Coccocypselum herbaceum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Rubioideae
Tribus: Coussareeae
Genus: Coccocypselum
Species: Coccocypselum herbaceum

Coccocypselum herbaceum Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 68. 1775. (as Coccocipsilum herbaceum)

Homotypic
- Coccocypselum repens Sw., Prodr.: 31. 1788, nom. illeg. superfl. (Coccosipsilum repens)
- Coccocypselum brownei Desv. ex Ham., Prodr. Pl. Ind. Occid.: 17. 1825, nom. illeg. superfl. (as Coccosypsilum Brownei)
- Tontanea herbacea (Aubl.) Standl., N. Amer. Fl. 32(2): 147. 1921.

Native distribution areas:

Northern America
- Mexico
  - Mexico Southeast.
Southern America
- Central America
  - Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
- Caribbean
  - Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico.
- Northern South America
  - Guyana, Venezuela.
- Western South America
  - Colombia.

Fusée Aublet, J.B.C. 1775. Histoire des plantes de la Guiane françoise, rangées suivant la méthode sexuelle, avec plusieurs mémoires sur différens objets intéressans, relatifs à la culture & au commerce de la Guiane françoise, & une notice des plantes de l' Isle-de-France. Tome 1. Pp. I–XXIX, 30–32, 1–621. Pierre-François Didot jeune, Londres [London], Paris. BHL. Reference page.
Hamilton, G. 1825. Prodromus plantarum Indiae Occidentalis hucusque cognitarum, tam in oris Americae Meridionalis, quam in insulis Antillicis sponte crescentium, aut ibi diuturne hospitantium; nova genera et species hactenus ignotas complectens. XVI+67 pp. Treuttel et Würtz, Treuttel Jun. et Richter, Londini [London]; Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris] et Argentorati [Strasbourg]. BHL. Reference page.
Swartz, O. 1788. Nova genera & species plantarum seu Prodromus descriptionum vegetabilium, maximam partem incognitorum quae sub itinere in Indiam Occidentalem annis 1783–87 digessit Olof Swartz. M. D. X+152 pp., index. M.Swederi, Holmiae [Stockholm] etc. BHL Reference page.

Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Rubiaceae. In Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 800–852. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1 BHL Reference page. (as Coccocypselum repens)
Taylor, C.M. & Hammel, B.E. 2014. Coccocypselum. Pp. 515–518 in Taylor, C.M., Rubiaceae. In Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.), Manual de plantas de Costa Rica, Vol. VII, Dicotiledóneas (Picramniaceae–Rutaceae). Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 978-1-930723-56-6. Reference page.

International Plant Names Index. 2018. Coccocypselum herbaceum. Published online. Accessed: 31 December 2018.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Coccocypselum herbaceum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 December 31. Reference page.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Coccocypselum herbaceum.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Coccocypselum herbaceum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2018-12-31.
Hassler, M. 2018. Coccocypselum herbaceum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 December 31. Reference page.

Tropicos.org 2018. Coccocypselum herbaceum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 December 2018.
USDA NRCS PLANTS Profile
Tropicos.org: Flora Mesoamericana: Coccocypselum herbaceum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 December 2018.

The name Coccocypselum repens has also been applied to Coccocypselum lanceolatum.