Rochefortia (Boraginaceae)

Rochefortia spinosa

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Boraginaceae
Subfamilia: Ehretioideae
Genus: Rochefortia
Species: R. acanthophora – R. bahamensis – R. barloventensis – R. cubensis – R. cuneata – R. lundellii – R. oblongata – R. spinosa – R. stellata

Name

Rochefortia Sw., Prodr. [O. P. Swartz] 4, 53. (1788) et Fl. Ind. Occ. 1: 551. t. 11. (1797)

• Type species: Rochefortia cuneata Sw., Prodr. [O. P. Swartz] 54. (1788)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Diplostylis H.Karst. & Triana, J.J.Triana, Nuev. Jen. Esp.: 25 (1854 publ. 1855)

References

Primary references

• 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. 
• Swartz, O. 1797. Flora Indiae occidentalis aucta atque illustrata sive descriptiones plantarum in prodromo recensitarum. Tomus I. Pp. 1-640. Erlangae [Erlangen]. BHL Reference page. 
• Irimia, R-E. & Gottschling, M. 2016. Taxonomic revision of Rochefortia Sw. (Ehretiaceae, Boraginales). Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e7720. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e7720. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Rochefortia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Oct. 11. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Rochefortia. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 10 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Rochefortia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Oct. 2020.

Vernacular names

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