Cinchonopsis

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|genus = Cinchonopsis

|species = amazonica

|parent_authority = L.Andersson

|authority = (Standl.) L.Andersson

|synonyms=*Cinchona amazonica Standl.Standley, Paul Carpenter. 1931. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 8(5): 334, Cinchona amazonica

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Cinchonopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae containing the single species Cinchonopsis amazonica.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27995795#page/430/mode/1up Andersson, Bengt Lennart. 1995. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 82(3): 424 Cinchonopsis amazonica] It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Amazon basin to the eastern slopes of the Andes.[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/50053133?projectid=34 Cinchonopsis amazonica.] Selected Rubiaceae Tribes and Genera. Tropicos.

This is a tree with oppositely arranged leaves and terminal inflorescences. The white flowers have funnel-shaped corollas with five triangular lobes. The fruit is a papery cylindrical capsule. This species was separated from genus Cinchona mainly on the basis of the morphology of the flowers.[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/50053134?projectid=34 Cinchonopsis.] Selected Rubiaceae Tribes and Genera. Tropicos.