Seguieria

Seguieria is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Petiveriaceae.

Its native range is southern America. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil (northern, north-east, southern, south-east and west-central), Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad, Tobago and Venezuela.

The genus name of Seguieria is in honour of Jean-François Séguier (1703–1784), a French archaeologist, epigraphist, astronomer and botanist from Nîmes. It was first described and published in Iter Hispan. on page 191 in 1758.

Known species
According to Kew:
 * Seguieria aculeata Jacq.
 * Seguieria americana L.
 * Seguieria brevithyrsa H.Walter
 * Seguieria langsdorffii Moq.
 * Seguieria macrophylla Benth.
 * Seguieria paraguayensis Morong