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Rhigospira

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Plantae

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Family
  
Apocynaceae

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Rhigospira is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1849. The genus contains only one known species, Rhigospira quadrangularis, native to northwestern South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, NW Brazil).

formerly placed in the genus
  • Rhigospira paucifolia (Müll.Arg.) Miers = Macoubea guianensis Aubl.
  • Rhigospira reticulata (A.DC.) Miers = Macoubea guianensis Aubl.
  • Rhigospira sinuosa Miers = Macoubea guianensis Aubl.
  • Rhigospira sprucei (Müll.Arg.) Miers = Macoubea sprucei (Müll.Arg.) Markgr.
  • Rhigospira ternstroemiacea (Müll.Arg.) Miers = Neocouma ternstroemiacea (Müll.Arg.) Pierre
  • Rhigospira venulosa Miers = Spongiosperma macrophyllum (Müll.Arg.) Zarucchi

    • References

    Rhigospira Wikipedia
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