Biology:Coccoloba cereifera

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Short description: Plant species in the genus Coccoloba

Coccoloba cereifera
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Coccoloba
Species:
C. cereifera
Binomial name
Coccoloba cereifera
Schwacke

Coccoloba cereifera is a rare species of flowering plant in the knotweed or buckwheat family Polygonaceae. The species is restricted to a single mountain, the Serra do Cipó, in southern Brazil . The species is notable for its expression of a trioecious sexual system.[1][2][3]

References

  1. Silva, Celice; Oliva, Marco; Vieira, Milene; Fernandez, Geraldo (2008). "Trioecy in Coccoloba cereifera schwacke (polygonaceae), a narrow endemic and threatened tropical species". Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology 51 (5): 1003–1010. doi:10.1590/S1516-89132008000500017. 
  2. Cruzan, Mitchell B. (2018-09-11) (in en). Evolutionary Biology: A Plant Perspective. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190882686. https://books.google.com/books?id=nzRtDwAAQBAJ&q=Coccoloba+cereifera&pg=PA298. 
  3. Moreira, Rennan (2010). "Spatial genetic structure of Coccoloba cereifera (Polygonaceae), a critically endangered microendemic species of Brazilian rupestrian fields". Conservation Genetics 11 (4): 1247–1255. doi:10.1007/s10592-009-9953-6. 

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