Posoqueria latifolia
| Posoqueria latifolia | |
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| On Bastimentos Island, Panama | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Posoqueria |
| Species: | P. latifolia
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| Binomial name | |
| Posoqueria latifolia (Rudge) Schult.
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Posoqueria latifolia, also known as Needle Flower Tree, is a species of shrub or tree in the family Rubiaceae native to the region spanning from Mexico to tropical South America. Its most remarkable feature is the floral tube of the white flower, which is only 2 or 3 mm wide, but up to 17 cm (6.7 in) long. It is pollinated by a sphinx moth.