Zuccarinia

Zuccarinia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Carl Ludwig Blume in 1826. The genus contains only one species, i.e. Zuccarinia macrophylla, which is endemic to western Malesia.[1]

Zuccarinia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Zuccarinia
Blume
Species:
Z. macrophylla
Binomial name
Zuccarinia macrophylla
Not to be confused with Zucchini.

Former species

  • Zuccarinia cordata Ridl. = Zuccarinia macrophylla Blume
  • Zuccarinia ornata (Wall.) Spreng. = Jackiopsis ornata (Wall.) Ridsdale

References

  1. "World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 10 February 2017.


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