Rochefortia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Boraginaceae
Subfamilia: Ehretioideae
Genus: Rochefortia
Species: R. acanthophora – R. bahamensis – R. barloventensis – R. cubensis – R. cuneata – R. lundellii – R. oblongata – R. spinosa – R. stellata
Name

Rochefortia Sw., Prodr. [O. P. Swartz] 4, 53. (1788) et Fl. Ind. Occ. 1: 551. t. 11. (1797)

Type species: Rochefortia cuneata Sw., Prodr. [O. P. Swartz] 54. (1788)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Diplostylis H.Karst. & Triana

References

Swartz, O. 1788. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum seu Prodromus 4, 53.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Rochefortia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Oct. 11. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Rochefortia. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 10 2020.
Irimia, R-E. & Gottschling, M. 2016. Taxonomic revision of Rochefortia Sw. (Ehretiaceae, Boraginales). Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e7720. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e7720. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Rochefortia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Oct. 11.

Vernacular names

Rochefortia is a genus of flowering plants in family Boraginaceae.

Its species are native to North America, the Caribbean, and/or South America.
Species

Species include:

Rochefortia acanthophora (syn: Ehretia acanthophora) − (DC.) Griseb. — Greenheart ebony.
Rochefortia acrantha − Urb.
Rochefortia brasiliensis − Willd. ex Schult.
Rochefortia cubensis − Britton & P.Wilson.
Rochefortia cuneata − Sw.
Rochefortia cuneata subsp. bahamensis − (Britton) G. Klotz
Rochefortia lundellii − Camp.
Rochefortia spinosa − (Jacq.) Urb. — Espino.