Sauvagesia

Sauvagesia
Sauvagesia erecta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Ochnaceae
Subfamily: Ochnoideae
Tribe: Sauvagesieae
Genus: Sauvagesia
L. (1753)
Species

49; see text

Synonyms
  • Iron P.Browne (1756)
  • Lauradia Vand. (1788)
  • Leitgebia Eichler (1871)
  • Pentaspatella Gleason (1931)
  • Roraimanthus Gleason (1933)
  • Sauvagea L. (1758), orth. var.
  • Vausagesia Baill. (1890)
  • Sauvagia St.-Lag. (1881), orth. var.

Sauvagesia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Ochnaceae. It includes 49 species native to the tropical Americas, tropical Africa, and Madagascar.