Chimarrhis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.[1] It has 15 recognized species, native to Central America, South America and the West Indies.[2]

Chimarrhis
Chimarrhis cymosa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Ixoroideae
Tribe: Dialypetalantheae
Genus: Chimarrhis
Jacq.
Type species
Chimarrhis cymosa
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References

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  1. ^ Nicolaus Joseph von Jacquin. 1763. Selectarum Stirpium Americanarum Historia in qua ad Linnaeanum Systema Determinatae p 61
  2. ^ "Chimarrhis in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 12 June 2014.
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