Potameia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Magnoliids
Ordo: Laurales

Familia: Lauraceae
Tribus: Cryptocaryeae
Genus: Potameia
Species: P. micrantha – P. microphylla – P. nitens – P. obovata – P. obtusifolia – P. resonjo – P. reticulata – P. rubra – P. salicifolia – P. thouarsiana – P. thouarsii – P. tomentella – P. vaccinifolia – P. velutina
Name

Potameia Thouars Gen. Nov. Madagasc. 5. (1806)

Type species: Potameia thouarsii Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg. (ed. 15 bis) 3: 476. (1818)

Note: This circumscription only includes those combinations accepted in the Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Madagascar, see Tropicos for the synonymy of others found outside Madagascar.
References

Thouars, L.-M. A. du Petit- 1806. Genera Nova Madagascariensia 5.
African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Potameia. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
International Plant Names Index. 2016. Potameia. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 21 2016. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2016. Potameia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Sept. 2016. Reference page.

Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Madagascar: Potameia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Sept. 2016.
Potameia is a genus of plant in laurel family (Lauraceae). It contains 23 species, which are native to Madagascar (22 species) or Thailand (1 species).[1]
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

Potameia Thouars Plants of the World Online, Kew Science. Accessed 24 August 2022.