2.9. 4. Camarea A. St. - Hil., Bull. Philom.: 133. 1823.

Figs 7 L, 8 I, 10 V

= Camarea sect. Cryptolappa A. Juss., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 13: 254. 1840 ≡ Cryptolappa (A. Juss.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 88. 1891. Type species: Camarea affinis A. St. - Hil.

Type species.

Camarea ericoides A. St. - Hil.

Notes.

Camarea comprises eight currently accepted species (three threatened species; Suppl. material 1) of subshrubs endemic to savannas and campos rupestres of Bolivia, Brazil, Guyana, Paraguay, and Suriname, South America (POWO 2024). Camarea glazioviana Nied. and Camarea triphylla Mart. ex A. Juss. are listed by POWO (2024) as accepted but represent synonyms of Camarea sericea A. St. - Hil. and Camarea axillaris A. St. - Hil., respectively. Alternatively, Camarea linearifolia A. St. - Hil. is listed by POWO (2024) as a synonym of Camarea ericoides A. St. - Hil., but actually represents a distinct species. For an identification key for all species of Camarea, see Mamede (1990) and Almeida et al. (2020).