Amaioua is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was first described by Jean Baptiste Aublet in 1775. The genus is native to tropical America from southern Mexico to Brazil, including Cuba and Trinidad.
Species
11 species are accepted:
Amaioua brevidentata Steyerm. – Venezuela, Guyana
Amaioua contracta Standl. – Amazonas (state of Brazil)
Amaioua glomerulata (Lam. ex Poir.) Delprete & C.H.Perss. – southern Mexico and Cuba to Peru and central Brazil
Amaioua guianensis Aubl. – Brazil, Perú, Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana
Amaioua intermedia Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f. – Brazil, Perú, Bolivia
Amaioua longipedicellata Delprete & J.G.Jardim – northeastern Brazil
Amaioua macrosepala C.H.Perss. & E.Méndez-Varg. – Colombia
Amaioua magnicarpa Dwyer – Panamá, Colombia
Amaioua monteiroi Standl. – Pará
Amaioua pedicellata Dwyer – Costa Rica, Panamá
Amaioua pilosa K.Schum. – eastern Brazil
