Chiococca
Genus of flowering plants
Chiococca genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae .[ 1] species that are native to Florida , Texas , Mexico , Central America , much of South America , the West Indies , and the islands of Galápagos and Fernando de Noronha .[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
The type species for the genus is Chiococca alba [ 5] ranges from Florida to Paraguay and is cultivated as an ornamental .[ 6]
Systematics
Chiococca was named by Patrick Browne in 1756.[ 1] generic name is derived from the Greek words χιών (chion ), meaning "snow" and κόκκος (kokkos ), meaning "kernel" or "berry".[ 7]
Chiococca is a member of the tribe Chiococceae .[ 8] related to Bikkia [ 9]
Species
Chiococca alba (L. ) Hitchc. - Florida , Texas , Bermuda , Mexico , Central America , much of South America , the West Indies , and the Galápagos Chiococca auyantepuiensis Steyerm. Venezuela Chiococca belizensis Lundell Mexico (Tabasco , Chiapas , Oaxaca , Veracruz ), Central America , Colombia Chiococca caputensis Lorence & C.M.Taylor - Panamá Chiococca coriacea M.Martens & Galeotti - México (Tamaulipas , Veracruz , Quintana Roo )Chiococca cubensis Urb. Cuba Chiococca filipes Lundell Central America , México (Chiapas )Chiococca henricksonii M.C.Johnst. - México (Coahuila )Chiococca insularis (Ridley) C.M.Taylor & M.R.V. Barbosa - Fernando de Noronha , Brazil [ 4] Chiococca lucens Standl. & Steyerm. Venezuela (Sororopán-tepui )Chiococca motleyana Borhidi Belize , Guatemala , México Chiococca multipedunculata Steyerm. Guyana Chiococca naiguatensis Steyerm. Venezuela Chiococca nitida Benth. Chiococca oaxacana Standl. Mexico (Tamaulipas , Morelos , Puebla , Oaxaca )Chiococca pachyphylla Wernham - Mexico (from Nuevo León to Chiapas ), Central America , Colombia Chiococca petrina Wiggins - Mexico (Sonora )Chiococca phaenostemon Schltdl. Mexico (Chiapas , Oaxaca , Veracruz , Guerrero ), Central America Chiococca plowmanii Delprete - Brazil (Bahia )Chiococca rubriflora Lundell Mexico (Chiapas ), Guatemala Chiococca semipilosa Standl. & Steyerm. Mexico , Guatemala , Honduras , El Salvador , Nicaragua )Chiococca sessilifolia Miranda - Mexico (Veracruz , Chiapas )Chiococca steyermarkii Standl. Guatemala Chiococca stricta Correll - Bahamas
References
^ a b Browne, Patrick. 1756. Civil and Natural History of Jamaica in Three Parts 164, Chiococca ^ Mabberley DJ (2008). Mabberley's Plant Book (3rd ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-82071-4 ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Chiococca ^ a b Figueira, Maurício; Schindler, Bianca; Jardim, Jomar G.; Barbosa, Maria Regina de V. (2020-10-30). "Rediscovery of Chiococca insularis (Ridley) C.M.Taylor & M.R.V. Barbosa (Rubiaceae), a species presumed extinct, on the island of Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Brazil" . Check List . 16 (5): 1407– 1413. doi :10.15560/16.5.1407 ISSN 1809-127X . ^ Chiococca In: Index Nominum Genericorum. In: Regnum Vegetabile (see External links below).^ Anthony J. Huxley, Mark Griffiths, and Margot Levy (editors). 1992. The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. The Macmillan Press Limited, London; The Stockton Press, New York. ISBN 978-0-333-47494-5 (set)
^ Quattrocchi U (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names . Vol. 1. Boca Raton, New York, Washington DC, London: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2675-2 ^ "Genus Chiococca " . Taxonomy . UniProt. Retrieved 2009-12-11 .^ Manns U, Bremer B (2010). "Towards a better understanding of intertribal relationships and stable tribal delimitations within Cinchonoideae s.s. (Rubiaceae)" (PDF) . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 56 (1): 21– 39. doi :10.1016/j.ympev.2010.04.002 . PMID 20382247 . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-27.
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