Cinchonopsis

Cinchonopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Asterids
Order:Gentianales
Family:Rubiaceae
Subfamily:Cinchonoideae
Tribe:Cinchoneae
Genus:Cinchonopsis
L.Andersson
Species: C. amazonica
Binomial name
Cinchonopsis amazonica
(Standl.) L.Andersson
Synonyms

Cinchonopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae containing the single species Cinchonopsis amazonica.[2] It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Amazon basin to the eastern slopes of the Andes.[3]

This is a tree with oppositely arranged leaves and terminal inflorescences. The white flowers have funnel-shaped corollas with five triangular lobes. The fruit is a papery cylindrical capsule. This species was separated from genus Cinchona mainly on the basis of the morphology of the flowers.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Standley, Paul Carpenter. 1931. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 8(5): 334, Cinchona amazonica
  2. ↑ Andersson, Bengt Lennart. 1995. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 82(3): 424 Cinchonopsis amazonica
  3. ↑ Cinchonopsis amazonica. Selected Rubiaceae Tribes and Genera. Tropicos.
  4. ↑ Cinchonopsis. Selected Rubiaceae Tribes and Genera. Tropicos.
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