Chicomendes rubiginosus is a species of flowering plant in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is the sole species in genus Chicomendes.[1] It is a monoecious vine with reddish-brown stems. It is endemic to Peru where it is known from a single population in lowland Amazonian rainforest near Loreto. There may be a second population in the adjacent Brazilian Amazon.[2]
| Chicomendes | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Phyllanthaceae |
| Genus: | Chicomendes W.Cordeiro & M.F.Sales |
| Species: | C. rubiginosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Chicomendes rubiginosus (Huft) W.Cordeiro, Athiê-Souza & A.L.Melo (2021)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Tragia rubiginosa Huft (1989) | |
The species was first named Tragia rubiginosa in 1989. It was placed in the monotypic genus Chicomendes in 2021.[1] The genus is named for Brazilian Amazonian environmentalist Chico Mendes, who was murdered in 1988.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c Chicomendes rubiginosus (Huft) W.Cordeiro, Athiê-Souza & A.L.Melo. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ a b de Sá Cordeiro, W.P.F., Athiê-Souza, S.M., Buril, M.T. et al. Chicomendes (Euphorbiaceae, Tragiinae): a new Amazonian genus segregated from Tragia. Plant Syst Evol 307, 46 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-021-01765-0