Rhigospira

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Rauvolfioideae
Tribus: Tabernaemontaneae
Subtribus: Ambelaniinae
Genus: Rhigospira
Species: R. quadrangularis
Name

Rhigospira Miers, Apocyn. S. Amer.: 67 (1878)

monotypic taxon

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Tabernaemontana sect. Stenocephalium Müll. Arg. Fl. Bras. 6(1): 86. (1860)

References

Miers, J. 1878. On the Apocynaceae of South America 67.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Rhigospira in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Oct. 21. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Rhigospira. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 21 2017.
Tropicos.org 2017. Rhigospira. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Oct. 21.
Rhigospira is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1878 by John Miers.[2] The species, Rhigospira quadrangularis was first described as Ambelania quadrangularis by Johannes Müller Argoviensis in 1860[3] but was transferred to the genus, Rhigospira, in 1878 by John Miers.[4] The genus contains only one known species, Rhigospira quadrangularis, native to northwestern South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, NW Brazil).[5][6]

formerly placed in the genus[5]

Rhigospira paucifolia (Müll.Arg.) Miers = Macoubea guianensis Aubl.
Rhigospira reticulata (A.DC.) Miers = Macoubea guianensis Aubl.
Rhigospira sinuosa Miers = Macoubea guianensis Aubl.
Rhigospira sprucei (Müll.Arg.) Miers = Macoubea sprucei (Müll.Arg.) Markgr.
Rhigospira ternstroemiacea (Müll.Arg.) Miers = Neocouma ternstroemiacea (Müll.Arg.) Pierre
Rhigospira venulosa Miers = Spongiosperma macrophyllum (Müll.Arg.) Zarucchi

References

Miers, J. (1878). On the Apocynaceae of South America, with some preliminary remarks on the whole family. p. 269.
"Rhigospira quadrangularis (Müll.Arg.) Miers | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
Müller Argoviensis, J. (1860). C.F.P. von Martius (ed.). "Ambelanaia quadrangularis". Flora Brasiliensis. 6 (1): 18.
Miers, J. (1878). On the Apocynaceae of South America, with some preliminary remarks on the whole family. p. 68.
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.