Karst. Willdenovia J.F.Gmel.

Posoqueria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found Mexico to tropical America. ^[2]

Cytology

The chromosome count of Posoqueria latifolia is 2n = 32, 34, or 36. ^[3]

Taxonomy

It was described by Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet in 1775 with Posoqueria longifloraAubl. as the type species. ^{[1] [4]}

Species

• Posoqueria acutifolia Mart.
• Posoqueria bahiensis Macias & L.S.Kinosh.
• Posoqueria calantha Barb.Rodr.
• Posoqueria chocoana C.M.Taylor
• Posoqueria coriacea M.Martens & Galeotti
• Posoqueria correana C.M.Taylor
• Posoqueria costaricensis C.M.Taylor
• Posoqueria fragrantissima Linden & André
• Posoqueria grandiflora Standl.
• Posoqueria grandifructa Hammel & C.M.Taylor
• Posoqueria laevis C.M.Taylor
• Posoqueria latifolia (Rudge) Schult.
• Posoqueria laurifolia Mart.
• Posoqueria longifilamentosa C.M.Taylor
• Posoqueria longiflora Aubl.
• Posoqueria palustris Mart.
• Posoqueria platysiphonia Rusby
• Posoqueria robusta Hammel & C.M.Taylor
• Posoqueria tarairensis C.M.Taylor
• Posoqueria trinitatis DC.
• Posoqueria velutina Standl.
• Posoqueria williamsii Steyerm.

Image gallery

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  Posoqueria latifolia tree
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  Posoqueria longiflora flower
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  "Monkey apple" from Posoqueria latifolia

References

1. Missouri Botanical Garden. (n.d.). Posoqueria Aubl. Tropicos. Retrieved September 17, 2025, from https://www.tropicos.org/name/40015341
2. "Posoqueria in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae" . Retrieved April 13, 2016.
3. Kiehn, M., & Berger, A. (2020). Neotropical Rubiaceae: Synthesis of chromosome data from Costa Rican taxa, with insights on the systematics of the family. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 105(4), 423–458. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27098317
4. Aublet, Fusée. (1775). Histoire des plantes de la Guiane Françoise : rangées suivant la méthode sexuelle, avec plusieurs mémoires sur différens objects intéressans, relatifs à la culture & au commerce de la Guiane Françoise, & une notice des plantes de l’Isle-de-France ... (Vol. 1, p. 133). P. F. Didot jeune. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/362109

• Data related to Rubiaceae at Wikispecies
• Media related to Posoqueria at Wikimedia Commons