Matourea

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Achetaria azurea at Kadavoor.jpg

| image_caption = Matourea azurea

| taxon = Matourea

| authority = Aubl. (1775)

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 9; see text

| subdivision_ref = {{Cite web|title=Matourea Aubl. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:37805-1|access-date=15 May 2024|website=Plants of the World Online|language=en}}

|synonyms =

• Achetaria {{small|Cham. & Schltdl. (1827)}}
• Beyrichia {{small|Cham. & Schltdl. (1828)}}
• Otacanthus {{small|Lindl. (1864)}}
• Tetraplacus {{small|Radlk. (1885)}}

|synonyms_ref =

}}

File:Achetaria_azurea_at_Kadavoor.jpg

Matourea is a genus in the family Plantaginaceae. It includes nine species native to tropical South America and Nicaragua. The name Matourea refers to the town of Matoury (French Guiana).

It is the correct name for former genus Achetaria{{Cite journal |language=en |author1=G. D. Colletta |author2=A. V. Scatigna |author3=V. C. Souza |year=2020 |title=Assessment of Matourea pratensis (Plantaginaceae: Gratioleae) reveals an older name for Achetaria |journal=Taxon |volume=69 |issue=6 |pages=1354–1360 |doi=10.1002/tax.12293 }} that contained ten species.{{Cite web|title=Achetaria Cham. & Schltdl. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science|url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:330770-2|access-date=2020-09-25|website=Plants of the World Online|language=en}}