Chiococca

{{Automatic taxobox

| name = Milkberry

| image = Chiococca alba.jpg

| image_caption = Chiococca alba

| display_parents = 2

| taxon = Chiococca

| authority = P.Browne

| type_species = Chiococca alba

| type_species_authority = (L.) Hitchc.

| synonyms = *Asemnantha Hook.f.

}}

Chiococca is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11267685#page/179/mode/1up Browne, Patrick. 1756. Civil and Natural History of Jamaica in Three Parts 164, Chiococca] It currently holds 23 species that are native to Florida, Texas, Mexico, Central America, much of South America, the West Indies, and the islands of Galápagos and Fernando de Noronha.{{cite book|author=Mabberley DJ|year=2008|title=Mabberley's Plant Book|edition=3rd|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-82071-4}}[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=39066 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Chiococca]{{Cite journal|last1=Figueira|first1=Maurício|last2=Schindler|first2=Bianca|last3=Jardim|first3=Jomar G.|last4=Barbosa|first4=Maria Regina de V.|date=2020-10-30|title=Rediscovery of Chiococca insularis (Ridley) C.M.Taylor & M.R.V. Barbosa (Rubiaceae), a species presumed extinct, on the island of Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Brazil|url=https://checklist.pensoft.net/article/56383/|journal=Check List |volume=16|issue=5|pages=1407–1413|doi=10.15560/16.5.1407|issn=1809-127X|doi-access=free}}

The type species for the genus is Chiococca alba.Chiococca In: Index Nominum Genericorum. In: Regnum Vegetabile (see External links below). It ranges from Florida to Paraguay and is cultivated as an ornamental.Anthony J. Huxley, Mark Griffiths, and Margot Levy (editors). 1992. The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. The Macmillan Press Limited, London; The Stockton Press, New York. {{ISBN|978-0-333-47494-5}} (set)

Systematics

Chiococca was named by Patrick Browne in 1756. The generic name is derived from the Greek words χιών (chion), meaning "snow" and κόκκος (kokkos), meaning "kernel" or "berry".{{cite book|author=Quattrocchi U|year=2000|title=CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names|volume=1|publisher=CRC Press|location=Boca Raton, New York, Washington DC, London|isbn=978-0-8493-2675-2}}

Chiococca is a member of the tribe Chiococceae.{{cite web|url=https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/25066 |title=Genus Chiococca|work=Taxonomy|publisher=UniProt|accessdate=2009-12-11}} Within the tribe, it is closely related to Bikkia.{{cite journal|vauthors=Manns U, Bremer B |year=2010 |title=Towards a better understanding of intertribal relationships and stable tribal delimitations within Cinchonoideae s.s. (Rubiaceae) |journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution |volume=56 |pages=21–39 |url=http://www.bergianska.se/pub/publikationer/Manns/Manns_Bremer_2010.pdf |doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2010.04.002 |pmid=20382247 |issue=1 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927023612/http://www.bergianska.se/pub/publikationer/Manns/Manns_Bremer_2010.pdf |archivedate=2011-09-27 }}

