Riodocea

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: Ixoroideae
Tribus: Cordiereae
Genus: Riodocea
Species: R. pulcherrima
Name

Riodocea Delprete, Brittonia 51: 17. (1999)

monotypic taxon

References

Delprete, P.G. 1999. Brittonia 51: 17.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Riodocea in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 24. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Riodocea. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 24 2019.
Persson, C. H. & Delprete, P.G. 2017. The Alibertia Group (Gardenieae-Rubiaceae) – Part 1 (Agouticarpa, Alibertia, Cordiera, Melanopsidium, Riodocea, and Stenosepala). Flora Neotropica, Monograph 119: 1–241. Organization for Flora Neotropica by The New York Botanical Garden. ISBN 978-0-89327-537-2 Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Riodocea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 Mar. 2019.

Riodocea is a genus of plants in the family Rubiaceae.[1] It includes only one known species, Riodocea pulcherrima, indigenous to the Espírito Santo region of Brazil.[2]
References

Piero G. Delprete 1999. Brittonia 51(1): 18–21, f. 1–3.
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families