Rubiaceae
Tocoyena

Tocoyena viscidula Mart.

First published in Flora 24(2): 80 (1841)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Central & NE. Brazil. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Delprete, P.G. (2008). Revision of Tocoyena (Rubiaceae: Gardenieae) from the states of Goiás and Tocantins and a new species endemic to white-sand areas in the Brazilian cerrado. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 2: 983-993.
  • Delprete, P.G. (2010). Rubiaceae. Flora dos estados de Goiás e Tocantins 40: 1-1610. Universidade Federal de Goiás.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Delprete, P.G. (2008). Revision of Tocoyena (Rubiaceae: Gardenieae) from the states of Goiás and Tocantins and a new species endemic to white-sand areas in the Brazilian cerrado. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 2: 983-993.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0