Rhigospira
| Rhigospira | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Genus: | Rhigospira Miers |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhigospira quadrangularis (Müll.Arg.) Miers | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Rhigospira is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1849. The genus contains only one known species, Rhigospira quadrangularis, native to northwestern South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, NW Brazil).[1][2]
- formerly placed in the genus[1]
- Rhigospira paucifolia (Müll.Arg.) Miers = Macoubea guianensis Aubl.
- Rhigospira reticulata (A.DC.) Miers = Macoubea guianensis Aubl.
- Rhigospira sinuosa Miers = Macoubea guianensis Aubl.
- Rhigospira sprucei (Müll.Arg.) Miers = Macoubea sprucei (Müll.Arg.) Markgr.
- Rhigospira ternstroemiacea (Müll.Arg.) Miers = Neocouma ternstroemiacea (Müll.Arg.) Pierre
- Rhigospira venulosa Miers = Spongiosperma macrophyllum (Müll.Arg.) Zarucchi
References
- 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
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