Chimarrhis

Last updated

Chimarrhis
Chimarrhis cymosa - Bois riviere.jpg
Chimarrhis cymosa
Scientific classification Red Pencil Icon.png
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Ixoroideae
Tribe: Condamineeae
Genus: Chimarrhis
Jacq.
Type species
Chimarrhis cymosa
Synonyms

Chimarrhis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. [1] It has 15 recognized species, native to Central America, South America and the West Indies. [2]

Contents

Species

Related Research Articles

Schradera is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Martin Vahl in 1797. The genus has a wide distribution area and is found from tropical America to the Malay Archipelago. It is the only genus in the tribe Schradereae.

<i>Alseis</i> Genus of plants

Alseis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Heinrich Wilhelm Schott in 1827. The genus is native to tropical Latin America from southern Mexico to Brazil.

Remijia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Within the family, it is a member of the subfamily Cinchonoideae and the tribe Cinchoneae.

<i>Chiococca</i> Genus of flowering plants

Chiococca is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It currently holds 23 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.

Duroia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found from Costa Rica to tropical South America.

Alibertia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in tropical America. They are dioecious trees or shrubs, with white flowers and indehiscent, often fleshy fruit.

Amphidasya is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Paul Carpenter Standley in 1936. The genus is found in Central America and northern South America.

Appunia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1873. The genus is found from southern Mexico, Central America, and northern South America.

Bathysa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Carl Borivoj Presl in 1845. The genus is found from Venezuela south to Brazil and Bolivia.

Retiniphyllum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae and contains 20 species. It is the only genus in the tribe Retiniphylleae. The representatives are shrubs or small trees that grow in white sand soils in tropical South America. They are mainly distributed in the Guayana Region (Venezuela) but also occur in the Amazon Basin, the eastern Andes and central and eastern Brasil.

<i>Chomelia</i> Genus of flowering plants

Chomelia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is native to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and much of South America as far south as Argentina.

<i>Margaritopsis</i> Genus of flowering plants

Margaritopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the coffee family. The genus is found from Mexico to tropical America.

Calycophyllum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1830. The genus is found from Mexico, Central America, South America and the West Indies.

Gleasonia is a genus of plants in the Rubiaceae. There are at the present time five accepted species, all native to South America.

Diodella is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus has a wide distribution range and is found from the USA to tropical America and in tropical Africa.

Coussarea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found from southern Mexico to tropical America.

Elaeagia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found from Mexico to tropical America.

Condamineeae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae and contains about 305 species in 31 genera. Most genera are found in Central and Southern Tropical America, but a few occur in Southeast Asia.

Sipaneeae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae and contains about 43 species in 10 genera. Its representatives are found from Central to Southern Tropical America.

Ferdinandusa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae, native to the American tropics.

References

  1. Nicolaus Joseph von Jacquin. 1763. Selectarum Stirpium Americanarum Historia in qua ad Linnaeanum Systema Determinatae p 61
  2. "Chimarrhis in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae" . Retrieved 12 June 2014.