Richardia

Richardia

Taxobox
name = "Richardia"


image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Richardia brasiliensis"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Gentianales
familia = Rubiaceae
genus = "Richardia" L.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = About 15 species; see text

"Richardia" (Mexican-clover) is a small genus of about 15 species of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae, native to tropical to warm temperate regions of the Americas, with one species also native to Fiji in the Pacific Ocean. They are mostly annual plants, a few species being herbaceous perennial plants.

;Selected species
*"Richardia brasiliensis". Guyana and Brazil south to northern Argentina.
*"Richardia grandiflora". Brazil.
*"Richardia scabra". Southeastern United States south to Peru.
*"Richardia tricocco". Southern Louisiana and Texas south to central Mexico.

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"Richardia" Kunth non L. is a synonym of the genus "Zantedeschia" in the family Araceae.

References

* [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?10470 Germplasm Resources Information Network: "Richardia"]


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