Lagetta

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Lagetta lintearia - Curtis' 76 (Ser. 3 no. 6) pl. 4502 (1850).jpg | image_caption = ''Lagetta lagetto'' | taxon = Lagetta | authority = Juss. (1789) }}

'''''Lagetta''''' is a genus of trees in the family Thymelaeaceae. It was described by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, and was published in 1789 by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck. It is found on the Caribbean islands.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b593Ss6MiK0C&dq=Lagetta&pg=PA61 |title=Addisonia: Colored Illustrations and Popular Descriptions of Plants |date=1923 |publisher=New York Botanical Garden |language=en}}</ref>

==Species== Three species are accepted.<ref name=powo>{{cite web |title=''Lagetta'' Juss. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30125446-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=16 September 2024}}</ref> *''Lagetta lagetto'' {{small|(Sw.) Nash}} *''Lagetta valenzuelana'' {{small|A.Rich.}} *''Lagetta wrightiana'' {{small|Krug & Urb.}}

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Category:Thymelaeoideae Category:Thymelaeaceae genera Category:Flora of the Caribbean Category:Taxa described in 1789 Category:Taxa named by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu