Rhynchotheca

Rhynchotheca spinosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Geraniales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Geraniales

Familia: Francoaceae
Genus: Rhynchotheca
Species: R. spinosa

Name

Rhynchotheca Ruiz & Pav. Prodr. Pl. Cap. 82. (1794)

• monotypic taxon
  

Note: The references below place this genus in three different families; Geraniaceae Govaerts et a. (2023), Francoaceae Tropicos (2023) and syn.Vivianiaceae Hassler (2023). Also see Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016) cf. Marcussen & Meseguer (2017)

Synonyms

• Aulacostigma Turcz., Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 20: I. 149 (1847)
• Rhyncothelia Pers., Syn. 2: 92 (1807)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental:Southern America Regional: Western South America Ecuador, Peru References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Ruiz, H. & Pavon, J. 1794. Florae Peruvianae, et Chilensis prodromus, sive Novorum generum plantarum Peruvianarum, et Chilensium descriptiones, et icones. XXII + 154 pp., 37 tt. Sancha, Madrid. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 82.

Additional references

• Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. 2016. An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 181(1): 1–20. DOI: 10.1111/boj.12385 Reference page. 
• Marcussen, T. & Meseguer, A.S. 2017. Species-level phylogeny, fruit evolution and diversification history of Geranium (Geraniaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 110: 134-149. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.03.012 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Rhynchotheca in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jul 08. Reference page.  in Geraniaceae
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Rhynchotheca. Published online. Accessed: Jul 08 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Rhynchotheca. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 Jul 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Rhynchotheca. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jul 08. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Rhynchotheca. Accessed: 08 Jul 2021.

Vernacular names

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