Species

Chiococca alba (L.) Hitchc. – Florida, Texas, Bermuda, Mexico, Central America, much of South America, the West Indies, and the Galápagos
Chiococca auyantepuiensis Steyerm. – Venezuela
Chiococca belizensis Lundell – Southern Mexico (Tabasco, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Veracruz), Central America, Colombia
Chiococca caputensis Lorence & C.M.Taylor – Panama
Chiococca coriacea M.Martens & Galeotti – Mexico (Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Quintana Roo)
Chiococca cubensis Urb. – Cuba
Chiococca filipes Lundell – Central America, Mexico (Chiapas)
Chiococca henricksonii M.C.Johnst. – Mexico (Coahuila)
Chiococca insularis (Ridley) C.M.Taylor & M.R.V. Barbosa – Fernando de Noronha, Brazil
Chiococca lucens Standl. & Steyerm. – Venezuela (Sororopán-tepui)
Chiococca motleyana Borhidi – Belize, Guatemala, Mexico
Chiococca multipedunculata Steyerm. – Guyana
Chiococca naiguatensis Steyerm. – Venezuela
Chiococca nitida Benth.
Chiococca nitida var. amazonica Müll.Arg. – Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil
Chiococca nitida var. chimantensis Steyerm. – Venezuela (Bolívar)
Chiococca nitida f. cordata (Cowan) Steyerm. – Guyana
Chiococca nitida var. nitida – French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Paraguay
Chiococca oaxacana Standl. – Mexico (Tamaulipas, Morelos, Puebla, Oaxaca)
Chiococca pachyphylla Wernham – Mexico (from Nuevo León to Chiapas), Central America, Colombia
Chiococca petrina Wiggins – Mexico (Sonora)
Chiococca phaenostemon Schltdl. – Southern Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Veracruz, Guerrero), Central America
Chiococca plowmanii Delprete – Brazil (Bahia)
Chiococca rubriflora Lundell – Mexico (Chiapas), Guatemala
Chiococca semipilosa Standl. & Steyerm. – Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua)
Chiococca sessilifolia Miranda – Mexico (Veracruz, Chiapas)
Chiococca steyermarkii Standl. – Guatemala
Chiococca stricta Correll – Bahamas

References

External links

[http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9780849326752 CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: A-C] At: [http://www.crcpress.com/ecommerce_product/browse_book_categories.jsf?category=LIF02A Botany & Plant Science] At: [http://www.crcpress.com/ecommerce_product/browse_book_categories.jsf?category=LIF Life Science] At: [http://www.crcpress.com/ CRC Press]
[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do?plantName=Chiococca&page=quickSearch Chiococca] At: [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/prepareChecklist.do?checklist=rubiaceae%40%40025250120110104024 Search Page] At: [https://web.archive.org/web/20110101130437/http://www.kew.org/science/directory/projects/WorldRubiChecklist.html World Checklist of Rubiaceae] At: [https://web.archive.org/web/20110628230523/http://www.kew.org/science/directory/projects/indexbyteam.html#Rubi Index by Team] At: [https://web.archive.org/web/20101231134226/http://www.kew.org/science/directory/projects/index.html Projects] At: [https://web.archive.org/web/20110228134853/http://www.kew.org/science/directory/ Science Directory] At: [http://www.kew.org/science-research-data/index.htm Scientific Research and Data] At: [http://www.kew.org Kew Gardens]
[http://www.botany.si.edu/ing/INGsearch.cfm?searchword=Chiococca Chiococca] At: [http://www.botany.si.edu/ing/ Index Nominum Genericorum] At: [http://www.botany.si.edu/index.htm?references References] At: [http://www.botany.si.edu/index.htm NMNH Department of Botany] At: [http://www.mnh.si.edu/rc/ Research and Collections] At: [http://www.mnh.si.edu/ Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History]
[http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advPlantNameSearch.do;jsessionid=F4510A8E9F070F36E114280EE307EECA?find_family=&find_genus=Chiococca+&find_species=&find_infrafamily=&find_infragenus=&find_infraspecies=&find_authorAbbrev=&find_includePublicationAuthors=on&find_includePublicationAuthors=off&find_includeBasionymAuthors=on&find_includeBasionymAuthors=off&find_publicationTitle=&find_isAPNIRecord=on&find_isAPNIRecord=false&find_isGCIRecord=on&find_isGCIRecord=false&find_isIKRecord=on&find_isIKRecord=false&find_rankToReturn=all&output_format=normal&find_sortByFamily=on&find_sortByFamily=off&query_type=by_query&back_page=plantsearch Chiococca] At: [http://www.ipni.org/ipni/plantnamesearchpage.do Plant Names] At: [http://www.ipni.org/ IPNI]
[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11267685 Chiococca] In: [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11267509 The Civil and Natural History of Jamaica] At: [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10826 Record for Civ. Nat. Hist. Jam.] At: [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/browse/titles/C Titles] At: [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/Default.aspx Biodiversity Heritage Library]

Category:Rubiaceae genera

Category:Chiococceae

Category:Flora of the Caribbean

Category:Flora of Central America

Category:Flora of Southern America