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Henriquezia
Sign in to saveHenriquezia is a genus of three species of shrubs or trees in the family Rubiaceae, native to the Amazon basin. It was named by Richard Spruce after Henrique Antony, an italian-born man who hosted foreign explorers in the Amazon basin during the XIXth century.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGentianales
- FamilyRubiaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 11
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Collections
- NY, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), JBRJ, IPA/SP, K, UF
- Recorded in
- Brazil, Brasil, Venezuela
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Henriquezia is a genus of three species of shrubs or trees in the family Rubiaceae, native to the Amazon basin. It was named by Richard Spruce after Henrique Antony, an italian-born man who hosted foreign explorers in the Amazon basin during the XIXth century. Species Henriquezia jenmanii Henriquezia nitida Henriquezia verticillata
==References== Rogers, G.K. (1984):Gleasonia, Henriquezia, and Platycarpum (Rubiaceae).Flora Neotropica Monograph Number 39. [monographic revision] SPRUCE, Richard. Notes of a botanist on the Amazon and Andes.vol. II, 1908.
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