Raulinoa

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Raulinoa is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rutaceae.{{cite web |title=Raulinoa R.S.Cowan {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:295614-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=25 May 2021 |language=en}} It only contains one known species, Raulinoa echinata R.S.Cowan

Its native range is southern Brazil.

The genus name of Raulinoa is in honour of Raulino Reitz (1919–1990), a Brazilian clergyman, historian, botanist, and botanical garden director.{{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 |access-date=1 January 2021}} The Latin specific epithet of echinata refers to hedgehog, from echinus.{{cite book | last=Stearn | first=William | title=Botanical Latin | publisher=Timber Press | location=Portland, Oregon | year=2004 | isbn=9780881926279}}

It was first described and published in Sendtnera Vol.12 on page 90 in 1960.

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