Rhigiocarya

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ranunculales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Ordo: Ranunculales

Familia: Menispermaceae
Subfamilia: Chasmantheroideae
Tribus: Burasaieae
Genus: Rhigiocarya

Name

Rhigiocarya Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, 14(80): 100(–101). 1864.

• Type species: Rhigiocarya racemifera Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, 14(80): 101. 1864.

Synonymy

• Heterotypic
  • Miersiophyton Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26(3–4): 405. 1899.
    • Type species: Miersiophyton nervosum (Miers) Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26(3–4): 406. 1899.

• Misapplied names
  • Chasmanthera sensu Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, 13(78): 486(–487). 1864, p.p. – non Chasmanthera Hochst., Flora 27(2): 21. 1844.

Overview of species

Accepted species

Rh. peltata – Rh. racemifera

Source(s) of checklist:
List based on accepted species according to African Plant Database as well as to Troupin (1962) – see references.

Names in synonymy

Miersiophyton nervosum – Rhigiocarya chevalieri – Rh. nervosa

References

• Essou, J.-P. 2006. Menispermaceae Juss. Pp. 798–803 in Akoègninou, A., Van der Burg, W.J. & Van der Maesen, L.J.G. (chief eds.), Flore analytique du Bénin. Backhuys Publishers, Cotonou & Wageningen. ISBN 90-5782-181-8. Reference page. 
• Exell, A.W. & Mendonça, F.A. 1937. 4 — Menispermaceae. Pp. 32–45 in Conspectus Florae Angolensis, Vol. 1, Fasc. 1, Ranunculaceae–Malvaceae. Ministério do Ultramar, Lisboa. Online Reference page. 
• Troupin, G. 1959. Contribution a l'étude monographique des Menispermaceae africaines IV. Menispermaceae du Congo belge et du Ruanda-Urundi. Bulletin du Jardin botanique de l'État a Bruxelles 29: 213–226. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Troupin, G. 1962. Monographie des Menispermaceae africaines. 313 pp. (Mémoires in-8vo, Nouv. sér., Tome XIII, fasc. 2.) Académie Royale des Sciences d'Outre-Mer, Classe des Sciences Naturelles et Médicales, Bruxelles. PDF (20 MB) Reference page. 
• Troupin, G. & Keay, R.W.J. 1954. 12. Menispermaceae. Pp. 66–77 in Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J., Flora of West Tropical Africa, 2nd ed., Vol. 1(1). Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations, London. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Rhigiocarya. Published online. Accessed: 21 January 2017.
• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Rhigiocarya in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2017 January 21.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Rhigiocarya in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2017-01-21.

• Tropicos.org 2017. Rhigiocarya. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 January 2017.
• African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Rhigiocarya. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 21 January 2017.