Coccochondra

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Rubioideae
Tribus: Psychotrieae
Genus: Coccochondra
Species: C. carrenoi – C. durifolia – C. laevis – C. phelpsiana
Name

Coccochondra Rauschert, Taxon 31: 561. (1982)

Type species: Coccochondra laevis (Steyerm.) Rauschert, Taxon 31: 561 (1982)

Synonyms

Replaced synonym
Chondrococcus Steyerm., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 23: 403. (1972) nom. illeg. hom. non Chondrococcus Kütz. (1847) Rhodophyceae - Rhizophyllidaceae

References

Rauschert, S. 1982. Taxon 31: 561.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Coccochondra in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Mar. 1. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Coccochondra. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 1 2020.
Taylor, C.M. 2011. The genus Coccochondra (neotropical Rubiaceae) expanded. Plant Ecology and Evolution 144(1): 115-118. Open access DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2011.460 Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Coccochondra. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Mar. 1.
Tropicos.org: Rubiaceae: Coccochondra. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Mar. 1.

Coccochondra is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are four species native to the Guayana Highlands of northern South America.[1]

These plants are low shrubs with tough leaves, small inflorescences of funnel-shaped flowers, and raphides in their tissues.[1]

Species

Coccochondra carrenoi (Steyerm.) C.M.Taylor
Coccochondra durifolia (Standl.) C.M.Taylor
Coccochondra laevis (Steyerm.) Rauschert
Coccochondra laevis subsp. laevis
Coccochondra laevis subsp. maigualidae J.H.Kirkbr.
Coccochondra phelpsiana (Steyerm.) C.M.Taylor

References

Coccochondra. Selected Rubiaceae Tribes and Genera. Tropicos.

External links

Coccochondra in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae

Further reading

Taylor, C. M. (2011). The genus Coccochondra (neotropical Rubiaceae) expanded. Plant Ecology and Evolution, 144(1), 115–118.