Riqueuria

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Riqueuria
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Riqueuria
Ruiz & Pav.

Riqueuria is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae. [1] It only contains one known species, Riqueuria aveniaRuiz & Pav. [1]

It is native to Peru. [1] It is found in groves or forests. [2]

The genus name of Riqueuria is in honour of Ludovico Riqueur (d. 1737), a court apothecary during the time of Philip V of Spain and was also a cultivator of exotic trees. [3] The reason for the Latin specific epithet of avenia has not been published. It was first described and published in Fl. Peruv. Prodr. on page 18 in 1794. [1] The species was published in Fl. Peruv. Vol.1 on page 70 in 1798. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Riqueuria Ruiz & Pav. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  2. David Brewster (editor) The Edinburgh Encyclopædia, Volume 4 (1832) , p. 126, at Google Books
  3. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN   978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID   187926901 . Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. "Riqueuria avenia Ruiz & Pav. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 November 2021.