Chiococca Explained

Chiococca is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.^[1] It currently holds 23 species that are native to Florida, Texas, Mexico, Central America, much of South America, the West Indies, and the islands of Galápagos and Fernando de Noronha.^{[2] [3] [4]}

The type species for the genus is Chiococca alba.^[5] It ranges from Florida to Paraguay and is cultivated as an ornamental.^[6]

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".^[7]

Chiococca is a member of the tribe Chiococceae.^[8] Within the tribe, it is closely related to Bikkia.^[9]

Species

• Chiococca alba (L.) Hitchc. - Florida, Texas, Bermuda, Mexico, Central America, much of South America, the West Indies, and the Galápagos
• Chiococca auyantepuiensis Steyerm. - Venezuela
• Chiococca belizensis Lundell - Southern Mexico (Tabasco, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Veracruz), Central America, Colombia
• Chiococca caputensis Lorence & C.M.Taylor - Panamá
• Chiococca coriacea M.Martens & Galeotti - México (Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Quintana Roo)
• Chiococca cubensis Urb. - Cuba
• Chiococca filipes Lundell - Central America, México (Chiapas)
• Chiococca henricksonii M.C.Johnst. - México (Coahuila)
• Chiococca insularis (Ridley) C.M.Taylor & M.R.V. Barbosa - Fernando de Noronha, Brazil^[4]
• Chiococca lucens Standl. & Steyerm. - Venezuela (Sororopán-tepui)
  • Chiococca motleyana Borhidi - Belize, Guatemala, México Chiococca multipedunculata Steyerm. - Guyana
  • Chiococca naiguatensis Steyerm. - Venezuela Chiococca nitida Benth.
  • Chiococca nitida var. amazonica Müll.Arg. - Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil
  • Chiococca nitida var. chimantensis Steyerm. - Venezuela (Bolívar)
  • Chiococca nitida f. cordata (Cowan) Steyerm. - Guyana
    • Chiococca nitida var. nitida - French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Paraguay Chiococca oaxacana Standl. - Mexico (Tamaulipas, Morelos, Puebla, Oaxaca)
• Chiococca pachyphylla Wernham - Mexico (from Nuevo León to Chiapas), Central America, Colombia
• Chiococca petrina Wiggins - Mexico (Sonora)
• Chiococca phaenostemon Schltdl. - Southern Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Veracruz, Guerrero), Central America
• Chiococca plowmanii Delprete - Brazil (Bahia)
• Chiococca rubriflora Lundell - Mexico (Chiapas), Guatemala
• Chiococca semipilosa Standl. & Steyerm. - Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua)
• Chiococca sessilifolia Miranda - Mexico (Veracruz, Chiapas)
• Chiococca steyermarkii Standl. - Guatemala
• Chiococca stricta Correll - Bahamas

External links

• CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: A-C

At: Botany & Plant Science At: Life Science At: CRC Press

• Chiococca

At: Search Page At: World Checklist of Rubiaceae At: Index by Team At: Projects At: Science Directory At: Scientific Research and Data At: Kew Gardens

• Chiococca

At: Index Nominum Genericorum At: References At: NMNH Department of Botany At: Research and Collections At: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

• Chiococca

At: Plant Names At: IPNI

• Chiococca

In: The Civil and Natural History of Jamaica At: Record for Civ. Nat. Hist. Jam. At: Titles At: Biodiversity Heritage Library

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11267685#page/179/mode/1up Browne, Patrick. 1756. Civil and Natural History of Jamaica in Three Parts 164, Chiococca
2. Book: Mabberley DJ. 2008. Mabberley's Plant Book. 3rd. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-82071-4.
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=39066 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Chiococca
4. Figueira. Maurício. Schindler. Bianca. Jardim. Jomar G.. Barbosa. Maria Regina de V.. 2020-10-30. Rediscovery of Chiococca insularis (Ridley) C.M.Taylor & M.R.V. Barbosa (Rubiaceae), a species presumed extinct, on the island of Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Brazil. Check List . 16. 5. 1407–1413. 10.15560/16.5.1407. 1809-127X. free.
5. Chiococca In: Index Nominum Genericorum. In: Regnum Vegetabile (see External links below).
6. 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. (set)
7. Book: Quattrocchi U. 2000. CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names. 1. CRC Press. Boca Raton, New York, Washington DC, London. 978-0-8493-2675-2.
8. Web site: Genus Chiococca. Taxonomy. UniProt. 2009-12-11.
9. Manns U, Bremer B . 2010 . Towards a better understanding of intertribal relationships and stable tribal delimitations within Cinchonoideae s.s. (Rubiaceae) . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 56 . 21–39 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.04.002 . 20382247 . 1 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110927023612/http://www.bergianska.se/pub/publikationer/Manns/Manns_Bremer_2010.pdf . 2011-09-27 .