Riocreuxia Explained

Riocreuxia is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae, and named in honour of the botanical illustrator Alfred Riocreux (1820-1912). It was first described as a genus in 1844 ^[1] ^[2] and is native to Africa.^[3]

Species

Species from the Plant List^[4]

Image	Name	Distribution
	Riocreuxia aberrans R.A.Dyer	Limpopo, Mpumalanga
	Riocreuxia alexandrina (Huber) R.A.Dyer	South Africa
	Riocreuxia bolusii N.E.Br.	South Africa
	Riocreuxia burchellii K.Schum.	South Africa
	Riocreuxia chrysochroma (H.Huber) Radcl.-Sm.	Tanzania
	Riocreuxia flanaganii Schltr.	South Africa
	Riocreuxia picta Schltr.	South Africa
	Riocreuxia polyantha Schltr.	South Africa
	Riocreuxia splendida K.Schum.	Tanzania
	Riocreuxia torulosa Decne.	South Africa
	Riocreuxia woodii N.E.Br.	South Africa

Notes and References

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/163596#page/648/mode/1up Decaisne, Joseph. 1844. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 8: 640
http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40026070 Tropicos, genus Riocreuxia
Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Riocreuxia The Plant List, genus Riocreuxia