Capirona
- For the South American tree with the common name capirona, see Calycophyllum spruceanum
Capirona | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Rubiaceae |
Subfamily: | Ixoroideae |
Tribe: | Condamineeae |
Genus: | Capirona Spruce |
Species: | C. decorticans |
Binomial name | |
Capirona decorticans Spruce | |
Synonyms | |
Capirona is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. The genus contains only one species, viz. Capirona decorticans, which is native to northern South America.[1] It has been reported from French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, and northern Brazil.[2]
References
- ↑ Spruce R (1859). "Capirona". Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany. 3: 200.
- ↑ "Capirona in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved June 2014. Check date values in:
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External links
- Capirona in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae
- Kew Neotropical Plants Image Database
- Shutterstock, peeling bark of the capirona tree (Capirona decorticans) in the Ecuadorian Amazon
- ALRfoto, fotos de Capirona decorticans
- Field Museum, Neotropical Herbarium Specimens
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