Biology:Cinchonopsis

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Cinchonopsis
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Cinchonoideae
Tribe: Cinchoneae
Genus: Cinchonopsis
L.Andersson
Species:
C. amazonica
Binomial name
Cinchonopsis amazonica
(Standl.) L.Andersson
Synonyms
  • Cinchona amazonica Standl.[1]

Cinchonopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae containing the single species Cinchonopsis amazonica.[2] It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Amazon basin to the eastern slopes of the Andes.[3]

This is a tree with oppositely arranged leaves and terminal inflorescences. The white flowers have funnel-shaped corollas with five triangular lobes. The fruit is a papery cylindrical capsule. This species was separated from genus Cinchona mainly on the basis of the morphology of the flowers.[4]

References

  1. Standley, Paul Carpenter. 1931. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 8(5): 334, Cinchona amazonica
  2. Andersson, Bengt Lennart. 1995. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 82(3): 424 Cinchonopsis amazonica
  3. Cinchonopsis amazonica. Selected Rubiaceae Tribes and Genera. Tropicos.
  4. Cinchonopsis. Selected Rubiaceae Tribes and Genera. Tropicos.

Wikidata ☰ Q5769379 entry