Chiococca

Milkberry
Chiococca alba
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Asterids
Order:Gentianales
Family:Rubiaceae
Subfamily:Cinchonoideae
Tribe:Chiococceae
Genus:Chiococca
P.Browne
Type species
Chiococca alba
Synonyms

Chiococca is a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family.[1] It currently holds 23 species that are native to Florida, Texas, Mexico, Central America, much of South America, the West Indies, and the Galápagos.[2][3]

The type species for the genus is Chiococca alba.[4] It ranges from Florida to Paraguay and is cultivated as an ornamental.[5]

Systematics

Chiococca was named by Patrick Browne in 1756.[1] The generic name is derived from the Greek words χιών (chion), meaning "snow" and κόκκος (kokkos), meaning "kernel" or "berry".[6]

Chiococca is a member of the tribe Chiococceae.[7] Within the tribe, it is closely related to Bikkia.[8]

Species

References

  1. 1 2 Browne, Patrick. 1756. Civil and Natural History of Jamaica in Three Parts 164, Chiococca
  2. ↑ Mabberley DJ (2008). Mabberley's Plant Book (3 ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-82071-4.
  3. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Chiococca
  4. ↑ Chiococca In: Index Nominum Genericorum. In: Regnum Vegetabile (see External links below).
  5. ↑ Anthony J. Huxley, Mark Griffiths, and Margot Levy (editors). 1992. The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. The Macmillan Press Limited, London; The Stockton Press, New York. ISBN 978-0-333-47494-5 (set)
  6. ↑ Quattrocchi U (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names. 1. Boca Raton, New York, Washington DC, London: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2675-2.
  7. ↑ "Genus Chiococca". Taxonomy. UniProt. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
  8. ↑ Manns U, Bremer B (2010). "Towards a better understanding of intertribal relationships and stable tribal delimitations within Cinchonoideae s.s. (Rubiaceae)" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 56 (1): 21–39. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.04.002. PMID 20382247. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-27.
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