Riocreuxia

<i>Riocreuxia</i>

Riocreuxia

Genus of plants

Riocreuxia is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae, and named in honour of the botanical illustrator Alfred Riocreux (1820-1912). It was first described as a genus in 1844 [1][2] and is native to Africa.[3]

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Species

Species from the Plant List[4]

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References

  1. [1]
    Decaisne, Joseph. 1844. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 8: 640 in Latin
  2. [2]
    Tropicos, genus Riocreuxia
  3. [3]
    Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
  4. [4]
    The Plant List, genus Riocreuxia


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