Aragoa

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Aragoa cupressina.jpg

|image_caption = Aragoa cupressina

|taxon = Aragoa

|authority = Kunth (1819)

|subdivision_ranks = species

|subdivision = 19; see text

|subdivision_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:37436-1 Aragoa Kunth]. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 May 2024.

}}

Aragoa is a genus of woody perennials native to the páramo of Colombia and north-western Venezuela. It classified as the sister taxon to Littorella and Plantago, all of which are now classified in the family Plantaginaceae.{{cite journal | title = Molecular systematics and biogeography of the amphibious genus Littorella (Plantaginaceae) | author1 = Ronald K. Hoggard | author2 = Paul J. Kores | author3 = Mia Molvray | author4 = Gloria D. Hoggard | author5 = David A. Broughton | journal = American Journal of Botany | year = 2003 | volume = 90 | pages = 429–435 | doi = 10.3732/ajb.90.3.429 | issue = 3 | pmid = 21659136 | doi-access = free }}{{Cite journal | doi = 10.2307/4110987 | journal = Kew Bulletin | year = 2002 | volume = 57 | issue = 3 | last1 = Bello | first1 = M. A. | last2 = Chase | first2 = M. W. | last3 = Olmstead | first3 = R. G. | last4 = Rønsted | first4 = N. | last5 = Albach | first5 = D. | title = The Paramo Endemic Aragoa Is the Sister Genus of Plantago (Plantaginaceae; Lamiales): Evidence from Plastid rbcL and Nuclear Ribosomal ITS Sequence Data | pages = 585–597 | jstor=4110987| bibcode = 2002KewBu..57..585B }} It is found at elevations above about 3000 m.