Ritchiea Explained
Ritchiea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Capparaceae.[1]
Its native range is Tropical Africa. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda Province, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Island, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre and Zimbabwe. The genus name of Ritchiea is in honour of Joseph Ritchie (c. 1788 – 1819), an English surgeon, explorer and naturalist.[2] It was first described and published in Gen. Hist. Vol.1 on page 276 in 1831.[1]
Known species
According to Kew:
- Ritchiea afzelii
- Ritchiea agelaeifolia
- Ritchiea albersii
- Ritchiea aprevaliana
- Ritchiea boukokoensis
- Ritchiea capparoides
- Ritchiea carrissoi
- Ritchiea erecta
- Ritchiea gossweileri
- Ritchiea jansii
- Ritchiea littoralis
- Ritchiea macrantha
- Ritchiea mayumbensis
- Ritchiea noldeae
- Ritchiea ovata
- Ritchiea pygmaea
- Ritchiea quarrei
- Ritchiea reflexa
- Ritchiea simplicifolia
- Ritchiea spragueana
- Ritchiea wilczekiana
- Ritchiea wittei
- Ritchiea youngii
Notes and References
- Web site: Ritchiea R.Br. ex G.Don Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 20 May 2021 . en.
- Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition . Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2018 . 978-3-946292-26-5 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2018 . 187926901 . 1 January 2021.
