Riodocea is a genus of plants in the family Rubiaceae.[1] It includes only one known species, Riodocea pulcherrima, indigenous to the Espírito Santo region of Brazil.[2]
Riodocea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Rubiaceae |
Subfamily: | Ixoroideae |
Tribe: | Cordiereae |
Genus: | Riodocea Delprete |
Species: | R. pulcherrima
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Binomial name | |
Riodocea pulcherrima Delprete
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References
edit- ^ Piero G. Delprete 1999. Brittonia 51(1): 18–21, f. 1–3.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families