Rivina

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Petiveriaceae
Genus: Rivina
Species: R. bengalensis – R. humilis
Name

Rivina L. Sp. Pl. 1: 121. (1753)

Type species: Rivina humilis L. Sp. Pl. 1: 121. (1753)

References

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 121. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2017. Rivina. 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. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2017 May 10. Reference page.
Hernández-Ledesma, P., Berendsohn, W. G., Borsch, T., Mering, S. v., Akhani, H., Arias, S., Castañeda-Noa, I., Eggli, U., Eriksson, R., Flores-Olvera, H., Fuentes-Bazán, S., Kadereit, G., Klak, C., Korotkova, N., Nyffeler R., Ocampo G., Ochoterena, H., Oxelman, B., Rabeler, R. K., Sanchez, A., Schlumpberger, B. O. & Uotila, P. 2015. A taxonomic backbone for the global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Willdenowia 45(3): 281–383. DOI: 10.3372/wi.45.45301 Open access Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Rivina. Published online. Accessed: May 10 2017.
Tropicos.org 2017. Rivina. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 May 2017.
Rivina is a genus of flowering plants in the family Petiveriaceae.[3] The name honors German botanist Augustus Quirinus Rivinus (1652-1723).[4]

Selected species

Rivina brasiliensis Nocca
Rivina humilis L. – Pigeonberry (American tropics and subtropics)

Formerly placed here

Trichostigma octandrum (L.) H.Walter (as R. octandra L.)[5]

References

"Genus: Rivina L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2004-03-12. Retrieved 2010-02-08.
"Rivina L." Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2010-02-08.
Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 105–20. doi:10.1111/boj.12385.
Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names. Vol. 4 R-Z. Taylor & Francis US. pp. 2322–2323. ISBN 978-0-8493-2678-3.
"GRIN Species Records of Rivina". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-11-29.