Ochoterenaea

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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| genus = Ochoterenaea

| parent_authority = F.A.Barkley

| species = colombiana

| authority = F.A.Barkley

| synonyms_ref = {{cite POWO |id=171447-2 |title=Ochoterenaea colombiana F.A.Barkley |access-date=5 November 2021}}

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|Rhus juglandifolia var. lindeniana |(Turcz.) Engl.

|Rhus lindeniana |Turcz. }}

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Ochoterenaea is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Anacardiaceae. The only species is Ochoterenaea colombiana.{{cite web |title=Ochoterenaea F.A.Barkley {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1868-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=27 May 2021 |language=en}}

Its native range is Western South America and it is found in Bolivia, Colombia and Venezuela.

The genus name of Ochoterenaea is in honour of Isaac Ochoterena (1885–1950), a Mexican botanist and histologist. He also taught at the University of Mexico.{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition |trans-title=Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2018 | isbn=978-3-946292-26-5 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018 |format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2018 | s2cid=187926901 |access-date=1 January 2021}} The Latin specific epithet of colombiana means coming from Colombia, where the plant was found.

Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club Vol.69 on page 442 in 1942.