Cinchonopsis

Cinchonopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Cinchonoideae
Tribe: Cinchoneae
Genus: Cinchonopsis
L.Andersson
Species: C. amazonica
Binomial name
Cinchonopsis amazonica
(Standl.) L.Andersson
Synonyms

Cinchonopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family.[1] The genus contains only one species, viz. Cinchonopsis amazonica,[2] which is endemic to the Amazon Basin in Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia and Peru.[3]

References

  1. Andersson, Bengt Lennart. 1995. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 82(3): 424 Cinchonopsis amazonica
  2. Standley, Paul Carpenter. 1931. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 8(5): 334, Cinchona amazonica
  3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Cinchonopsis