Chiococca

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Milkberry
Chiococca alba.jpg
Chiococca alba
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Cinchonoideae
Tribe: Chiococceae
Genus: Chiococca
P.Browne
Type species
Chiococca alba
Synonyms

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[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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.
  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. Vol. 1. Boca Raton, New York, Washington DC, London: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2675-2.
  8. ^ "Genus Chiococca". Taxonomy. UniProt. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
  9. ^ Manns U, Bremer B (2010). "Towards a better understanding of intertribal relationships and stable tribal delimitations within Cinchonoideae s.s. (Rubiaceae)" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 56 (1): 21–39. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.04.002. PMID 20382247. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-27.

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