Roucheria

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Linaceae
Subfamilia: Hugonioideae
Genus: Roucheria
Species: R. calophylla – R. columbiana – R. elata – R. laxiflora – R. monsalveae – R. punctata – R. schomburgkii – R. sipapoensis
Name

Roucheria Planch., London J. Bot. 6: 141, t. 2. (1847)

Type species: Roucheria calophylla Planch., London J. Bot. 6: 141, t. 2. (1847)

References

Planchon, J.E. 1847. London Journal of Botany 6: 141.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Roucheria in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 June 25. Reference page.
Hassler, M. June. Roucheria. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. June. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: June 25 {{{3}}}. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Roucheria. Published online. Accessed: June 25 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Roucheria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 June 2020.
Tropicos.org: Vascular Plants of the Americas: Roucheria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2020 June 25.

Roucheria is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Linaceae.[1]

Its native range is Nicaragua to southern Tropical America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil (northern, north-eastern and west-central), Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Nicaragua, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.[1]

The genus name of Roucheria is in honour of Jean-Antoine Roucher (1745–1794), a French poet.[2] It was first described and published in London J. Bot. Vol.6 on page 141 in 1847.[1]
Known species

According to Kew:[1]

Roucheria calophylla Planch.
Roucheria columbiana Hallier f.
Roucheria elata Ducke
Roucheria laxiflora H.J.P.Winkl.
Roucheria monsalveae A.H.Gentry
Roucheria schomburgkii Planch.
Roucheria sipapoensis Jardim & P.E.Berry

References

"Roucheria Planch. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
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.