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Coccochondra
Sign in to saveCoccochondra is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are four species native to the Guayana Highlands of northern South America.
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GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGentianales
- FamilyRubiaceae
Native toVenezuela
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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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Coccochondra” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.