Capirona
{{Short description|Genus of plants}}
{{For|the South American tree with the common name capirona|Calycophyllum spruceanum}}
{{Speciesbox
| display_parents = 3
| genus = Capirona
| species = decorticans
| parent_authority = Spruce
| authority = Spruce
| synonyms =
- Capirona boiviniana Baill.
- Capirona duckei Huber
- Capirona huberiana Ducke
- Capirona leiophloea Benoist
- Capirona surinamensis Bremek.
- Capirona wurdackii Steyerm.
- Condaminea macrophylla Poepp.
- Loretoa peruviana Standl.
- Monadelphanthus floridus H.Karst.
}}
Capirona is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. Capirona decorticans, which is native to northern South America.{{cite journal|author=Spruce R|year=1859|journal=Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany|volume=3|pages=200|title=Capirona}} It has been reported from French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and northern Brazil.{{cite web|url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do?plantName=Capirona|title=Capirona in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae|accessdate=11 June 2014}}
References
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External links
- [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do?plantName=Capirona Capirona in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae]
- [http://www.kew.org/science/tropamerica/imagedatabase/large1/cat_single1-689.htm Kew Neotropical Plants Image Database]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140502004640/http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-29498569/stock-photo-peeling-bark-of-the-capirona-tree-capirona-decorticans-in-the-ecuadorian-amazon.html Shutterstock, peeling bark of the capirona tree (Capirona decorticans) in the Ecuadorian Amazon]
- [http://www.alrfoto.com/plantas_flores/capirona+decorticans ALRfoto, fotos de Capirona decorticans] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025640/http://www.alrfoto.com/plantas_flores/capirona+decorticans |date=2016-03-04 }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140502005155/http://fm1.fieldmuseum.org/vrrc/?page=view&id=47516 Field Museum, Neotropical Herbarium Specimens]
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Category:Monotypic Rubiaceae genera
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