Chiococca

Chiococca
Chiococca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Cinchonoideae
Tribe: Chiococceae
Genus: Chiococca
P.Browne
Type species
Chiococca alba
(L.) Hitchc.[1]
Species

6 species. See text.

Synonyms

Siphonandra Turcz.[2]

Chiococca is a genus of flowering plants in the coffee family, Rubiaceae. It comprises six species.[3] They are native to Florida and the neotropics.[4]

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

Chiococca was named by Patrick Browne in 1756.[7][8] The generic name is derived from the Greek words[9] χιών (chion), meaning "snow" and κόκκος (kokkos), meaning "kernel" or "berry."[10][11][12]

Chiococca is a member of the tribe Chiococceae.[13] Within the tribe, it is closely related to Bikkia.[14]

Species

References

  1. ^ "Chiococca P. Browne". TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40007077. Retrieved 2009-12-11. 
  2. ^ "Chiococca P.Browne". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1994-09-07. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?2474. Retrieved 2009-12-11. 
  3. ^ Chiococca At: World Checklist of Rubiaceae At: Kew Gardens Website. (see External links below).
  4. ^ David J. Mabberley. 2008. Mabberley's Plant-Book third edition (2008). Cambridge University Press: UK. ISBN 978-0-521-82071-4
  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. ^ Chiococca in International Plant Names Index. (see External links below).
  8. ^ Patrick Browne. 1756. The Civil and Natural History of Jamaica, first edition: page 164. (see External links below).
  9. ^ Hammer, Roger L. (2004). Florida Keys Wildflowers: A Field Guide to Wildflowers, Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of the Florida Keys. Globe Pequot. p. 104. ISBN 9780762725694. http://books.google.com/books?id=ai97pkgIH5MC&dq. 
  10. ^ "Chiococca". Wordnik. http://www.wordnik.com/words/Chiococca. Retrieved 2009-12-11. 
  11. ^ "Etymology of the Latin word Chiococca". myEtymology.com. http://www.myetymology.com/latin/Chiococca.html. Retrieved 2009-12-11. 
  12. ^ Umberto Quattrocchi. 2000. CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names volume I. CRC Press: Boca Raton; New York; Washington,DC;, USA. London, UK. ISBN 978-0-8493-2675-2 (vol. I). (see External links below).
  13. ^ "Genus Chiococca". Taxonomy. UniProt. http://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/25066. Retrieved 2009-12-11. 
  14. ^ Ulrika Manns and Birgitta Bremer. 2010. "Towards a better understanding of intertribal relationships and stable tribal delimitations within Cinchonoideae s.s. (Rubiaceae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56(1):21-39. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.04.002
  15. ^ Grandtner, Miroslav M. (2005). Elsevier's Dictionary of Trees. 1. Elsevier. pp. 195–196. ISBN 9780444517845. http://books.google.com/books?id=yjc5ZYWtkNAC. 

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