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Sagotia

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Sagotia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Crotonoideae
Tribe: Codiaeae
Genus: Sagotia
Baill. 1860, conserved name, not Duchassaing & Walpers 1851 (Fabaceae)[1][2]

Sagotia is a genus of plants under the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1860.[1][3] It is native to northern South America.[4]

Species[4]
  • Sagotia brachysepala (Müll.Arg.) Secco - French Guinea, Suriname, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil
  • Sagotia racemosa Baill. - French Guinea, Suriname, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil; possibly Panama + Costa Rica
Formerly included[4]

moved to Morierina (Rubiaceae)

Names in homonym genus[2]

In 1851, Duchassaing & Walpers used the same generic name, Sagotia, to refer to a very different plant.[5] Ordinarily, the rules of nomenclature mandate that the older name should be considered legitimate, while the newer one would need to be abandoned. In this case, however, the decision was made to conserve the newer name and reject the older one. Thus the one name in the older name was changed as follows:

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