{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Achetaria azurea at Kadavoor.jpg | image_caption = ''Matourea azurea'' | taxon = Matourea | authority = Aubl. (1775) | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 9; see text | subdivision_ref = <ref name = powo>{{Cite web|title=''Matourea'' Aubl. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:37805-1|access-date=15 May 2024|website=Plants of the World Online|language=en}}</ref> |synonyms = *''Achetaria'' {{small|Cham. & Schltdl. (1827)}} *''Beyrichia'' {{small|Cham. & Schltdl. (1828)}} *''Otacanthus'' {{small|Lindl. (1864)}} *''Tetraplacus'' {{small|Radlk. (1885)}} |synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo/> }}
thumb|right '''''Matourea''''' is a genus in the family Plantaginaceae. It includes nine species native to tropical South America and Nicaragua.<ref name = powo/> The name ''Matourea'' refers to the town of Matoury (French Guiana).
It is the correct name for former genus ''Achetaria''<ref name="Colletta">{{Cite journal |language=en |author1=G. D. Colletta |author2=A. V. Scatigna |author3=V. C. Souza |year=2020 |title=Assessment of Matourea pratensis (Plantaginaceae: Gratioleae) reveals an older name for Achetaria |journal=Taxon |volume=69 |issue=6 |pages=1354–1360 |doi=10.1002/tax.12293 }}</ref> that contained ten species.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Achetaria Cham. & Schltdl. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science|url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:330770-2|access-date=2020-09-25|website=Plants of the World Online|language=en}}</ref>
==Species== Nine species are accepted.<ref name = powo/> {{div-col}} * ''Matourea azurea'' <small>(Linden) Colletta & V.C. Souza</small> * ''Matourea caparaoensis'' <small>(Brade) Colletta & V.C. Souza</small> * ''Matourea crenata'' <small>(Ronse & Philcox) Colletta & V.C. Souza</small> * ''Matourea erecta'' <small>(Spreng.) Colletta & V.C. Souza</small> (= ''Achetaria bicolor'' <small>Pennell</small>) * ''Matourea latifolia'' <small>(V.C. Souza) Colletta & V.C. Souza</small> * ''Matourea ocymoides'' <small>(Cham. & Schltdl.) Colletta & V.C. Souza</small> * ''Matourea platychila'' <small>(Radlk.) Colletta & V.C. Souza</small> * ''Matourea pratensis'' <small>Aubl.</small> * ''Matourea scutellarioides'' <small>(Benth.) Colletta & V.C. Souza</small> (= ''Achetaria guianensis'' <small>Pennell</small>) {{div-col-end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Catalogue of Life |id=7PNKW |title=''Matourea'' Aubl. |option= |access-date=7 December 2021 }} * {{GBIF |id=7331948 |taxon=Matourea |accessdate=7 December 2021 |mode=cs1 }} * {{Tropicos|40014820|Matourea|Aubl. }} * {{uBIO|8670439|''Matourea'' Aubl., 1775 }}
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Category:Plantaginaceae Category:Plantaginaceae genera Category:Flora of Southern America Category:Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet
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