Biology:Chiococca

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants


Chiococca is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.[1] It currently holds 23 species that are native to Florida, Texas , Mexico, Central America, much of South America, the West Indies, and the islands of Galápagos and Fernando de Noronha.[2][3][4]

The type species for the genus is Chiococca alba.[5] It ranges from Florida to Paraguay and is cultivated as an ornamental.[6]

Systematics

Chiococca was named by Patrick Browne in 1756.[1] The generic name is derived from the Greek words χιών (chion), meaning "snow" and κόκκος (kokkos), meaning "kernel" or "berry".[7]

Chiococca is a member of the tribe Chiococceae.[8] Within the tribe, it is closely related to Bikkia.[9]

Species

  • Chiococca alba (L.) Hitchc. - Florida, Texas , Bermuda, Mexico, Central America, much of South America, the West Indies, and the Galápagos
  • Chiococca auyantepuiensis Steyerm. - Venezuela
  • Chiococca belizensis Lundell - Southern Mexico (Tabasco, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Veracruz), Central America, Colombia
  • Chiococca caputensis Lorence & C.M.Taylor - Panamá
  • Chiococca coriacea M.Martens & Galeotti - México (Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Quintana Roo)
  • Chiococca cubensis Urb. - Cuba
  • Chiococca filipes Lundell - Central America, México (Chiapas)
  • Chiococca henricksonii M.C.Johnst. - México (Coahuila)
  • Chiococca insularis (Ridley) C.M.Taylor & M.R.V. Barbosa - Fernando de Noronha, Brazil [4]
  • Chiococca lucens Standl. & Steyerm. - Venezuela (Sororopán-tepui)
  • Chiococca motleyana Borhidi - Belize, Guatemala, México
  • Chiococca multipedunculata Steyerm. - Guyana
  • Chiococca naiguatensis Steyerm. - Venezuela
  • Chiococca nitida Benth.
    • Chiococca nitida var. amazonica Müll.Arg. - Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil
    • Chiococca nitida var. chimantensis Steyerm. - Venezuela (Bolívar)
    • Chiococca nitida f. cordata (Cowan) Steyerm. - Guyana
    • Chiococca nitida var. nitida - French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil , Paraguay
  • Chiococca oaxacana Standl. - Mexico (Tamaulipas, Morelos, Puebla, Oaxaca)
  • Chiococca pachyphylla Wernham - Mexico (from Nuevo León to Chiapas), Central America, Colombia
  • Chiococca petrina Wiggins - Mexico (Sonora)
  • Chiococca phaenostemon Schltdl. - Southern Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Veracruz, Guerrero), Central America
  • Chiococca plowmanii Delprete - Brazil (Bahia)
  • Chiococca rubriflora Lundell - Mexico (Chiapas), Guatemala
  • Chiococca semipilosa Standl. & Steyerm. - Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua)
  • Chiococca sessilifolia Miranda - Mexico (Veracruz, Chiapas)
  • Chiococca steyermarkii Standl. - Guatemala
  • Chiococca stricta Correll - Bahamas


References

  1. Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Browne, Patrick. 1756. Civil and Natural History of Jamaica in Three Parts 164, Chiococca
  2. Mabberley DJ (2008). Mabberley's Plant Book (3rd ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-82071-4. 
  3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Chiococca
  4. Jump up to: 4.0 4.1 Figueira, Maurício; Schindler, Bianca; Jardim, Jomar G.; Barbosa, Maria Regina de V. (2020-10-30). "Rediscovery of Chiococca insularis (Ridley) C.M.Taylor & M.R.V. Barbosa (Rubiaceae), a species presumed extinct, on the island of Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Brazil". Check List 16 (5): 1407–1413. doi:10.15560/16.5.1407. ISSN 1809-127X. https://checklist.pensoft.net/article/56383/. 
  5. Chiococca In: Index Nominum Genericorum. In: Regnum Vegetabile (see External links below).
  6. Anthony J. Huxley, Mark Griffiths, and Margot Levy (editors). 1992. The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. The Macmillan Press Limited, London; The Stockton Press, New York. ISBN:978-0-333-47494-5 (set)
  7. Quattrocchi U (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names. 1. Boca Raton, New York, Washington DC, London: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2675-2. 
  8. "Genus Chiococca". Taxonomy. UniProt. https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/25066. Retrieved 2009-12-11. 
  9. "Towards a better understanding of intertribal relationships and stable tribal delimitations within Cinchonoideae s.s. (Rubiaceae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56 (1): 21–39. 2010. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.04.002. PMID 20382247. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20110927023612/http://www.bergianska.se/pub/publikationer/Manns/Manns_Bremer_2010.pdf. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2963804 entry