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Coccochondra

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Clade
  
Eudicots

Order
  
Gentianales

Rank
  
Genus

Clade
  
Angiosperms

Clade
  
Asterids

Family
  
Rubiaceae

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Coccochondra is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are four species native to the Guayana Highlands of northern South America.

These plants are low shrubs with tough leaves, small inflorescences of funnel-shaped flowers, and raphides in their tissues.

Species

  • Coccochondra carrenoi (Steyerm.) C.M.Taylor
  • Coccochondra durifolia (Standl.) C.M.Taylor
  • Coccochondra laevis (Steyerm.) Rauschert
  • Coccochondra laevis subsp. laevis
  • Coccochondra laevis subsp. maigualidae J.H.Kirkbr.
  • Coccochondra phelpsiana (Steyerm.) C.M.Taylor

    • References

    Coccochondra Wikipedia
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